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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...

Just like the unrelated Walker Brothers a decade earlier, Sparks - comprising Californian-born real brothers Russell...

Sometimes it makes me wonder why such well-known or classic songs never get the chart recognition they deserve, good...

This week's subject is a rock cover version from 1973 of a Joni Mitchell song. Joni's first UK hit as a writer came in...

This week's choice is a one-hit wonder from 1970, by a house session band that went on to greater success, but for...

One thing I personally hate in songs in unnecessary talky bits, especially mushy ones. Ooh just the thought of it ,...

When a band forms, they would normally aim high, become successful in a competitive music world and never think about...