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)
ARTIST: Jimmy Balito SONG: Perfume SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been about four months since Jimmy Balito was last in the public eye. The last time we saw him, he was going hell for leather on a duet of 70s rockers Free's 'All Right Now' with his coach on … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jimmy Balito – ‘Perfume’
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)
ARTIST: Louis York SONG: Don't You Forget SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been a while since we last heard from Louis York - in fact when we last wrote about new stuff from them it was Christmas last year. Praise be though, as Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony are … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Louis York – ‘Don’t You Forget’
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)
Welcome to Day 6 of #15Daysof30Lists - where I continue to bring 15 lists of 30 different favourite things all in the run up to my 30th birthday a week on Monday. I want you to get to know yours truly a bit better through this exercise, and likewise me with you so please leave … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 6
ARTIST: Léon SONG: Falling SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? One of the beautiful things about how the music industry works these days is that there's been a return to the time when you released a song, sometimes a couple of times over, it grew in popularity steadily and you had … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Léon – ‘Falling’
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)
ARTIST: Friendly Fires SONG: Silhouettes SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Firstly, we want you to count the number of indie bands that were launched about ten years ago. Now count how many of them are actually still worth a collective damn. That'd be about three, maybe four at a push, … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Friendly Fires – ‘Silhouettes’
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