A double single was not enough to promote Paul Young's ' Everything must change ' into the charts, there was also a limited edit...

In 1982 Abba released their 'last' single, 'Under attack'. In the UK the single was also released as a picture disc - and a ...

After the recent influx of Abba picture discs in my collection, I suddenly realized that the band also released a few picture discs back in ...

I bought Billy Idol's ' Hot in the city ' a long time ago. I didn't know back then that there's also a promotional versi...

Madness released 'Tomorrow's just another day' as the follow-up to 'Our house', one of the band's most recognized hi...

Snow Patrol recorded 'Signal fire' for the soundtrack of the film Spider-Man 3 , not long after their successful album Eyes Open . A...

'Ik sta te blozen' ('I'm blushing') is one of the least gloomy songs recorded by Annie, perhaps this is why the record c...

Alan Dale was born in Brooklyn, New York on 9 July 1925. He began his career at age 9 when his comedian father was running short on his pro...

Sometimes record company strategies can be mystifying. Why would 'Merci Cherie', a song from 1966, become a hit in 1992? Still, they...

The 'Populaire Platen Kring' ('Popular Records Circle') was a Dutch phenomenon from the early Sixties. The labels do not bea...

' The woman in me ' was a hit for Donna Summer. Heart probably thought they could also have a hit with the song (or were they pushed...

Although this EP doesn't really have a title, I bought it especially for the cover version of ' Eres tu ', the Spanish entry to ...

In 1962, Claudio Villa represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest with ' Addio, addio ', a song composed by Domenico Modugno a...

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...

After recording ' Ciao ciao bambina (Piove) ' in 1959, Dalida continued the next year with another cover version of an Italian Eurov...

Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 with ' What's another year '. Noelle Cordier, herself a Eurovision veteran ...

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 ...

Ronny Temmer (Oudenaarde, 23 April 1942) is a Flemish pop singer, who was popular during the 1960s. His name remains associated with the son...

In 1988, Nora Brockstedt re-recorded ' Voi Voi ', the song with which she represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1960....

Nicole Josy and Hugo Sigal represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971 (with ' Goeiemorgen morgen ') and in 1973 (wit...