Unbelievably, I never owned a copy of ABC's 'The look of love' despite owning all of the band's albums, nearly all of thei...

The Sheffield-based band Respect had a short but sweet career. This single was released just a few days before Christmas 1990 with the res...

The Eurovision Song Contest brought forth many evergreens in the Sixties, and one of them was 'Non ho l'eta', the Italian song...

There is something special about UK pressed 7" singles, which is why every now and again I do buy some copies of singles I already ow...

After competing in the Euovision Song Contest 1964 with Warum nur, warum , Udo Jürgens represented his country Austria again the next year...

I have many singles by Chris Rea. The man is a solid songwriter and his singles rarely disappoint. Bewilderingly, there's never been a...

Udo Jürgens made a name for himself in Eurovision history by winning the 1966 edition with ' Merci Chérie '. What many people don...

Basically I was looking for a UK copy of Kim Appleby's 'Mama' because recently I have acquired UK versions of her other single...

After the single Jane , Perfect Day released 'Liberty town', a track produced by Ricky Wilde. I managed to find this single during...

Claudia Brücken and Thomas Leer formed Act after Brücken left her previous band Propaganda. 'Absolutely immune' was released as th...

I have acquired many Eurovision Song Contest singles through the years, especially in the last few years. The more I have collected, the m...

'Revolutions' was the ninth studio album by French synth wizard and composer Jean-Michel Jarre, first released in August 1988. The...

Luxembourg is a small country, which is why it is allowed to attract artists from other countries to represent it during the Eurovision So...

Hard to believe, but the Bread song 'Make it with you' was recorded by only two people: Mike Botts (drums) and David Gates (vocals...

As one half of the duo Wham!, Andrew Ridgeley has been much maligned after he and George Michael went their separate ways. It was often sa...

One of the most beautiful Eurovision melodies of the Sixties must surely be 'Un jour, un enfant' by Frida Boccara. She was one of ...

In the mid-Eighties, Perfect Day was formed by Mark Jones (vocals), Kevin Howard (guitar), Andy Wood (bass) and Mark Stott (drums). After ...

The single 'The way you are' by Tears for Fears was released as a 'stopgap' between their first and second album. The song...

Maria Manuela de Oliveira Moreira Bravo, (known as Manuela Bravo) was born in Queluz (Sintra) on December 7, 1957. She made her first publ...

The Irish family pop group The Duskeys represented Ireland at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest. Formed after the break-up of Sandy Kelly...