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Swear words have been appearing in song since around 1971, some more subtle than others, and back in the old days...
Bucks Fizz, despite their 20 UK hits singles, will forever be remembered as our third Eurovision winner and even more...
Country music in the UK has never been a big thing, of course there was Johnny Cash and Jim Reeves who led the way in...
Throughout the 21st century the music press, in their antagonising fashion, have speculated that house music is dying...
If the name Alan Whitehead is not familiar to you, he used to be the drummer with Marmalade back in the late 60s and...
This week's suggestion came in from the lovely mummy bear who attends my Tuesday quiz on a regular basis and asked...
This week's suggestion is a long one and comes from a man called Mr Fitzgerald who, as far as I and he are aware, are...
The lady who asked for this story was a little secretive herself, but, with a bit of detective work on my part I...
There are certain songs that you would probably always associate with school; certainly if you were at school during...
The expression 'rolling stone' meaning a person who is unwilling to settle for long in one place, which is why it...
The request this week is by a man of great honesty as Eoin emailed saying, "Further to our conversation about Sssudio...
I met Chesney on the one (and only) occasion and the one question I asked him was, "Does it make you angry that the...
Do nonsense lyrics matter? The answer is probably not if the song is catchy and memorable, you may never know what...
In 1980, Billy Joel released the album Glass Houses and both me and my sister were big Billy Joel fans, so when I met...
Arguably Ray Charles and Sam Cooke were the two most important and influential soul singers of the late 50s and early...