The German band M. Walking on the water was founded in 1985 in Krefeld by Marcus Maria Jansen, Mike Pelzer, Jürgen Jähnke and Krystian Lembk...

'Tú volverás' ('You'll return') was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975, performed in Spanish by the...

Bobby Solo was born as Roberto Satti in Rome on March 18, 1945. At 19 he participated in the San Remo music festival, but he was disqualif...

Prior to 'making it big' with Do you really want to hurt me , Culture Club released two singles that weren't quite so successf...

Domenico Modugno's Nel blu dipinto di blu became better known simply as 'Volare', a track that was covered by many other arti...

Jody Watley had a nice career going in the Eighties, especially with singles like Looking for a new love and Still a thrill . By the end ...

France has been in the spotlights over the past few days due to their elections, but it's good to know that the French seem to have de...

There's nothing wrong with a bit of Boney M now and again, and regular visitors of this blog will know that I already own a pretty imp...

It's not the first time that Joe McGann and MTV hottie Rebecca de Ruvo appear in this blog, as I've owned the 12" single of ...

When you say 'Matia Bazar', most people immediately scream 'Ti sento', but it is less well known that the band actually pa...

In 1967, Thérèse Steinmetz represented the Netherlands during the Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'Ring dinge ding' written ...

One band that continues to release albums on a regular basis is Blondie. Their latest release 'Pollinator' is due soon, and this s...

My wife came home with a few singles, and I had almost all of them. Still, no harm, because it allowed me to ditch the copies that were in...

10CC band member Eric Stewart recalled about this song, 'National Airlines used to have this beautiful poster that they displayed of t...

UB40 was between albums when they released 'I've got mine' in 1983. It was just months before they hit the big time with their s...

The song 'Pas gentille' was first recorded by Françoise Hardy in 1964. Based on Marty Wilde's 'Bad boy', she translate...

Every once in a while I buy a single not for the A-side, but for the B-side. This is a good example. Marie Rottrová's 1983 single ...

The last time I saw Marty Wilde live - which, I'm ashamed to say, is almost ten years ago now! - it was his song 'Jezebel' tha...

If you hear the name Misty, you might think of a middle-aged sultry female singer, but in fact it was a duo consisting of Mark Eden and Mic...

This is probably the most mysterious single I've ever bought. It didn't come with a sleeve, so all I have is the disc and the info...