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How disheartening must it be for a songwriter to write a song they really believe in and love then to be told it's not...

Cover versions of songs done in a very different style from the acts who made them famous can often be a nice...

Artists, of the painting type, are not an obvious subject to sing about but Matt Monro praises Michelangelo in...

Neil Sedaka, alongside Neil Diamond, Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil...

If you you're a real music fan and, more so, like me, a chart watcher, it astounds me how certain big songs can...

This week's choice is by Bob Dylan's former backing group and is full of characters like Luke, Jack, Anna Lee, Miss...

How could you describe this week's choice? Personally, I would go with a 90s dance anthem with an infectious hook and...

So many actors who play the same role in a long-running television show get pigeon-holed and some are unable to shake...

This week's suggestion came from General Blee who wrote, "I heard Don't Bring Me Down by E.L.O. yesterday after a long...

In music the word ballad generally has a definition meaning a slow sentimental or romantic song, but this week's...

In the 1960s and 70s, there were an elite bunch of session musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, the Wrecking Crew,...

The same week I planned to do a teenage rebellion round in my weekly quiz, this suggestion came in from the Lodgeman...

Back in the days when really only radio play of a song would get you into the chart, it's baffling why this song...

Helen Reddy was such a good-looking lady, had a great voice and made so many great songs, so it's a puzzling thought...

When an act writes a song and then denies that something about it isn't really what it seems, drugs references, are a...