Always here every Thursday at midday to revisit the sights and sounds of the UK chart as it looked two whole decades ago, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. Onto this week's entry then - and by my reckoning, it's time for a bit of an S Club party... The new millennium had undoubtedly … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 23)
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)
Hope you all had a good Bank Holiday weekend people! Time to ease into your second four day week of the month with #ThrowbackTunesday. Before we bring you your retro musical delight for Tuesday, let's see what former UK chart hits from this exact week in the last 25 years are on the playlist this … Continue reading #ThrowbackTunesday: Episode 19
ARTIST: S Club 7 SONG: Perfect Christmas ALBUM: Never Had a Dream Come True (2000, 19/Polydor) Nice bit of numeric synchronicity for today's Christmas song. The B-side to their chart topping 'Never Had a Dream Come True', this was penned - as many of the S Club hits were - by the legendary Cathy Dennis, … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2017: Day 7
It's that time of year again people! Today and all weekend, the nation digs deep and gets ready to do all manner of crazy things to raise money for the BBC's annual Children in Need appeal, with the live telethon kicking off tonight at 7pm on BBC One. One of the longest standing traditions of … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: BBC Children in Need Singles
It's Sunday, and thus time to tell you what I've been rating and ditching this week in what I like to call #AwesomeBoresome...let's kick things off then... #AWESOME - The Twitter account 'Things on my Rabbit' Victoria Beckham has been well known to call fans of her clothing line 'fashion bunnies' on her Twitter account … Continue reading #AwesomeBoresome (Week ending 17/05/2015)
Regular readers among you may know two things about me by now: 1) that when I'm an uber-fan of a particular artist, it's hard for me, when discussing my love for that artist, to form any coherent stream of logic other than that of a slightly gawky 12 year old fanboy. And 2) the eagle … Continue reading S Club 7 are back! And here’s why I’ll always be thankful to them…
