The Dutch singer Frank Boeijen has continued his career to this day, but 'Tot bloedens toe' is the last of his singles that was rele...

This Italian promo brings together two ethereal artists. Loreena McKennitt is a Canadian singer who made a career out of recording Celtic fo...

Only two Italian Eurovision songs were still missing from my 7" singles collection, and this one was one of them. 'Al di la' wa...

The Italian song for the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was performed by Bobby Solo and was called ' Se piangi, se ridi '. At the time...

The only other single I have of Jürgen Marcus is ' Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment ', the song he performed at the Eurovision So...

'This wheels on fire' was originally written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko and recorded by The Band in 1967. In 1968, a version by Jul...

Here's a single that I find a bit confusing. This is the UK pressing of Scott Fitzgerald's 'Go', the song with which he repr...

In the second half of the Eighties, it became a bit of a habit to remix everything that moved, basically. Old hits by Jackie Wilson or Maril...

In 1970, Julio Iglesias represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ' Gwendolyne '. Salomé, who was one of the fo...

I've only got two singles by Baccara in my collection, and they are both called 'Parlez-vous Français?'. One features the French...

It's always nice when Eurovision songs are released on 7" or CD-single. Somehow, a 12" release is always a bit of a pain - esp...

Danny Danova is the stage name of Danny Boddin, a Belgian producer and keyboard player, who released a couple of singles in the mid-1970s. N...

I already owned ' A festa da vida ', Carlos Mendes' second Eurovision song from 1972, but six years earlier he represented Por...

It's impossible to find copies of Ilanit's two Eurovision songs in Hebrew, so for now I have to be satisfied with versions in other ...

The Belgian band The Cousins formed in the late Fifties. They started under the name Les jeunes équipes, but inspired by their frequent per...

Tereza Ana Kesovija was born on 3 October 1938. She graduated from the flute program at the Zagreb Music Academy, and as a student began app...

Sometimes it seems like I am buying things multiple times, but this single is a good example how that makes sense. I already own the single ...

Seven years ago I got my hands on the original single by 4M, ' Dobar Dan '. Last year, I added an EP featuring four songs from the E...

Valerie Carr was born in 1936. She made her singing debut in the Fifties, recording some singles for the King Records label, until she signe...

What can I say about Abba that hasn't been said already a hundred times before? Well, maybe that their "live" show in London i...