This is The Story of Pop: 2002, our weekly revisitation of all the biggest songs and the acts behind them at the top end of the UK charts exactly 20 years ago. This week: the King returns for a record breaking 18th time... Artist: Elvis Vs JXLSong: A Little Less ConversationReleased: 10/06/2002Writers / Producers: Mac … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 24)
Casting a weekly eye back over the biggest singles on the UK charts of two decades ago every Thursday, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: our first of two entries this series connected to the beautiful game... Artist: Ant & DecSong: We're On The BallReleased: 27/05/2002Writers / Producers: Harold Spiro / Anthony … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 23)
Well hello to you and happy start to this Platinum Jubilee weekend. This week's The Story of Pop: 2002 is quite fitting therefore - as it comes from an artist who was at the celebrations for the Golden Jubilee exactly two decades ago this very week... Artist: Will YoungSong: Light My FireReleased: 27/05/2002Writers / Producers: … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 22)
With more UK chart hits of two decades and the tales behind them, every Thursday at 9am, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: guess who's back...? Artist: EminemSong: Without MeReleased: 20/05/2002Writers / Producers: Marshall Mathers / Jeffrey Bass / Kevin Bell / Anne Dudley / Malcolm McLaren / Trevor Horn / DJ … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 21)
After three series and nineteen episodes, we finally bade farewell to our favourite wee doofuses from a small corner of Northern Ireland this week, with the finale of Derry Girls across two episodes. So for quite possibly the last time, let's get down to the craic...In the first installment, 'Halloween', it's time for the one … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×06: ‘Halloween’ / 3×07: ‘The Agreement’
Every Thursday at 9am, we transport you back to the UK singles chart as it looked exactly 20 years ago with The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: some former rejected Popstars come good with the song of the summer... Artist: Liberty XSong: Just A LittleReleased: 13/05/2002Writers / Producers: Michelle Escoffery / George Hammond Hagan … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 20)
Deary me we've got to the penultimate episode of the last ever series already? Better catch ourselves on then gang...And we open on the unusual sight of Aunt Sarah reading this week. Even more unusually: reading about the Russian Revolution... Da Gerry is of course questioning this. I mean Ma Mary reading Wuthering Heights in … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×05: ‘The Reunion’
Taking in the hits from the year Paula Radcliffe won gold at the Commonwealth Games, and when Julie Walters won a BAFTA for Best Actress, this is The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: a third solo chart topper for the lead vocalist of one of Ireland's biggest boybands... Artist: Ronan KeatingSong: If Tomorrow Never … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 19)
Now, it's a bit of a rule of thumb that if an episode of Derry Girls opens on a panning shot of the school badge for Our Lady Immaculate College, then that usually means one of two things; an assembly of some description, or an assembly where Jenny Joyce is singing.It is with this expectation … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: Derry Girls – 3×04: ‘The Haunting’
This is The Story of Pop: 2002. Your weekly revisitation of all the biggest hits and the artists behind them from the UK singles chart exactly 20 years ago. This week: an iconic chart topper from another Ramsay Street neighbour... Artist: Holly ValanceSong: Kiss KissReleased: 29/04/2002Writers / Producers: Sezen Aksu / Juliette Jaimes / Steve … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 18)
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