Cliff Richard released 'I could easily fall in love with you' in 1964. The song reached silver status in the UK, where it reached ...

During the 1960's, Teddy Mertens released a string of singles with trumpet-based instrumentals. Among them was a cover of 'Non ho ...

The 1960 Eurovision Song Festival took place in London, with artists from thirteen different European countries. Thirty million viewers wa...

A few years ago I went to a Christmas gig by Kim Wilde, and she played a version of 'I wish it could be Christmas every day'. The ...

The legacy of Boney M was tarnished somewhat when Frank Farian continued to churn out singles after Bobby Farrell left the group. Less suc...

'Mary's boy child' is a Christmas song, originally written by Jester Hairston. The song was written when Hairston was sharing ...

Now that Christmas is approaching, it's finally time to post a few Christmas singles I acquired this year. And here's a good one: ...

The Christmas season is never complete without the Wham! track 'Last Christmas'. Especially this year, when the movie of the same ...

The second single off the Pet Shop Boys' forthcoming album 'Hotspot' is 'Burning the heather', a ballad with Bernard B...

Anita Skorgan was born on November 13, 1958 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She first appeared on the Eurovision stage in 1977 with the song 'C...

Peter McLane, real name Vincent Reichenauer, was born in 1945 and became a French singer at the start of the Seventies. He was asked to re...

You may remember that in March I bought a copy of ' Vita vidder ' by Family Four, the group that represented Sweden at the Eurovis...

Peter, Sue and Marc represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest on four occasions, each time singing in a different language. T...

So I already owned ' Take on me ', ' Take on me ', ' Take on me ' and ' Take on me ' and the 12" sing...

It's been over ten years since I last bought a Rod Stewart single, the classic pop song ' Baby Jane '. In the mean time Rod ha...

'Wherever I lay my hat (that's my home)' is a song written by Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and first reco...

I bought a French copy of the single ' Love is love ' by Culture Club ten years ago. I still knew that, so there was no reason to ...

I don't think I am unique when I list Ultravox's album 'Vienna' among my favourites of all time, but it is, and it has bee...

During some time in the Nineties, Kylie Minogue had a hard time finding success. She was actually praised by 'serious' critics for...

Björn Skifs was featured on this blog five years ago when I bought Fångad i en dröm , the song he performed at the Eurovision Song Contest...