“If My Friends Could See Me Now” first featured in the 1966 Broadway musical “Sweet Charity”.
Before you rush to correct me, I realise Shirley MacLaine didn’t appear in the Broadway version of the musical — Gwen Verdon played the role of Charity on Broadway — but by the time…
Once upon a time, the music business was more about the music than it was about the business.
Sure, record companies wanted monster worldwide hit records that would make them millions. But they understood that sometimes the least likely things would capture the mood of the moment and go straight…
I’m convinced more Brits know all the words to “Angels” by Robbie Williams than know the words to our national anthem. And I’ve got evidence…more on that in a moment…
Robbie Williams first came to the public’s attention in the 90s as part of Take That — a five-piece boy…
When I first heard “Blackberry Way” by The Move, I imagined it had been recorded in an underground club on the Left Bank in Paris.
It felt to me like half a dozen blokes wearing black polo neck sweaters, smoking Gauloises, were performing it…perhaps with a couple of women smoking…
Although I was only little, I particularly remember Christmas 1973 because my parents bought me a copy of “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday” by Wizzard that year. …
When you hear the name “Springfield” in a musical context, you probably think of Dusty. That’s my first reaction too.
But there’s another very important Springfield in a musical context, Dusty’s brother Tom. …
Both The Simpsons and Star Trek have a decent record of predicting the future. Let’s hope Zager and Evans don’t…
The Simpsons predicted…or wildly speculated after too many espressos and high-sugar pastries in the writers’ room, depending on your perspective…future world events like future Presidents, winners of the Nobel Prize…
1962 was The Springfields’ year. They had released a few singles the year before, but hadn’t yet made much of a dent in the charts…
But moving into 1962, they hit the big time. …
It’s been almost 60 years since The New Christie Minstrels entered the studio to record their best-selling track, “Green, Green”.
The New Christie Minstrels would turn out to be one of the foundation stones of 1960s popular music, but the group itself is not that well-known today. That’s probably because…apart…
“Seek, and ye shall find” is one of the Bible’s more enigmatic verses.
Of course, you’re unlikely to find something without seeking it. There’s probably an limit to the amount of good fortune you can expect if you spend all day watching Netflix on your sofa.
But the opposite is…
