Born in Paris in 1946, Madeleine Pascal started to sing when she was just 13 years old. Her professional singing career was short-lived: s...

The 1977 entry Une petite Française by Michèle Torr was not her first appearance on the Eurovision Song Contest stage. She first appeared...

'No trams to Lime Street' is a British television play, written by the Welsh playwright Alun Owen. It was originally transmitted i...

A long time ago, back in 1970, two Swedish musicians recorded an album together: Björn Ulvaeus from the Hootenanny Singers and Benny Ander...

In 1972, Spain was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by Jaime Morey, a singer from Alicante. Born on June 16, 1942, his first exp...

Phil Phillips' most famous song, "Sea of Love", peaked at the top of the US Billboard R&B chart and number 2 in the Bill...

Released in 1961, 'When does it get to be love' was released between Rubber ball , which peaked at no 9 in January, and Hide and s...

The classic song Dansevise won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963. I was always fond of the song, and very glad to find a good copy almo...

I don't have a lot of Yugoslavian Eurovision singles, but I do love them, because I quite like the fact that I actually own singles fr...

Nothing beats the beauty of Japanese singles. If they weren't so damn expensive, I would buy much more of them. The attention to detai...

Another band I've seen live at the beginning of this century, was Altered Images. Actually, it was only Clare Grogan because the rest ...

The early Eighties were full of colourful pop artists, and Steve Strange was among them. I had the pleasure of seeing him live on stage at...

In 1973, the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Luxembourg. The previous year the contest was won by Vicky Leandros with 'Apres toi...

I rarely buy new singles anymore, and that's not strange when you think that most vinyl singles these days are released by new indie b...

'Who needs love like that' was originally Erasure's debut single in 1985. While the original 1985 release enjoyed only minor ...

Just like Could it be I'm falling in love , 'Everlasting love' is a cover version - originally recorded by Love Affair - and w...

This past summer was hot. While we are enjoying the last few rays of sunshine, here's a sunny summer track. Recorded by Flash Cadillac...

For many years I have procrastinated buying this single by The The. 'Infected' was originally released in a sleeve that was deemed...

I don't have a lot of original singles by Bread, although I do like the band. They are simply quite hard to come by if you're not ...

Before Amina represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1991, she already had a little career of her own. The album 'Yalil...