I'm not really sure if a sleeve like the one shown here would be well received nowadays, with all the #metoo scandals we have been wit...

The previous two entries on this blog came with the big one: this single. I have been hunting for the two Wilde Three singles for decades ...

Stevie Wonder has a lot of big hits on his name, but sometimes even Stevie Wonder released unsuccessful singles. 'He's misstra kno...

American singer-songwriter Tommy Roe was born on May 9, 1942 started his career in the USA, but moved to the UK after a successful tour wi...

'Who comes up with these things?' is a question I ask myself sometimes when I hear remixes of great old songs. Take for instance t...

German singer Walter Andreas Schwarz was born on June 2, 1913. In 1956, he was one of two performers representing Germany during the first...

Although most people will remember ' Shouldn't have to be like that ' as Fra Lippo Lippi's only achievement, they actually...

I recently re-discovered Elvis Costello's 'Everyday I write the book', a song that was regularly on TV back in 1983 and 1984, ...

Although I realise that I already had the A-side track of this single on the B-side of ' Je ogen hebben geen geheimen ' by Carola,...

John Paul Young will forever be remembered for that other single, ' Love is in the air ', but that isn't the only single he ev...

Julee Cruise became a big star for a moment when she rode the wave of the phenomenon that was 'Twin Peaks' in the early 1990's...

Tom Spencer was one of many people who recorded a cover version of the Gershon Kingsley tune 'Popcorn', but he is the only one - a...

I guess I should save this single for December because of its seasonal B-side, but heck, this is Mike Oldfield and this is Tubular Bells, ...

After Det' lige det in 1984 and Sku' du' spørg fra no'en? in 1985, Kirsten & Søren returned to the Eurovision stage ...

The Eurovision Song Contest suffered a bit after the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Suddenly songs about freedom and happiness ran rampant...

I was familiar, of course, with the cover version of 'Kids in America' by Lawnmower Deth, released in 1991. I bought the cd single...

The last few vinyl singles by Frank Boeijen have become rare oddities. Released in 1992, this is one of them. 'Twee gezichten' (...

With an ever growing Eurovision collection, it is inevitable to stumble upon some strange and rare oddities. This single represents a Nine...

Patricia Kraus was born on January 4, 1964 in Milan, Italy as the daughter of Alfredo Kraus, a Spanish tenor. She was selected to represen...

There's not much to write about Kate Bush that hasn't already been written a thousand times. She is undoubtedly one of the most ta...