This cheerful young man is called Camillo Felgen, born in Esch-sur-Alzette in Luxembourg on 17 November 1920. He started his career as a tea...

Another icon from the past that hasn't featured much on this blog is Elvis Presley. Important though he was, his music never touched me ...

Those of you who are into Bob Dylan will probably wonder why he has never appeared on this blog before. To some, he is truly the best ever a...

These days you don't hear any rock 'n' roll or rockabilly music in the charts anymore, but 40 years ago, while pop music was bei...

My collection of Monica Aspelund singles seems to revolve around one song: Lapponia, the song she represented Finland with at the 1977 Eurov...

The Yugoslavian band Pepel In Kri - credited in the Eurovision Song Contest as Ashes and Blood - represented their country with the song ...

Simone Drexel was born on 13 May 1957 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1973 she took first place in the talent competition of the youth ...

I didn't really know that the Gentlemen without weapons album 'Transmission' came with two single releases. I bought Uncondition...

The Sparklings are best known for their work with Dutch singer Ben Cramer. They were previously known as the Rhythm Boys. In 1965 they start...

It's Valentine's Day and it gives me great pleasure to post an appropriate song on this special day.  Bandjo and Anne Cathrine Herdo...

There is something mysterious about this single, as it was only released as a promotional 7" single, if I am to believe the Discogs lis...

Released in 1966, Joe Brown's 'Little Ray Of Sunshine' failed to reach the charts in the UK. It was one of an impressive nine si...

One of the nicest singles from the Nineties was Dubstar's 'Not So Manic Now'. For me, the song was overshadowed by ' No More...

My collection of Wilde-related singles is growing lately and it's thanks to the internet. I have found some pretty obscure singles these...

Some time ago I bought the Shang-a-lang-song single on a German pressing. I recently found out that there was a UK version with a different...

Adam Pierce, Leon Dewan, Peter Katis and Tarquin Katis formed the Philistines Jr. and released this short history lesson on music in 1992. T...

Buying cover versions is always a gamble, but an amusing one. You never know what you might end up with. In this particular case, it's a...

The single 'When the lights go out' was only released in Canada and the USA, and this copy is the promotional 7" single, made i...

Leapy Lee was born on 2 July 1939 as Graham Pulleyblank, but later changed his name to Lee Graham. He's best known for his 1968 single ...

The British band All about Eve has few equals. Born from the goth scene they managed to cross over to the mainstream with their first and se...