I posted a music-based Instagram Story last week with a list of ten songs and the hashtag #list10songs. […]
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For an artist who has produced 18 number one singles in the US – that’s six more than Madonna […]
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure both enjoyed chart success in their own right but it is a hastily […]
It’s funny how a song about a drunken, down-on-their-luck couple is considered by many to be the greatest […]
Many of music’s greatest songs carry great weight. Some make you think (Suzanne Vega’s Luka, say, or Christina […]
There I was, pondering which song to pick this week. It’s November. It’s rainy. Oh, I know … […]
Many of the tracks featured on my Saturday Songs series are classic hits that span the generations. Some […]
I often talk about how the 1980s was the definitive decade for great movie soundtracks and Footloose is […]
If Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines was one of the most controversial songs of this decade, then Weird Al […]
Depending how you look at it, Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit either celebrated its 25th birthday last month or […]
She started her career as a direct rival to Britney Spears but Christina Aguilera is perhaps best known […]
One of my favourite songstresses from the 1980s achieved the grand total of one US top 50 single […]