single
of the week
Is there a song that you would like to know the story behind? Why not email me at the bottom of this page and I’ll get to work on it.
This week's artist was a glam rock item and a thoughtful and considerate one at that. He cared about his fans and...
It's magical, it's mysterious and, for a lot of people, it's a guilty pleasure, but this week's story follows in the...
Bill Wyman was also known as the laid-back member of the Rolling Stones who inadvertently invented an instrument and...
Music has been used to advertise products on television since the 1950s, Cliff Adams' Lonely Man Theme was memorably...
For the last few years, one really great show on Radio Two is Don Black on Sunday nights. He took over from David...
Artist's signature songs will be one that is forever associated with that act and usually one they will start and/or...
This week's choice is a song that took over 110 hours to write in two different studios and contained a 'holding...
When it comes to 'list' songs there are not many that will readily spring to mind, We didn't Start The Fire, My...
It still amazes me how someone comes onto the music scene, releases a handful of fantastic well-received singles as...
Bananrama, The Gorillaz, Ash, Mika, Haysi Fantayzee and Sheryl Crow, to name a few all, did it. What? Had a hit single...
A large proportion of the European music that ends up in the UK chart is generally a bit cheesy and tacky, but...
David Bowie hated his 1967-recorded song The Laughing Gnome which was belatedly released in 1973, he tried,...
James Morrison is a guitarist and singer/songwriter who is very often mistaken for James Blunt because of their...
In this day and age so many songs are credited with a 'featuring' act or an 'x' collaboration and thus usually...
So many times and song becomes a big hit and is remembered for years and then you find out that it was a last minute...