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Gina Gardiner, who was born in Brisbane on 3 August 1970, moved to Melbourne in 1987 and began DJing in the local...
This week's track is from an American crooner who had minimal success in the UK, but it probably didn't bother him...
When the disco era started in the early 70s, many thought it was just a fad that would come and go quite quickly,...
Until the compilation of the UK chart was done digitally, the sales of singles were, shall we say, less than accurate,...
Tracks like Tequila Sunrise by the Eagles, Alright by Supergrass and California Girls by the Beach Boys, to name just...
This week’s songs is one that had been any American hit four times but in the UK only once and that is as a cover of...
The intros to Michael Jackson's Thriller and Wham!'s Club Tropicana, to name a couple, musically build a vivid image...
Charlene D'Angelo was born in Hollywood in 1950. She was discovered by the moguls of Motown Records who signed her to...
There is nothing like persistence as the LA's would know. They were formed in Liverpool in 1983 by original member...
Whenever there is talk about songs that were kept off number one in the chart, almost always, the most famous is...
Girl singers of the 60s were in full force by the middle of that decade, but unlike Sandie Shaw, Dusty Springfield...
How many times have you heard a song, analysed the lyrics and really thought you knew what it was about and then...
Songs about space and all things intergalactic are fairly few and far between. David Bowie told us about his Space...
Judy Garland and Bob Dylan are two of the most famous names to come out of Minnesota, but neither have had a UK number...
So where and when did 'disco' music start? A question that many have asked over the years! It is generally believed...