Songs from 1970
The Dave Edmunds classic, ‘I Hear You Knockin” was No.1 in the UK on this day in 1970, ending a great run of fine tunes to claim the nation’s top spot. As you may recall, I gasped in amazement in...
View ArticleSongs from 1974
It’s been a while since we had one of these, and as ‘Devil Gate Drive’ by Suzi Quatro was the UK’s chart-topper on this day in 1974, I wondered what she had been up against in the charts. I needn’t...
View Article2015: Music
This year hasn’t started at all well for music fans. 2016 began much as 2015 ended: with the sad news that David Bowie – and now Glenn Frey from The Eagles and Dale Griffin, Mott the Hoople drummer –...
View ArticleIdeas for Christmas
Another year draws to a close, almost certainly to the deafening sound of cheers and snide remarks about what an absolutely bloody-awful year it’s been, all things considered, so good riddance to it....
View ArticleDavid Bowie
Happy New Year, everyone. It’s one year since David Bowie died, it would have been his 70th birthday on Sunday, so I dare say you’ve heard his music playing somewhere this week. Maybe you received...
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