Monday 8 December 2008
Fool - Radio Java
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Radio Java formed in the first half of the eighties. Comprising Tony Moore, Steve Price and Johnny Sequins, they started gigging all over Lo...
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O Superman - Laurie Anderson
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'O Superman' by Laurie Anderson was an unlikely chart hit. Anderson had never reached the charts before, and she never would again. ...
Noi - Matia Bazar
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The Italian group Matia Bazar had phenomenal success with their 1986 hit 'Ti sento'. It went top three in several European countries...
Silver shorts / Falling - The Wedding Present
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Like many others, I loved the series 'Twin Peaks' when it was broadcast. Part of its appeal was the soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti...
They're coming to take me away ha-haaa! - Napoleon XIV
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Napoleon XIV was the pseudonym of American singer/songwriter and record producer Jerry Samuels. In 1966, he recorded 'They're coming...
Sunday 7 December 2008
Thinking of you - Maureen Walsh
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For a while, I was totally infatuated by this girl called Maureen. I couldn't stop thinking about her, I was watching her every move and...
Lydia - Dean Friedman
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Dean Friedman is an American singer/songwriter who was born in New Jersey on May 23, 1955. His beautiful ballad 'Lydia' by Dean Frie...
Whistle down the wind - Nick Heyward
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Nick Heyward was born in Beckenham, Kent (UK) on May 20, 1961. In 1980 he formed Haircut 100, a band that became very popular in the UK in t...
I love this life - The Blue Nile
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Ever since I heard 'Tinseltown in the rain' and 'Stay' in 1984, I had a soft spot for The Blue Nile. Their silent, beautiful...
Images of heaven - Peter Godwin
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Peter Godwin was born in Germany and one of the members of the band Metro in the late 1970's. In 1982, he released this solo single, ...
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Peeping Tom - Rockwell
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Rockwell is the son of Motown founder and CEO Berry Gordy. To avoid charges of nepotism, Rockwell secured his record deal without his father...
Fairytale - Dana
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Dana's main clame to fame is winning the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland. It was the first time that country won the contest, b...
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Seasons - Grace Slick
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Grace Slick is an American singer/songwriter, who was one of the lead singers of Jefferson Airplane. In 1980 she released a solo album entit...
Water on glass - Kim Wilde
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I was still desperately searching for Kim Wilde's 'Cambodia', but I couldn't find it. Instead, one autumn day in 1982, I bum...
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How to be a millionaire - ABC
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After the glitzy kitschpop of 'Lexicon of love' and the harder edged rock of 'Beauty stab', ABC reinvented themselves as car...
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Sometimes - Spargo
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I already explained a few times on this blog how I revised my singles collection when I was younger. Sometime in the eighties the final revi...
Saturday 6 December 2008
How beautiful you are - Peter Blegvad
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Peter Blegvad was born on August 14, 1951. He is an American musician, singer/songwriter and cartoonist. He was a member of the avant-rock b...
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Interlude - Rosie Vela
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'Interlude' was another single to be taken from the album 'Zazu' by Rosie Vela. Like its predecessor 'Magic smile', ...
Suffer the children - Tears for Fears
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Taken from their debut album 'The Hurting', 'Suffer the children' was actually Tears for Fears's debut single. According...
Love games - Belle and the Devotions
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'Love Games' represented the UK at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Luxembourg. The song was criticized by some...
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Friday 5 December 2008
(Feels like) Heaven - Fiction Factory
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Fiction Factory were a British band, formed in the mid-1980's. Kevin Patterson, Eddie Jordan and Chic Medley were playing in a band call...
Popcorn - Luminatus
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'Popcorn' was always a popular track to cover. Many artists and groups have tried their hand at this instrumental track through the ...
Sometimes you cry - Renée
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René and his Alligators were founded by René Nodelijk in the sixties. Playing mainly covers of popular rock and roll tracks, they were a hit...
Do you wanna hold me? - Bow wow wow
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Bow wow wow's biggest hit in the Netherlands, 'Do you wanna hold me?', reached number two in the charts in the summer of 1983. I...
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Breakfast - The Associates
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Before releasing 'Breakfast', the Associates had made their name on satellite music TV with songs like 'Waiting for the loveboat...
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Thursday 4 December 2008
Guilty - Mike Oldfield
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Mike Oldfield will be remembered forever as the man who created 'Tubular bells', the epic instrumental piece that was bought by mill...
Hooray! Hooray! It's a holi-holiday - Boney M
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There's nothing more appropriate than buying a single about holidays during your summer holiday. I guess that was the reasoning behind b...
Feel the raindrops - The Adventures
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The Adventures released their debut album 'Theodore and Friends' in 1985. It featured the track ' Send my heart ', as well a...
Clouds - David Gates
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David Gates is best known as the lead singer of the group Bread, which released 11 hit singles between 1970 and 1973. When Bread disbanded i...
Magic touch - Kiss
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The album 'Dynasty' was a great success for Kiss, even though fans criticised them for having gone commercial. The blend of hardrock...
Love letters - Alison Moyet
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'Love letters' was written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman in 1945. The song was performed by various artists. The best known vers...
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Wednesday 3 December 2008
Somewhere in my heart - Aztec Camera
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I first discovered the track 'Somewhere in my heart' because of the cd-single that featured Aztec Camera's old hit 'Walk out...
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When the Gap Band hit the charts in 1980 with 'Oops upside your head' I found it at least an irritating song. My sister liked it, an...
Danny - Kit Hain
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Kit Hain made her name as one half of the duo Marshall Hain . After one album, the duo broke up and Kit Hain tried to launch a career on her...
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Danceable - Spectral Display
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The undeniable innovative sound that was introduced by Spectral Display on their debut single ' It takes a muscle to fall in love ' ...
Magic - Olivia Newton-John
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Taken from the original motion picture soundtrack of 'Xanadu' featuring Electric Light Orchestra and Olivia Newton-John, 'Magic&...
Tuesday 2 December 2008
The Angler - Gary Brooker
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Gary Brooker was born on May 29, 1945 in Hackney, East London. He founded Procol Harum in 1966 with his friend Keith Reid. They are best kno...
Left in the dark - Barbra Streisand
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Barbra Streisand can be cheesy, too mellow and even kitschy, but sometimes she manages to create something magical. With the aid of producer...
A ride in the night - Teach-In
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The Dutch pop group Teach-In was formed in 1967. In the Netherlands they had their first hit 1974 with the song 'Fly away'. Internat...
I still remember - Gary Numan
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Gary Numan really impressed me when he recorded 'Change your mind' together with Bill Sharpe in 1985. I played this track all throug...
Monday 1 December 2008
Union of the snake - Duran duran
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Limited editions are a phenomenon in the UK. Especially in the eighties, there were gatefold sleeves, double singles, box sets and strangely...
The day before yesterday's man - The Supernaturals
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On February 8, 1997 I went to London to see the last performance of the musical 'Tommy', starring Kim Wilde as mrs. Walker. It was ...
Hello again - The Cars
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The Cars were very successful in their native America, but they only got noticed here in Europe in 1984, when video music channels were on t...
Vienna - Ultravox
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In 1981, I thought Ultravox was the best band in the world. In some ways, I still think that. But back then, I was totally enchanted by the ...
Reduced to tears - In Parallel
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In Parallel was an English band. Their single 'Reduced to tears' was a regular on satellite TV channels like Music Box and Sky Chann...
Sensitive - Mick Karn
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Having collected Kim Wilde records for more than a decade, it's not so strange that I started 'branching out'. The singles relea...
Magic smile - Rosie Vela
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Everyone who has a singles collection will recognise this: once you've heard an album you like, you'll want to have all the singles ...
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Living on video - Trans X
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My sister didn't approve. That's what I always think when I see this single. Back in 1983, it was still a big issue which records we...
Så länge det lyser mittemot - Marie Fredriksson
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Marie Fredriksson was famous in Sweden even before she joined the band Roxette, that would take her around the world. Her solo work is somet...
Precious little diamond - Fox the fox
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The Dutch group Fox the Fox was formed in 1983 by Berth Tamaela and Robbie Brans. They were joined by Silhouette Musmin. Their first single ...
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