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If you ask virtually anyone who was into music in the 1980s how many hit singles Midnight Oil had, they are likely to...

It often amazes the kids when they sing a song that is in the chart and turn around and find their parents are singing...

This isn't the first time I've written about a Cat Stevens song, in fact, it's the third. The prolific singer...

This week's request comes from one of the members of my top pop quiz teams, Richard Hunter who emailed to say, "I...

How many times do you hear about a band who write and record their own material and struggle to get anywhere. Then,...

Back in 1960, when this week's suggested song was first released, there was no benefit of a video to help promote the...

Family were an underrated band from the late sixties and early seventies and Roger Chapman's voice hasn't changed in...

It was Noel Gallagher who once said, "The chart of only relevant when you're at the top of them." Maybe for a...

The downside to modern day technology is that it has taken away some of the excitement of things. In chart-terms, it...

This week's suggestion came in from General Blee who emailed to say, "Just thought I would add another song for the...

Well, if I didn't believe in fate before, I certainly do now. I cannot believe that it was whilst researching some...

This week's request comes from my good lady who said to me one night, "What's I Hear You Knocking all about?" to which...

In the mid-fifties, doo-wop was all the rage and one of the few genres that wasn't swept aside by rock and roll. Many...

When the request for this song came in, I thought, 'Ooh yes, I remember this song, but not too many will. A minor hit...

'I don't like reggae, I love it' Graham Goldman once sang on the 10cc number one hit Dreadlock Holiday, he was saying...