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In the 1970s it was a well-known fact that the Three Degrees were Prince Charles' favourite pop act, but he was also a...
Candle in the Wind and Abraham Martin & John are two examples of songs written about the death of famous people,...
In the summer of 2011, the man who wrote the classic Hollies song Bus Stop, finally got himself a bus pass of his own...
Many combinations of family relations have topped the UK singles chart. There have been brothers and/or sisters in...
If you mentioned the name Billie Davis to any music loving person who remembers the sixties and ask what her first UK...
One of the age old pop trivia questions is, can you name the only two hits of the seventies where the title is only...
One of the most dapper guys in the music industry has to be the man known as Kid Creole. Even now, at the age of 65,...
A long, long time ago, back in February 1959 Buddy Holly, along with the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and the pilot,...
Name dropping can certainly get you places and in music it's no different; both Madness and Bananarama sang about...
In the 1970s & 80s, there would have been a generation of people who listened to Radio Two not knowing that one of...
Protest songs have been around for centuries with the earliest known one being written in 1382 when a folk song called...
Over the years he's been called the reluctant pop star although Chris Rea has never really considered himself a star....
It is often asked what is the oldest recording to make the UK chart and there is no real definitive answer. We do...
It's a fact that people love a poll. Whenever any radio station, newspaper or magazine provide a 'list' people can't...
In the mid to late seventies the disco era was booming and it's one genre that is still very active especially as most...