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At a gig recently someone asked me for that 'new song' in the chart called You Don't Own Me. Admittedly it was a new...
I recently saw a jazz compilation CD in a London shop and noticed it included Midnight at the Oasis by Maria Muldaur...
The Beatles' Yesterday is allegedly the most covered song of all time, The Righteous Brothers' You've Lost That Lovin'...
`zIn 1990, the Manchester indie music scene was making its mark, The Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Charlatans...
Many songs seem to have no meaning, ie have you ever wondered what MacArthur Park is all about. I hope you know now as...
Years ago, some artists would 'borrow' a riff from another artist, recreate it and sometimes get away without giving...
So often a song comes along and it seems to be about a love relationship or the breaking up of, but actually it's...
As a DJ, the question I've probably been asked the most over the years is, what is the one song that almost never...
Parody songs have been around for years. Stan Freberg made a handsome living out of it for many years in the fifties...
In 2010, the BBC conducted a poll based on listeners & viewers votes to find the greatest guitarist of the last 30...
So many songs are incorrectly interpreted, especially by the BBC who decide to 'ban', or 'restrict' as they prefer to...
Few will remember that the first Canadian act to make the UK singles chart was the Four Lads back in 1952 when they...
Last week's Single of the Week was chosen by Steve Cann and was Jona Lewie's 1980 hit You'll Always Find Me In The...
In America, only once has a father/daughter combination topped the Billboard singles chart when in 1967, Frank and his...
Trivia question; what do the Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Deacon Blue, the Pretty Things and Judas Priest all have in...