Every year when the Netherlands announce their Eurovision candidate, there is a sigh of desperation and the resigned thought: 'Okay, s...

Natalie Imbruglia was born on February 4, 1975 in Sydney, Australia. After appearing in commercials for Coca-Cola and Australian snack Twi...

Released on December 26, 1994, 'Tell me when' was the first single by Human League in four years. A lot had changed in the record ...

Maxi was the stage name of Irene McCoubrey, born February 23, 1950. In the late 1960s Maxi teamed up with Barbara Dixon and Adele King to ...

Just days after buying the ' Space oddity ' box set, I found this picture disc of DJ in Parlophone's series of '40th anniv...

It's hard to believe that it's already been 3½ years since David Bowie died. Since then, a shedload of new releases has seen the l...

'Hélène' is the Eighties summer hit you may have missed if you weren't living in France or the Netherlands at the time. It was...

When I saw this single, I had to look twice. Although the title 'Hijo de la luna' is featured prominently on the sleeve, the Frenc...

During what was probably the hottest week of this year, I was on holiday in Paris with the family. And like every year there wasn't a ...

I bought the single ' Monsieur ' four years ago, a rare Eurovision single from the act hailing from Luxembourg. I was quite surpri...

'Des larmes' ('Tears') is the latest single from French superstar Mylene Farmer. She's just finished a run of concerts...

Fans of Mezzoforte, Shakatak and elevator music in general, pay attention: Christina Simon created this single especially for you! 'He...

Jacqueline Boyer represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960 with ' Tom Pillibi ', and I was glad to buy the single ...

Thomas Forstner represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions: in 1989 with the song ' Nur ein Lied ', and i...

Springtime was formed by Norbert Niedermayer, Walter Markel, Gerhard Markel and Erwin Broswimmer. They released two albums, 'Springtim...

Many people in the Netherlands are familiar with the song 'Gute Nacht Freunde', because it has been the closing song of a popular ...

When I bought this single, I bought it together with this one , thinking that there had to be a difference between the two. And there is: t...

When I bought and described the 12" single of T.I.C.'s ' Popcorn '88 ' almost two years ago, I stated that there were...

No less than 17 years ago, I bought ' The man with the child in his eyes ' by Inside moves on a 7" vinyl single. I was not en...

I dare say that no Eurovision Song Contest collection is complete without this maxi single. Although Nicole's 'Ein Bisschen Friede...