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Very few groups can boast the same line up for an eternity. The Four Tops hold the record having had the same line up...
There's a certain poignancy that Men in Black should be number one in the UK on a day when millions of people around...
Over the years, a number of singers have turned into radio broadcasters and using Radio 2 as an example, Jimmy Young,...
Back in the day, a number of radio DJs went on to become successful singers especially in America, Jim Reeves,...
This week's suggestion was written by a singer/songwriter who had no UK hits as an artist but has written some of the...
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...