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Many people get into the music business by lying their way in. There was a certain producer in the 70s (who shall...

Looking at the writing credits on many versions of The Lion Sleeps Tonight you will see the names Hugo Peretti / Luigi...

In this day and age there are reality television shows to find stars for the London stage, but up until a few years...

Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and George and Ira Gershwin's are some of the biggest and most successful names in...

Elvis Costello first hit the UK chart towards the end of 1977 with the voyeuristic Watching The Detectives, but he'd...

In the early eighties, a new genre of music hit scene in a big way. It was called new romantic and was emphasized by...

Four songs reached number two in the 1960s that don't mention the title of the song within the lyrics, the first was...

Abba were the first group to take their name from the initials of the members of the band, the second were Pilot and...

During the 1950s & 60s, tons of instrumental tracks made the UK chart, but by the early 70s, they were few and far...

In the Summer of '69, Bryan Adams was just nine years old, many think the song for which is most often associated has...

These days many artists 'try out' their songs via social media sites and Youtube etc to get public opinion, but back...

It can be very frustrating for an act when your debut hit single gets off to a good start in terms of radio airplay,...

In the mid-Fifties, Frank Sinatra said that he hated rock'n'roll and that it was made by 'cretinous goons'. When he...

Here's a trivia question: what connects the bands Black Sabbath, Fine Young Cannibals, The Mission, Mudhoney, Veruca...

One possible way to fake your way into being a successful pop star is to pretend you're related to someone famous. One...