Friday 5 February 2010
Haus der drei Sonnen - Nena
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'Haus der drei Sonnen' ('House of three suns') was released as the third single from Nena's 1985 album 'Feuer und Fl...
My guy - Tracey Ullman
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Madness recorded 'My girl' in 1979 on their debut album 'One step beyond'. The song first made its way into the band's s...
Cross that bridge - The Ward Brothers
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The single 'Cross that bridge' by the Ward Brothers was released when the cd-single format had just come around for the first time. ...
Thursday 4 February 2010
Voyeur - Kim Carnes
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Kim Carnes released her seventh album 'Voyeur' in 1982. The title track was released as a single ahead of he release of the album, b...
Boem boem - The Internationals
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In 1978, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands took place on February 22. Eight songs were selected to be su...
Oh well - Fleetwood Mac
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Fleetwood Mac were formed in 1967 in London by Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, Jeremy Spencer and John McVie. They released their self-titled d...
Lay down - Melanie
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Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk was born on February 3, 1947. She made her first public appearance at four on the radio show 'Live like a m...
When I fall in love - Nat 'King' Cole
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'When I fall in love' was written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman and was introduced in the 1952 movie 'One minute to zero'...
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Zabadak - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
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Dave 'Dee' Harman, Trevor 'Dozy' Ward-Davies, Anthony Stephen 'Beaky' Carpenter, Michael 'Mick' Wilson and I...
In the year 2525 - Zager and Evans
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Denny Zager and Rick Evans got together in Lincoln, Nebraska in the late Sixties as Zager & Evans. Their biggest hit was the 1969 single...
Canta y se feliz - Peret
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When you hear 'Canta y sé feliz' ('Sing and be happy') it's hard to believe this song was performed on the same night as...
Non, je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf
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What is an original Dutch copy of 'Non, je ne regrette rien' ('No regrets') by Edith Piaf from 1961 worth? I don't know,...
J'aime la vie - Sandra Kim
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I bought ' Crazy of life ' last year, the English version of 'J'aime la vie' by Sandra Kim. Although that single feature...
Voice les clés - Gérard Lenorman
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'Voici les clés' is a classic Seventies song performed by French singer Gérard Lenorman, who was born on February 9, 1945 at the Châ...
This is my life (La vita) - Shirley Bassey
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One of the gay anthems of all time was recorded by Shirley Bassey. 'La vita' was originally written in Italy by Bruno Canfora and An...
Attention to me - The Nolans
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In 1980, the Nolan Sisters changed their group name to the Nolans. Following her marriage, Anne temporarily left the group and Coleen was ma...
I'm in the mood for dancing - The Nolan Sisters
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Tommy and Maureen Nolan, who had both worked as singers in Ireland, moved their family from Dublin to Blackpool in 1962, and launched a fami...
Manuel goodbye - Audrey Landers
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Audrey Landers was born on July 18, 1956. She was first noticed when she wrote and performed a country song when she was just 12 years old. ...
Het is een wonder - Linda Williams
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Linda Williams was born as Henriëtte Willems on June 11, 1955 in Valkenswaard. She was an unknown singer when she took part in the 1981 nati...
Cassandra - Bonnie en Jose
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Dutch singers José Hoebee and Bonnie St. Claire got together in 1984 to record a Dutch language cover of the Abba track 'Cassandra'....
Living doll - Cliff Richard
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Cliff Richard and the Drifters recorded 'Living doll' in 1959, with Norrie Paramore producing. The single reached number 1 in the UK...
Garden party - Mezzoforte
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Mezzoforte is a traditional musical term, an instruction to play literally 'moderately loud'. It is also the name of an instrumental...
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Those were the days - Mary Hopkin
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Although I already have a 7" single with ' Those were the days ' on it, I couldn't pass up on the opportunity to buy this o...
Pretend - Alvin Stardust
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Alvin Stardust was born as Bernard William Jewry on September 27, 1942 in North London. After some success as a member of the band Shane Fen...
The things we do for love - 10CC
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After the departure of Godley and Creme, Stewart and Gouldman opted to continue as 10CC, bringing in to the studio drummer Paul Burgess, who...
It's a long way there - Little River Band
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Fueled by a very successful Australian hit single 'Curiosity killed the cat', the band began making promotional visits to the USA in...
Tiger feet - Mud
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'Tiger feet' was written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and recorded by Mud. It was the first of Mud's three numbe...
I want you to want me - Cheap Trick
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'I want you to want me' was originally recorded by Cheap Trick on their second album 'In color' (1977). It was the first sin...
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Room with a view - Deco
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Noël Coward wrote 'Room with a view' for the 1928 revue 'This year of grace'. The Noël Coward Society, drawing on performing...
Fool (if you think it's over) - Chris Rea
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Although I have a lot of singles by Chris Rea, I had a hard time locating a copy of his debut hit, 'Fool (if you think it's over)...
Beautiful noise - Neil Diamond
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The album 'Beautiful noise' marked a radical departure in production, style, arrangements and compositional diversity for Neil Diamo...
She's in love with you - Suzi Quatro
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Suzi Quatro initially had a lot of success with her brand of glam-rock in the first half of the Seventies. Between 1975 and 1978, however, s...
We gotta get out of this place - Gilla
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'We gotta get out of this place' was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded in 1965 by the Animals. It became an iconic...
You're the one that I want - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
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I was never a fan of 'Grease' in 1978, when everyone in my class was. The girls were in love with John Travolta and the boys were in...
Monday 1 February 2010
Summer nights - John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and cast
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So I go to this second hand shop I've seen on a website. The website says that there are bargain singles for 1 euro each. That's a r...
Hopelessly - Rick Astley
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Rick Astley's fourth album 'Body & soul' is considered a flop, as both singles from the album stranded in the lower regions ...
Instinction - Spandau Ballet
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'Instinction' was taken from Spandau Ballet's 1982 album 'Diamond'. It was released as the fourth and last single from t...
Shannon - Henry Gross
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Henry Gross was born on April 1, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York. Encouraged by his mother, he moved into music at a young age, starting to perfo...
Some people - Belouis Some
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'Some people' is the title of Belouis Some's debut album, and also the title of the third single release from that album. This l...
Knocked out - Paula Abdul
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'Knocked out' was originally Paula Abdul's debut single, released in February 1988. The song was written by Babyface, Daryl Simm...
The Amsterdam EP - Simple Minds
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The Simple Minds released five singles from their 1989 album 'Street fighting years', of which the first and the last one were EP...
Baa-baa black sheep - The singing sheep
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Novelty singles: you either love them or loathe them. I was only a child when this single was released in 1982, and I was definitely in the ...
Grace Kelly - Mika
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'Grace Kelly' was released in January 2007 as the debut single from Mika. It subsequently appeared on his debut album 'Life in c...
Duel - Propaganda
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25 years after I bought the single ' Duel ' I find out that there's a limited edition double single of this track! Fortunately, ...
Look away - Big Country
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I bought a lot of 7" singles last year, but quite frankly I'd forgotten that ' Look away ' by Big Country was one of them. ...
Girls and boys - Prince and the Revolution
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'Girls & boys' was recorded by Prince on his 1986 album 'Parade'. This limited edition double single was released in the...
I'm free - Roger Daltrey
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The Who's classic rock opera 'Tommy' has been recorded in various incarnations. Originally, of course, there was the album, rele...
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