single
of the week
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Smoke From a Distant Fire (Sanford/Townsend Band)
Back in the days when really only radio play of a song would get you into the chart, it's baffling why this song...
Stand by your Man (Tammy Wynette)
Country songs, have always had a bit of a reputation for being tragic stories, a bit like a year's worth of EastEnders...
Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson)
Whenever the name Berry Gordy is mentioned in music circles most people would immediately think Motown, which is...
What A Girl Wants (Christina Aguilera)
To find out what a girl wants, you could ask the man from the legendary Milk Tray advert who ski-ed down a mountain...
Emma (Hot Chocolate)
Hot Chocolate are a prime example of a great British band with a huge catalogue of well-written hits, but British...
Angie Baby
Helen Reddy was such a good-looking lady, had a great voice and made so many great songs, so it's a puzzling thought...
No Ordinary Love (Sade)
My first memory of Sade was seeing her at Live Aid in 1985. I knew Your Love Is King, When Am I Gonna Make A Living...
Act Naturally (The Beatles)
Every one of the 23 legitimate Parlophone-issued Beatles' songs between 1963 and 1970 were written by John Lennon and...
Blackberry Way (The Move)
Many of the The Beatles songs were inspired by real life stories and the band have inspired hundreds, if not...
Society’s Child (Janis Ian)
The artist of this week's suggested single has a special place in my heart. It was her 1975 album Between the Lines...
Lady Marmalade (Labelle)
When an act writes a song and then denies that something about it isn't really what it seems, drugs references, are a...
Papa’s Got a Brand-New Bag (Pigbag)
You know when you've heard the same song so many times, usually through radio saturation, you never want to hear it...
In the Ghetto (Elvis Presley)
Elvis Presley is the biggest-selling musical act in chart history. some 44 years after his death he is still having...
Oh Happy Day (Edwin Hawkins singers)
There are literally hundreds of music genres and sub genres and many are restricted to certain areas around the world,...
Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones)
The Rolling Stones, like The Beatles, had so many well-known album tracks that your average person in the street could...