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Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock - two of the nicest, down-to-earth people you could ever meet in the music industry. I...

Last week's Single of the Week was one of the two hits by Fischer-Z, a forgotten 80s hit that sounds as fresh in 2020...

Fischer-Z arrived on the scene around the same time as The Stranglers, 999, Dr Feelgood and the Buzzcocks, they all...

Paul Evans is one of the unsung songwriters of the 20th Century. So many of you will know songs he has written, but...

There are hundreds of music genres past and present, but have you ever wondered who comes up with the names for them?...

Once upon a time, list songs were very popular but are few and far between now. This week's choice was a number one...

Two weeks ago, I lost my dearest best friend Larry Foster to that wretched COVID-19 virus. I'm still desperately sad...

This week's suggestion is another in a long line of songs that weren't ever destined to be a hit as it started life as...

The majority of Motown's biggest hit were written in-house either by the staff writers of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier...

Wiggles has been hounding me to write about this song for weeks, but apart from having heard the song, I knew little...

This week's song was chosen by General Blee who emailed to say, "I had forgotten how good Lido Shuffle was and how...

This week's suggestion is from Milkybarnick who emailed to say, "I wondered if Floyd Cramer's On the Rebound was worth...

The video era really came to life in 1981 with the birth of MTV, but of course, there were videos before that and it's...

Three weeks ago, I covered the story of Keeping the Dream Alive by Freiheit, a song that has nothing to do with...

If you came along to one of my quizzes and I asked you which seventies hit was written about Kate Barker, a woman who...