Sunday 22 September 2024
Eres tu - Young family
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Although this EP doesn't really have a title, I bought it especially for the cover version of ' Eres tu ', the Spanish entry to ...
Addio, addio (Good-bye) - Lou Monte
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In 1962, Claudio Villa represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with ' Addio, addio ', a song composed by Domenico Modugno a...
Mammie waar is pappa - Anny & Tosca
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Tosca Verkooyen was born in 1969. She recorded her first single in 1979 together with Anny van de Ruit, the singer who would go on to record...
Romantica - Dalida
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After recording ' Ciao ciao bambina (Piove) ' in 1959, Dalida continued the next year with another cover version of an Italian Eurov...
Qu'est-ce qu'une autre annee - Noelle Cordier
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Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 with ' What's another year '. Noelle Cordier, herself a Eurovision veteran ...
Een paljaske van ne vent - The Strangers
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The Belgian band The Strangers have appeared on this blog before , and most of their singles I own are covers of Eurovision songs. This one ...
Ik ben verliefd - Ronny Temmer
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Ronny Temmer (Oudenaarde, 23 April 1942) is a Flemish pop singer, who was popular during the 1960s. His name remains associated with the son...
Friday 20 September 2024
Voi-Voi - Nora Brockstedt
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In 1988, Nora Brockstedt re-recorded ' Voi Voi ', the song with which she represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960....
Come-Comedie - Nicole Josy & Hugo Sigal
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Nicole Josy and Hugo Sigal represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 (with ' Goeiemorgen morgen ') and in 1973 (wit...
Marcel - Margot Eskens
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Although Heidi Brühl was selected internally to sing five songs for the German national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1963, other...
Mijn moesje - Annie
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A lot has been written about Annie on this blog, particularly the lyrics of her Eighties singles which were a bit morbid at times. Those lyr...
Monday 16 September 2024
Linoleum smooth to the stockinged foot - The The
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The The have released three singles from their new album Ensoulment until now, but unfortunately the first and third one have eluded me unt...
Sunday 15 September 2024
Under attack - Abba
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Although war crept in to some Abba tracks from time to time (most notably 'Waterloo' and 'Fernando'), the feeling of paranoi...
The day before you came - Abba
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After a short break, Abba returned to the studio in the spring of 1982. The first results were deemed disappointing: the tracks 'Just li...
Head over heels - Abba
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'Head over heels' was released in March 1982 as the second single from the album The Visitors . Agnetha Fältskog sang the lead voca...
One of us - Abba
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At the start of the 1980s, Abba was slowly falling apart. After the divorce of Björn and Agnetha (which some felt was documented in 'The...
Thursday 12 September 2024
Oude wonden - Annie
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Having released one album and six singles on the WEA/Arti label, Dutch singer Annie found herself without a recording contract. No wonder: a...
Wednesday 11 September 2024
Wild hearted woman - All About Eve
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My recent post about All About Eve's 'Wild hearted woman' was one part of the story. There's another part to it, of course, ...
Lay all your love on me - Abba
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'Lay all your love on me' was not intended to be a single but after a remixed version gained popularity in nightclubs, the song was...
Super trouper - Abba
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I've always viewed 'Super trouper' as an Abba-by-numbers track. Sure, the melody is there and the vocals are spot on, but the ly...
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