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It had never occurred to me, until I recently read an interview with a song writer, that if they are lucky enough to...

Songs that were written specifically about a person are usually fairly obviously because their name might me mentioned...

This request came in a few weeks ago but I've been saving until Valentine's week because, not only is it a great love...

This week's suggestion came from David who seemed keener to know how these two people got together to make this...

This week's act was one of the most successful all-female acts of the 1980s, but their original name was not a good...

Oh, how times have changed with technology. Long before email and mobile phones with text facility, the quickest way...

This suggestion came in about two months ago, but I thought I'd leave it until nearer Christmas because, although...

I still can't quite fathom how a great song falls just short of the number one slot and yet a cover, usually never as...

This week's suggestion came from Des Roberts, who used to attend by Sunday quiz many moons ago and he said, "Trawling...

There is almost no restriction of what can inspire a song writer to come up with an interesting story for a song. The...

This week's suggestion is one of those songs where your casual music fan would not believe that a cover version, which...

Some political songs have a habit of making the listener sit up and take notice and others have their political...

When I received the email requesting this song, the subject line said, "Did video really kill the radio star?" Reading...

This week's suggestion came out of a conversation with someone who believed, quite rightly, that I am a fan of Olivia...

  This week's suggestion comes from a long-forgotten singer who charted two songs in the 1950s. One was a...