Monday 5 April 2010
Live at the Marquee - Howard Jones
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I was pretty surprised when I found this single. I thought it was a very obscure item, released possibly before Howard Jones' debut sing...
Goodnight tonight - Wings
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'Goodnight tonight' began as an instrumental track which Paul McCartney had recorded in 1978. Needing a single for Wings to accompan...
(Feels like) Heaven - Fiction Factory
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'(Feels like) Heaven' is one of the big pop standards of the eighties. It was released by Fiction Factory in early 1984. It was the ...
Love's theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
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'Love's Theme' is an instrumental piece recorded by Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra and released in 1973. It is one o...
We are not amused - Kayak
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The Dutch band Kayak was famous in the Seventies and early Eighties, but still their singles are very hard to find. So whenever I see one th...
Love is an ocean - Earth and Fire
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'Love is an ocean' was another single taken from Earth & Fire's 1981 album 'Andromeda girl'. The song was written by...
Treat me like a lady - Five Star
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'Treat me like a lady' was recorded in Five Star's new high-tech studio in the grounds of their family home, Stone Court in Asco...
Adult education - Daryl Hall and John Oates
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When Daryl Hall & John Oates released the compilation album 'Rock 'n Soul part 1' in 1984, 'Adult education' was a n...
I want to break free - Queen
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The song 'I want to break free' is more famous for its music video than for its music. Directed by David Mallet, the video was a par...
Rag doll - Aerosmith
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The lyric of 'Rag doll' was primarily written by Steven Tyler and Jim Vallance. The song was originally titled 'Rag time' bu...
Baggy trousers - Madness
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'Baggy trousers' was included on Madness' 1980 album 'Absolutely' and released as a single in September 1980. Written by...
Temptation - Heaven 17
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Heaven 17 recorded 'Tempation' in 1983 on their album 'The luxury gap'. Carol Kenyon provided backing vocals on this track a...
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Brave new world - David Essex
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I guess you could call this the Find Of The Day: during a record fair I found this single today, and it is one that I was aware of, but neve...
Sunday 4 April 2010
Heart of stone (Leave me alone) - Maarten Peters
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The second single from Maarten Peters' third and most successful album 'White horses in the snow' was the ballad 'Heart of s...
Here we are - Gloria Estefan
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'Here we are' was the third single from the album 'Cuts both ways' by Gloria Estefan. It was one of her successful ballads t...
Cry to heaven - Elton John
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I hated the song 'Nikita' by Elton John. I thought it was a sentimental piece of drivel with a much too repetitive chorus. This made...
I wish it would rain down - Phil Collins
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'I wish it would rain down' was released in 1989 as the second single from Phil Collins' album 'But seriously'. Phil Col...
Ducks - The Tiptops
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From the information I could gather online, the Tiptops were a Belgian group. This single, 'Ducks', was their first release in the s...
Who's that girl - Eurythmics
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Not to be confused with the Madonna track that was released four years later, 'Who's that girl' was released by the Eurythmics i...
How am I supposed to live without you - Michael Bolton
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'How am I supposed to live without you' was originally recorded in 1983 by Laura Branigan. The song was written by Michael Bolton. H...
Geef niet op - Frank Boeijen Groep
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In 1986 Frank Boeijen and his group left his old record company Telstar to sign with BMG. Around that time, the old label decided to release...
The big one - Black
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Black faced the 'difficult second album' syndrome in 1988. After a very successful 1987, it was time to come up with a second album ...
The dreaming - Kate Bush
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'The dreaming' was released in July 1982 as the second single from Kate Bush's fourth album of the same name. The first single, ...
Daar gaat ze - Clouseau
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Clouseau were already big in their native Belgium, but their international career took off in early 1990 when they released 'Daar gaat z...
One vision - Queen
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'One vision' was released as the first single from Queen's 1986 album 'A kind of magic', released in 1985. Queen were in...
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Fireworks - Roxette
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'Fireworks' was released as the third single from Roxette's 1994 album 'Crash! Boom! Bang!'. The song was written by Per...
Meer Nederlandse sterre - Rubberen Robbie
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After Rubberen Robbie discovered chart success with ' De Nederlandse sterre die strale overal ', the band decided to make a sequel. ...
I.G.Y. (What a beautiful world) - Howard Jones
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In 1993, Howard Jones fulfilled his contract with Warner Bros. with a compilation album spanning his ten year career. It included all of his...
Rock my world - Five Star
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'Rock my world' was the second single from Five Star's 1988 album 'Rock the world'. The music video for this single saw ...
Saturday 3 April 2010
Time will crawl - David Bowie
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The lyric of 'Time will crawl' is about the pollution and destruction of the planet by industry. Bowie has cited hearing of the Cher...
Girls - Tina Turner
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The song 'Girls' was written by David Bowie and Erdal Kizilcay. It was recorded by Tina Turner on her 1986 album 'Break every ru...
Take it now - Maarten Peters and the Dream
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The lyric of the song 'Take it now' can be described as a day in the life of a pop star. I was never too impressed with the song, bu...
The way to your heart - Soulsister
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The single 'The way to your heart' from the Belgian duo Soulsister was initially released as a one-sided 7" single. Subsequent ...
Mag het licht uit - De Dijk
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The Dutch band De Dijk has had a career of almost thirty years up until now, with only a dozen hit singles to show for it. One of them was t...
Don't wanna lose you - Gloria Estefan
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'Don't wanna lose you' was written and recorded by Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1989 as the first single from the album ...
I guess that's why they call it the blues - Elton John
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'I guess that's why they call it the blues' was released in 1983 as a single from Elton John's album 'Too low for zero...
Friday 2 April 2010
Don't ask me why - Eurythmics
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'Don't ask me why' was written by Annie Lennox and David Stewart. The lyric of the song describes the ending of a relationship. ...
Born to be my baby - Bon Jovi
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These days I don't play Bon Jovi anymore, but I can see why I bought 'Born to be my baby' back in 1988: it's a loud and prou...
Enjoy the silence - Depeche Mode
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When 'Enjoy the silence' was written by Martin Gore, he intended it to be a slow-paced ballad in C minor; the demo featured a harmon...
There's got to be a way / I don't wanna cry - Mariah Carey
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Although 'There's got to be a way' and 'I don't wanna cry' were released as two separate singles in the USA, in Euro...
Another day in paradise - Phil Collins
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Released as the first single from his 1989 album 'But seriously', 'Another day in paradise' was written to bring attention t...
Private dancer - Tina Turner
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The song 'Private dancer' was written by Mark Knopfler and was originally going to be included on the Dire Straits album 'Love o...
Everything your heart desires - Daryl Hall and John Oates
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Daryl Hall & John Oates had been away from the pop scene for three years when they released 'Everything your heart desires' in A...
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I could never take the place of your man - Prince
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'I could never take the place of your man' was the fourth and final single from Prince's 1987 double album, 'Sign 'o'...
Why do I - Golden Earring
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Released as the second single from their 1986 album 'The hole', 'Why do I' was a slightly formulaic rock ballad by the Golde...
Stay out of my life - Five Star
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'Stay out of my life' was released as the fifth single from Five Star's second album 'Silk & steel' in February 1987...
Rock 'n' Roll cowboy - Maggie Mae
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In 1981, Bucks Fizz won the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Making your mind up'. German singer Maggie Mae recorded this German cover ...
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Free as a bird - Supertramp
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Sometimes the reactions I get on this blog really amuse me. A recent entry on 'Cannonball' by Supertramp was reason enough for someo...
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