Only two years ago I was able to buy Refrain , the 7" single of the first ever winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song ma...

Ellen Helen Nikolaysen was born in Oslo (Norway) on 10 December 1951. She participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 as part of the...

My collection already contains Teach-In's 'Ding-a-dong' in English , Dutch and German , so you might say that this addition to ...

'Popcorn' needs no introduction on this blog: I have featured many different versions of this Gershon Kingsley composition, and they...

Swedish Group is the name of an anonymous band that recorded a cover version of 'Waterloo' right after Abba won the Eurovision Song ...

The name of Domenico Modugno is forever linked to the legendary Eurovision song Volare . That was his first Eurovision appearance. People te...

Laurie Dryden only ever released one single, this 'The Spirit of Joe Hill', a song written by Mike Hawker and Marty Wilde. Hawker al...

Schlomo Artzi was born on November 26, 1949, in Moshav. When Artzi was eight years old, his family moved to northern Tel Aviv. Artzi's ...

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...