What was the first disco hit? The Trammps would define the genre with Disco Inferno. But before that came this old Broadway tune in 1972. (more…)

Nat Turner Rebellion: Laugh To Keep From Crying – album review

Barry White’s only chart-topping single started life as a country-and-western tune before he gave it a disco makeover. (more…)

I love this strangely timeless tune as much now as when it came out in 1973. And I’m sure this clip is the only example of a hit single prominently featuring the oldest instrument in the world. (more…)

Some time in the summer of 1975 ads began appearing with the picture of a bloke I’d never seen or heard and the words: “I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” (more…)

I knew Joan Baez more by reputation than her music when I was growing up – as a folk singer, and a protester, and for her Bob Dylan connection. But I do have fond memories of this song, which gave Joan her only hit in 1971. (more…)

By my mid-teens my musical interests were moving away from the singles chart and I was looking for something more substantial. Bob Dylan provided an answer.
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Pink Floyd’s next album after Dark Side Of The Moon made an even greater impace on me when I playe it for the first time, just after I left school. (more…)

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Midge Ure had his first taste of fame fronting boy band Slik, long before Ultravox, Live Aid and Do They Know It’s Christmas? (more…)