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18 May 1985, Simple Minds were at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’, (a No. 7 hit in the UK). Written by Keith Forsey (who won an Oscar for “Flashdance… What a Feeling”) and Steve Schiff (guitarist and songwriter from the Nina Hagen band), the track was featured in […]
9 May 1980, ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ by The Boomtown Rats won the best pop song and outstanding British lyric categories at the 25th Ivor Novello Awards. Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldoff was inspired to write the song after reading about the tragic shooting spree when 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded […]
26 April 1966, Dusty Springfield was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me’, the singers only UK No.1. When recording the track, Springfield was not satisfied with her vocal until she had recorded forty-seven takes. https://youtu.be/dvTmm0wV9SY You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me Read the […]
10 April 1970, 27 year-old Paul McCartney issued a press statement, announcing that The Beatles had split, (one week before the release of his solo album). McCartney said, ‘I have no future plans to record or appear with The Beatles again, or to write any music with John’. John Lennon, who had kept his much-earlier […]
Happy birthday to American singer, songwriter, pianist Norah Jones born 30 March 1979, who had the 2002 US & UK Grammy award winning No.1 album ‘Come Away With Me’ which has sold over 27 million copies. Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar. https://youtu.be/tO4dxvguQDk Norah Jones – Don’t Know Why […]