This is The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the story, telling you, week by week, of all the UK chart movers and shakers of two whole decades ago. So if you were wondering what song about the sun shining connected with last week's hit from Bob Marley, a hearty congratulations to you if you said … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 40)
Packed with more UK chart hits from two decades ago than a Y2K party popper, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a reggae music legend is bought onto the dancefloors of the new millennium... A long standing icon in the world of reggae music, Bob Marley, with his band The Wailers, had … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 39)
It's Thursday, it's midday, and time once again to bring you another slice of the UK charts as they looked and sounded twenty whole years ago. This is The Story of Pop: 1999. And this week, another imported dancefloor filler - this time from Italy - that was the second biggest selling single of the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 38)
It's The Story of Pop: 1999. It's our series, week by week, that tells the story of the hits from the UK charts at the dawn of a new millennium, and the artists that made them so. This week: another Latino/Mambo record, but one that happily has a story and legacy all of its own … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 37)
Bringing back the sights and sounds of the UK charts as they were in the last twelve months of the 20th century, this is the weekly pop tardis we like to call The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: another big imported holiday hit - and Latino flavoured track - of that year roars to … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 36)
It's The Story of Pop: 1999. Every Thursday, at midday, we take you back in time to the UK's biggest chart hits of 20 years ago and tell you the stories behind them. And get ready, because we've got one of the year's biggest floorfillers kicking off a whole month of dance related entries... 'Do … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 35)
If you're fancying yourself a trip back in time to a musical year of greatness and the biggest hits from that year, you've come to the right place - cause this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: we meet our first solo Spice Girl of this series with a Spanish influenced summer pop … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 34)
This is The Story of Pop: 1999. Every Thursday, it's your trip back in time to the UK chart movers and shakers from twenty years ago. This week: a one hit wonder from Canada that charted twice before becoming a late summer time smash... Formed in 1994, and taking their name from the Swedish liqueur … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 33)
Deconstructing the sights and sounds of the UK charts twenty years ago, this is our weekly series of posts we like to call The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: a fledgling Scottish indie rock act make the grade to the big leagues via an iconic Glastonbury performance... Some bands and artists really are the … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 32)
Taking you back to the sights and sounds of a time when a fresh faced Dermot O'Leary hosted T4 on Sunday mornings, when the London Eye was erected on the South Bank and when twittering was a noise that birds made, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: the first member of one … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 31)
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