Import singles

Between 1981 and 2007, a total of 57 singles made the UK chart as an import copy prior to its UK release. Those were in the days when shops had the foresight to realise a song’s potential, order copies from abroad and sell them in the UK. Obviously in the...

Street Player

The wonders of YouTube! Sometimes it throws up some wonderful items and recently whilst playing some songs by Chicago, I decided to search my favourite song by Chicago which is Street Player and it found a cover version by Leonid & Friends who I never heard of. So...

Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne is 40 years old this week. She was born in Ontario, Canada and by the age 16, she had signed a two-album record deal with Arista Records. She made her UK debut in 2002 with Complicated and has, to date, charted 18 hit singles. Let’s remember her...