This is The Story of Pop: 1999. It's the story, week by week, of the hitmakers of two whole decades ago, and the smash hit songs they took to the top end of the UK charts. This week: one of the year's biggest selling singles acts boom their way to their first ever number one … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 25)
It's Wednesday - but if being half way to the weekend wasn't good enough news, we've got more uplifting headline makers for you right now with this week's installment of The Good News Week. If you enjoy the stories we've found this week, let us know - remember this is a place for you to … Continue reading The Good News Week (19/06/2019)
ARTIST: Little Mix SONG: Bounce Back SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? OK, let's not lie here. We love the Little Mix ladies. Always have done. Perhaps not to the devoted extent we've shown say, Spice Girls and All Saints, or The Saturdays and Girls Aloud (because we are older and … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Little Mix – ‘Bounce Back’
It's Thursday, and time once again to bring you the best of the UK chart's biggest hits from two decades ago like an amazing pop tardis. This is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: one of the largest - and loudest - new pop groups of the year make their debut at the top … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 24)
Though it can seem like the news is purely all bad, it's so important to remember that there's so much good in there too. And here for you again, we have three amazing and inspiring headline makers in this week's edition of The Good News Week. If you enjoy the stories we've found this week, … Continue reading The Good News Week (12/06/2019)
It's Monday, and it may currently be feeling weather wise like anything besides June, but we're not gonna let that bring us down, are we? Not when there's more social media nuggets of hilarity to sift through from the last seven days - this is #TweetHeeHee... A WORD OF ADVICE FOR WHEN THE WEATHER IS … Continue reading #TweetHeeHee (10/06/2019)
Telling the tales behind the hits of the year that bought us the third book in the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling and the TV debut of Bob the Builder, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: the newspaper column turned motivational life speech turned last spoken word chart topper to date... … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 23)
Some of you who read my review of the BBC's excellent A Royal Team Talk: Tackling Mental Health a couple of weeks ago will recall my mentioning about a new walking group that's just been founded in my fair home county of Essex - and which I am a member of. It's called Walk & … Continue reading Spotlight: Walk & Talk 4 Men
ARTIST: Craig David SONG: When You Know What Love Is SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? So then. The first brand new material from Craig David for more than a year (unless we're counting his collaboration with Nile Rodgers for his last album) and it couldn't be more well timed if … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Craig David – ‘When You Know What Love Is’
It's Thursday, and time once again to throw things back to the UK charts twenty years ago, with The Story of Pop: 1999. And if you were in your teens and paying attention to what was on the box or big screen back in 1999, then boy do we have a song that you'll instantly … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 22)
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