The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the story, week by week, of the songs and stars that were riding high in the UK charts twenty years ago this very week. We continue onwards and into double figures, and this week - a comeback and then some from one of the greatest female vocalists of all … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 11)
Welcome to another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999, our weekly look back to the UK chart hits of 20 years ago. And it seems quite fitting that this week, with Red Nose Day for Comic Relief just around the corner again next Friday, that we profile one of its former fundraising hits... It … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 10)
Sometimes to understand pop now, you need to look back at what it was then. Or so a wise man once wrote. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, and time once again to bring you another huge UK chart hit from exactly 20 years ago. This week: the 19th top 40 single from some … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 9)
It was the year of SM:TV Live on Saturday mornings, Pokemon cards in the school playground, and a solar eclipse. Oh - and also the year of some stellar pop music. This is The Story of Pop: 1999, our new weekly look back at the biggest UK chart hits of 20 years ago. This week: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 8)
It's time once again to head back two whole decades to a different time in pop music, as we bring you another installment of The Story of Pop: 1999. And you won't believe who's next for us to cover in the story... Since he got his breakthrough producing Madonna's 1990 hit 'Justify My Love', soul/funk/rock … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 7)
It's Thursday, and time once again for another slice of retro chart pop action from twenty years ago, with The Story of Pop: 1999. This week's song comes from a band who made an unexpected comeback in style - let's see who they are and the chart topper that did it for them... Fronted by … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 6)
It's Thursday afternoon, meaning it's time to bring you yet another veritable musical smorgasbord from the year where we bade the 20th century farewell - this is The Story of Pop: 1999. And here comes the story of yet another huge hit from 1999... Boston based DJ, remixer and producer Armand Van Helden was a … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 5)
Ever wondered what was topping the UK singles chart exactly oooh...twenty years ago? Then wonder no longer, as we continue to bring you the story behind the hits of that time in The Story of Pop: 1999. And to use the intro for this week's song and thus this week's post: Gunter, glieben, glauchen, globen... … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 4)
Time for that part of the week where we bring you the movers and shakers from the year that bought us Y2K bug fever, a solar eclipse and a whole lot of mad musical goings on - it's The Story Of Pop: 1999. This week - another chart topper, and a long overdue one for … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 3)
We continue on with the second installment of our brand new retrospective music series here on the blog now, as we tell you the story of the UK's pop charts back in 1999. And it's time for another chart topper this week... Brighton born Norman Cook was no stranger to the UK charts, even twenty … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 2)
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