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One thing that singers who have had more than one hit hate being called is a one-hit wonder. The most well-known...
Every once in a while you hear a stop that absolutely stops you dead in your tracks and this week's subject did just...
Back in 1981, rioting was rife in the UK especially in places like Glasgow, Toxteth in Liverpool and...
A few weeks ago we lost the great British songwriter Rod Temperton. He was a member of the disco band Heatwave and was...
Is there a fine line between funk and rock? This week's track is a top 20 hit from 1976 which I've always classed as a...
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...