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So many songs are written about real people, be it a husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, manager, mother etc and...

Do any of these names mean anything to anyone:- Victoria Wallace, Vera Brown, Shirley Porter, Sundray Tucker, Freddie...

The first time I was aware of a song I heard on the radio being different from the one I bought in the shop was in...

Oh how the charts rules have changed over the years and how different they are from America. 20 years ago the American...

Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato and Christina Aguilera all did it. Did what you ask? They...

Question: Which group described themselves and their music from the outset as, "A mess of eyeliner and spray paint"...

Many artists are given nicknames, usually by fans or the record companies, Elvis Presley was the King of rock 'n'...

How unlucky can one musician be? Well Nick Straker may well know the answer. Nick was born Nicholas Bailey in c. 1952...

Years ago, back in the mid-eighties, I was the resident DJ in a nightclub called The Mayfair in Southampton where I...

In 1982, a television drama about five unemployed men who would do anything for work in Thatcher's era hit the UK TV...

So many of David Bowie's song are catchy and memorable, but in 1983 David, always the leader and innovator and never...

What do Dionne Warwick, The Gun, Mel B and Massive Attack all have in common? They all temporarily amended their name...

This week's Single of the Week, is another one with lyrics that shouldn't have been played on the radio, but, unlike...

This week's 'Single of the Week' request is from one of the online seasoned players who remembered being at school...

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? A famous line from the pen of William Shakespeare. It's fair to say that the...