The Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1977 was performed by the Swarbriggs Plus Two. Following on from The Swarbriggs' fir...

The Italian band Matia Bazar has had a few hits in Europe, but their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest seems to have been forgo...

'Estoy sonando' is of course the Spanish version of 'I have a dream'. With the help of Buddy and Mary McCluskey the ballad...

Spanish singer Massiel won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1968 with the song 'La la la'. It was a much-criticised win, which 40 ye...

Abba was a successful band, but while they were having success in Europe and beyond, they also achieved quite a bit in the Spanish-speakin...

I am closing the year on this blog with a single from this year! And that's become a rarity, because really there haven't been a l...

The 12" single of 'We'll be dancing' treats the listener to three versions of the song. All three remixes were made by Ru...

There have been some Time Bandits 12" singles on this blog recently, but it appears I forgot to post a few. So here goes: I bought ...

I couldn't let the year pass without sparing a thought for Colin Vearncombe, the sole member of the band Black, who tragically died in...

Risqué's 1984 single 'Go for it' was produced by Sander Bos and Ben Liebrand. I bought the 7" single in 2009, and almost...

The 1989 Eurovision Song Contest became immortal for me because I managed to find a CD featuring almost all of the songs from that year, a...

When Severine won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 with ' Un banc, un arbre, une rue ', she also recorded the song in other lan...

The joke will be lost on those who can't understand Dutch, but this song is as ridiculous as the title sounds: 'O Supermarkt' ...

In my mind, only three singles were ever taken from David Bowie's 1983 album 'Let's Dance': the title track, 'China Gi...

The compilation album 'Abba Gold' may be one of the most successful compilation albums of all time. Released in 1992, it was the c...

My second find in the circus tent yesterday was this single by Agnetha Fältskog. I have always had an interest in Abba and, slighly less i...

During my life I have shopped for singles in many strange places. Yesterday was a very strange one indeed. Two days ago I went to the circ...

Marty Wilde released 'All the love I have' in 1969, after he had some success in Europe with his single 'Abergavenny'. The...

I have memories of Abba premiering 'Chiquitita', the song they wrote for Unicef, which was performed at a special concert and broa...

After Abba won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, some countries were quick to adapt to the new times... and others were not. The Netherlan...