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After leaving the names Kenny & The Cadets, Carl & The Passions and then The Pendletones behind to become the...
'Unadulterated aural stimulation! A wonderful wonderful spin of awesome danceability that shakes, quakes and...
Millions of songs start off with a totally different working title from where they end up and 99% of the time it's the...
In 1993 when Lulu joined Take That on their chart-topping hit Relight My Fire, she broke a record for the longest gap...
It's often made me wonder why a one-hit-wonder is just that. Is it because they tried but were unsuccessful with a...
When you look back at the eighties especially the fashions, Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet particularly come in for...
When you look back now at the eighties, the trends, the clothes, the hair and the music, only the music, well some of...
In the early eighties, a number of bands cemented their reputation because they were there at the right time and the...
In 1989, EMF managed to do something most bands still can't do and that was to get a record deal, with a major...
Sometimes very accomplished musicians write some very strange, unusual or quirky songs, Bobby Crush is one example, a...
Over the years, there have been many songs that have has restricted airplay caused by their content and the BBC,...
Many children have followed in their parents' footsteps and in the music business just look at the 'kids' whose career...
The legendary DJ John Peel will always be remembered, and loved, for giving thousands of acts a play on his radio...
Most people will know the song I Drove All Night which was a hit for both Cyndi Lauper and Roy Orbison and both peaked...
Every once in a while a band comes along and there is forever controversy on how to pronounce their name. One such...