'Heroes' is undoubtedly one of the highlights of David Bowie's genre, perhaps bridging the gap between lovers of 'Seventies ...

Record Store Day has been vilified on this blog a few times before, just like it should be. Singles one could buy for a few quid in the Eigh...

With ' T'en vas pas ' Esther Ofarim represented Switerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963. I bought the single in Januar...

The esteemed orchestra of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw recorded many things, mainly classical music, but in 1960 they filled two EP's t...

In December 2021 I bought two singles by the 3 Jacksons; one because of their version of 'Abergavenny' , and one because of their ve...

Seventeen-year-old Susan Pesklevits met Terry Jacks in the mid-1960s when he appeared as a guest on the national teen TV show Music Hop whe...

Back in 1960, Jacqueline Boyer won the Eurovision Song Contest with ' Tom Pillibi '.You wouldn't think so these days - Loreen...

I didn't have any 7" singles of the Corrs yet, although I do have all their CD's and a lot of their CD-singles. The Irish band ...

Shane MacGowan, the illustrious frontman of the Pogues, passed away last year after an eventful drug- and drink-filled life. Whatever you mi...

Although Jahn Teigen wasn't exactly successful with his ' Mil etter mil ' at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978, he did record ...

' Småting' is a Norwegian pop song that won the Melodi Grand Prix 1972, and was Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest th...

' Kom sol, kom regn' is a Norwegian ballad that won the Melodi Grand Prix 1962, and was Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Co...

The new year started with the receipt of an order I placed with a Norwegian seller. Four rare singles finally came to me after a delay of ab...

In 1993, Heaven 17 released a series of singles featuring remixes of their Eighties hits. ' Temptation (Brothers in Rhythm remix) ' ...

After the success of 'Alone' and 'Who will you run to', Heart released a third single from their 1987 album 'Bad Animals...

It occurred to me that I didn't have the original single of 'What about love' by Heart yet. I do have a re-release from 1988 , b...

'Tell it like it is' was written by George Davis and Lee Diamond and originally recorded and released in 1966 by Aaron Neville. It w...

After Heart's very successful debut album 'Dreamboat Annie', they had a falling out with their label Mushroom over an advert for...

Most people who have reviewed Kylie's latest album 'Tension' have singled out 'Hold on to now' as one of its strongest t...

Kylie Minogue co-wrote 'Tension' with Anya Jones, Camille Purcell, Jon Green, and producers Duck Blackwell and longtime collaborator...