Tuesday, 26 July 2022
If we only have love - Paul Andrews
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Who is Paul Andrews? Try as you might, you will not get an answer to this question, because the web lists a lot of Paul Andrews-es, but not ...
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Friday, 22 July 2022
Moitié-moitié - Carol Rich
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The synthesizer became increasingly popular during the Eighties, and although it took a little while, the Eurovision Song Contest also caugh...
The first day of love - Anne-Karine
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Norway was an unlucky country when they participated in the Eurovision Song Contest. Although they started competing in 1960, their songs on...
Der Sommer ging vorüber - Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann
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When Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963 with ' Dansevise ', it was the first time a Scandinavian co...
Friday, 15 July 2022
Look good tonite - ABC
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ABC haven't had a vinyl single out since 1991, and that's why I almost jumped out of my seat when I saw the announcement of Electron...
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Genghis Khan - 5 Carat
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5 Carat is a rather anonymous Japanese act that only ever released two singles. This is one of them: a cover version of the song Dschinghis ...
Tubular bells - Mystic Sounds
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When the movie 'The Exorcist' was released in 1973, it was quite a sensation. Despite initial mixed critical reviews, audiences floc...
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Looking high, high, high - David Hughes
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'Looking high, high, high' was the song with which Bryan Johnson represented the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960. It was a...
You - Geraldine
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Buying singles online can sometimes be a disappointing experience. But I am not totally sure, in this case, if I wouldn't have had the s...
Dai li dou - Gemini
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Gemini was a Portuguese band from the Seventies. The members were Fatima Padinha, Teresa Miguel, Tozé Brito and Mike Sergeant. In 1977 they...
La novia / Al di la - Tony Dallara
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I already owned one cover version of ' Al di la ' by Emilio Pericoli, and here's another one, also in a Japanese sleeve: Tony Da...
Saturday, 9 July 2022
Some day - Tommy Nilsson
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I've always been rather fond of Sweden's 1989 entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, ' En dag ', performed by Tommy Nilsson. ...
Friday, 8 July 2022
Nocturne / Un jour, un enfant - Paul Mauriat
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Although this single does not specify a year of release, it is safe to assume that Paul Mauriat released this in 1969, when Frida Boccara wa...
Valentine's day - ABC
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I always thought that ABC's album 'Lexicon of love' spawned four singles, but it turns out that another song was released as a s...
Slipping through my fingers - Abba
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One of the tracks on Abba's 1981 album 'The Visitors' was 'Slipping through my fingers'. It was never released as a sing...
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Napoleon und Josephine - Kirsti
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Kirsti Sparboe represented Denmark at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest with the song with the remarkable title ' Oj, oj, oj, så glad jeg...
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Die Nacht, in der ich mich verlor - Wencke Myhre
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I could write a piece about 'Die Nacht, in der ich mich verlor', but that is not the song that caused me to buy this single. More in...
L'amour est bleu / A taste of Vicky - Vicky Leandros
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I already had the Japanese single of Vicky Leandros' ' L'amour est bleu ', but it turns out that the Japanese also released ...
Thursday, 16 June 2022
Al di la - Emilio Pericoli
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I still haven't been able to locate a copy of Betty Curtis' version of 'Al di la', from the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, bu...
I've had enough - Wings
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The Wings album 'London Town' featured a markedly softer-rock, synth-based sound than previous Wings albums. The single 'With a ...
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