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This week's suggestion features a singer with one of the most pure and distinctive voices of the 20th century. "I...

This week's suggested song has been covered by so many people it's hard to keep track of exactly how many. In all...

An email came in from David Robinson who said, "Hi Jon, a few weeks ago on your online quiz you asked a question about...

I do love it when someone puts out a morsel of information that eventually becomes legend only to find out it's not...

The first ever request for a Single of the Week came back in October 2011 and was MacArthur Park by Richard Harris and...

This week's suggestion came from a lady who said that when she heard Barry Manilow sing I Write the Songs on the radio...

Any song with a person's name in the title makes me wonder if it's a real person or not and if so, is it...

With the whole world having just endured a pandemic where for a while everything was shut down, no one was allowed to...

John Jones emailed to say that the second half of 1981 was memorable for him for two reasons, on the happy side it was...

Some songs are so well known but never made the chart and you wonder why. Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl, Eagles' Life...

Earlier this year it was announced that Neighbours was coming to an end after 32 years in the UK. More announcements...

This week's suggestion was described, in 1976, by the American DJ Casey Kasum as, "The biggest hit on the American...

Xanadu, Heaven, Hotel California and China Grove are among many song titles about mythical places. Penny Lane, Last...

People who write TV shows like Jonathan Creek and films like The Sixth Sense have my utter admiration. To able to...

Until he joined 10cc in the early 70s Graham Gouldman was an unsung hero of the song writing world having written hits...