Markku Aro was born as Markku Tuomas Puputti on 3 February 1950 in Mouhijärvi, Finland. Together with the pop duo Koivistolaiset he represen...

One of the most anticipated comebacks of all time: it's easy to see that when Abba announced not only a few new tracks (which were alrea...

I do have versions of this song by Michael Ball and Guys and Dolls , but the version by Dusty Springfield remains the best of all times. Th...

Most people know the movie 'Absolute beginners' from the single 'Absolute beginners' by David Bowie, but this movie had so m...

'Forever autumn' is a rather familiar title on this blog: I own a UK single , a Dutch single and a re-released single from 1989 . O...

In 1971, Karina represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest with ' En un mundo nuevo '. It was a successful entry for the count...

Katja Ebstein represented Germany in 1971 with the song ' Diese Welt '. And just like the song ' Wunder gibt es immer wider ...

This cheap looking sleeve hides the fact that the Popcorn Orchestra is actually French synth god Jean Michel Jarre. At least, that is what m...

German singer Marianne Rosenberg released this single in 1980, featuring not just one, but two cover versions in German of contemporary hits...

When Matt Monro participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1964 with 'I love the little things', he was quite impressed with the...

This single was released in the GDR, or 'East Germany' as we called it until 1990, when that part of Germany was under communist rul...

Although I do own ' Hotel California ' on one of those re-release singles from the 'Old Gold' series, it always feels a bit ...

For the first time in two years, I went to a real record fair this weekend. It was quite great to see a bunch of dealers at the Ahoy in Rott...

It's time for a much needed break from the Eurovision repertoire on this blog, and it comes in the shape of French synthesizer god Jean ...

For the longest time I have been searching for a good and cheap copy of 'A force de prier'. I bought the English version, ' The ...

Sergio Dalma represented Spain with ' Bailar pegados ' in 1991. By that time, recording songs in other languages had become less fas...

When I wrote an entry on ' Wiedehopf im Mai ' last month, I already promised that the Italian version of ' Puppet on a string ...

Serge & Christine Ghisoland performed ' A la folie ou pas du tout ' at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972. Apparently there was...

Arlette Antoine Dominicus was born in Anderlecht on 25 July 1947. She released her first single as Tonia in 1963, and continued to release s...

Jacques Raymond was born as Jozef Remon in Temse (Belgium) on 13 October 1938. He represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 wi...