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)
It's Thursday, it's midday, and time to once again hop aboard the pop musical tardis that is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: the summer bangers of 20 years ago continue apace with one of the biggest dance hits of the year... As 1998 had been a good year to be from Ireland, 1999 … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 30)
ARTIST: Call Me Loop SONG: Self Love SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? You know it's funny really. Xenomania have reactivated themselves this year with both Unperfect and Paige Cavell - both of whom we've had on this series. And yet the song that sounds closest to Brian Higgins and co's … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Call Me Loop – ‘Self Love’
The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the story of the UK charts, the hits that were in them and the artists that made them hits two whole decades ago. This week - another turn of the millennium R&B classic from the girl group that gave the world one of its biggest female solo superstars.... It's … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 29)
Taking a musical trip back in time to the stars and sounds of two whole decades ago, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: the UK's first ever chart topper from Puerto Rico, via a man who ushered in the big summer craze of that year... Ask the person on the street of … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 28)
ARTIST: JP Cooper feat. Astrid S SONG: Sing It With Me SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? We last had JP Cooper as our #SongoftheWeek over 18 months ago, when 'She's On My Mind' came out. But the bedreadlocked singer songwriter is now back with the first taste of the long … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: JP Cooper feat. Astrid S – ‘Sing It With Me’
The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the series, week by week, that chronicles the UK chart movers and shakers of a year that saw American Beauty and The Sixth Sense hit cinema screens, and Will and Grace aired on TV for the first time. This week: a burgeoning Hollywood screen starlet shakes her stuff to … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 27)
ARTIST: Kylie Minogue SONG: New York City SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Finally, something is happening this weekend which we never thought we'd see the day of. 14 years after she had to cancel her appearance on the Pyramid stage owing to her breast cancer diagnosis, actual Kylie Minogue is … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Kylie Minogue – ‘New York City’
It's Thursday, it's midday, so we reckon it's about time we went back to the sounds and sights of the top end of the UK charts from twenty years ago - yes, it's The Story of Pop: 1999. We've now hit the halfway mark on this series can you believe? And as the sun shines … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 26)
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