Heart began their mid-Seventies success with this single, Magic Man, about the time Ann Wilson met and fell in love with Mike Fisher.
Jimi Hendrix was once asked how it felt to be the best guitarist in the world. Hendrix shrugged and replied: “I don’t know – ask Rory Gallagher.”
George Harrison’s song Beware Of Darkness provides the perfect soundtrack to the opening scene of horror film Weapons.
The Flamin’ Groovies relaunched themselves in the UK after a five-year hiatus in 1976 – supported by a new band called The Ramones.
Everything about this song screams “1979” – a transitional year when the first wave of punk was evolving into the New Wave and its various sub-genres: post-punk, power-pop, synth-pop.
I’ve loved Mexican music for a long time and the first time I heard it was on Ry Cooder’s 1976 album Chicken Skin Music. And the songs that stood out were the ones featuring the accordion of Flaco Jimenez.
Back to my childhood again for Pickettywitch singing That Same Old Feeling – one of two different versions in the charts.
This song’s lyrics could not be more pertinent today – half a century after it was recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes.
This catchy slice of cheese transports me immediately back to being a small boy sitting in front of the telly in early 1970 watching Top of the Pops.
Husband-and-wife schlager duo Cindy & Bert made arguably the best rock cover of all time with their reimagined version of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid… in German.