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Back in the summer of 1947 two men were born within a couple of months of each other on opposites coasts of America...
Mike Skinner did it, Abel Tesfaye does it and so does Neil Hannon to name just three. Do what you're thinking? One...
Thousands, if not millions, of songs have been recorded as a tribute, but none probably more than to either Elvis...
When it comes to talking about explicit songs, we tend to think, these days especially, about rap tracks with swearing...
There are often disagreements about which is better, the cover or the original. I usually agree that it's the...
The term Supergroup is generally accepted that all members are famous and have had a notable career of their own prior...
When it comes to prog rock, one of the biggest and most successful bands on the scene is Yes and, lead singer, Jon...
It still astounds me how so many great songs from the 1960s to the late 80s era received so much airplay, yet could...
When it comes to 'greatest guitarists' polls, Queen's Brian May is certainly up there, usually in the top five, but...
Enya, Basia and Björk are mononymous singers, and thank God, as their surnames are almost unpronounceable. In the...
Mention the name Leonard Cohen to anyone of a certain age and you'll either get 'Wow, what an amazing songwriter he...
Like a number of beat groups of the 1960s, many of them started in local clubs playing covers of rock 'n' roll and...
On 22nd November 1976 Harold Loyd, Elvis Presley's chief of security was greeted by an unexpected visitor who pulled...
There were far more one-hit-wonder's on the UK chart than you'd think. This week's act is from the Netherlands and...
A few weeks ago at one of my pop quizzes I played Goldie Lookin' Chain's 2004 hit Your Mother's Got A Penis and...