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The first number one in the UK that contained rapping in came in 1983 in the shape of New Edition's Candy Girl, but...
When Mansun landed on the musical map in 1996 their lead singer and main songwriter Paul Draper exclaimed...
Elton, after years as a jobbing musician, finally made his name on the UK music scene in 1971 with his hit Your Song....
One thing many songwriters suffer from is writer's block. It's when you're not inspired and nothing comes. One of the...
On 22 November 1963, 16-year-old Texan, Marvin Lee Aday witnessed the assassinated President Kennedy's limousine's...
Not too many musicians make a living over so many years and cover so many genres. In the last 46 years, Steve Winwood...
"I saw Bat Out Of Hell as a spoof on Bruce Springsteen, I thought it would be just a cult thing" says Todd Rundgren,...
This week's song is another in the case of a B side being flipped by a radio DJ to become worldwide smash. Cheryl's...
The songs that generally sell the most and stand the test of time are the songs about relationships, whether it be...
There aren't too many songwriters who could adapt their style of writing to both novelty and serious songs with a good...
When Kissing the Pink hit the chart in 1983 with their catchy song The Last Film, there was confusion over what the...
Many big pops hits of particularly the 60s began in Europe and sung in their native language, but there were a band of...
The 1970s was certainly the decade for double entendre songs. It arguably began in the reggae scene with a number of...
In the 50s in America there was Sinatra Fever, in the UK in the 60s we had Beatlemania, in Australia there was...
Many songs have been written about the loss of a loved one especially in the early 60s when there was a spate of...