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‘Vous Avez Dit Bizarre’ N°502 – Vintage 2000s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Keane, Johnny Cash, Biffy Clyro, DJ Shadow, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Cryptkickers, Weezer, Bowling For Soup, Kate Bush, Papa Roach, Bloc...

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We Remember Peter Green. ‘Blues in Green’

This day (July 25, 2020), in Canvey Island, Essex, England, died Peter Greena British guitarist and the co-founder of Fleetwood MacTracklist : 1 . w/ Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well...

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‘Music For The Dancers’ N°485 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Mr Mixi Skinny Scotty & Dizzy D, Chubb Rock, Cameo, The Belle Stars, Fast Eddie, Black, Sheila E., Sylvester, Jonathan Butler, The...

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‘We Are Live’ N°103 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of AC/DC, Talking Heads, Status Quo, Japan, Traveling Wilburys, The Godfathers, U2, The Waterboys, Christopher Cross, Queen, U.K. Subs, Far Corporation ? Take...

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Hip-Hop & Soul N°336 – Vintage 2000s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of De La Soul, Estelle, Omarion, Dionne Bromfield, Common, M.I.A., Rodney P, The Beatnuts, The Brand New Heavies, Trina, Biz Markie, Missy Elliott...

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Billy Joel releases his third album : ‘Streetlife Serenade’ featuring ‘The Entertainer’ (1974)

Billy Joel's 'Streetlife Serenade' is the third studio album produced by Michael Stewart and released on October 11, 1974 by Columbia Records.Track Listing : 1.Streetlife Serenader (Billy Joel) - 05:17...

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Radiohead release ‘In Rainbows,’ their seventh album featuring ‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi’ (2007)

Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' is their seventh studio album featuring 'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi,' produced by Nigel Godrich and self-released on October 10, 2007 on Xurbia XendlessTrack Listing : 1.15 Step (Radiohead) -...

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Happy Birthday Thom Yorke. ‘[in a T.Y.] State Of Mind’

This day (October 7, 1968), in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, is born Thomas Edward Yorke simply known as Thom Yorke, English singer and songwriter, co-founder and frontman of RadioheadTracklist : 1...

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Columbia release Marvin Gaye’s final album : ‘Midnight Love’ featuring ‘Sexual Healing’ (1982)

Marvin Gaye's 'Midnight Love' is his final album to be released (on October 1, 1982) before his death by Columbia.Track Listing : 1.Midnight Lady (Marvin Gaye) - 05:17 . 2.Sexual...

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Happy Dave Holland. ‘President Holland’

This day (October 1, 1946), in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire England, is born Dave Holland, an English jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades.Tracklist...

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‘Look Ma, No Mike!’ N°80 – Vintage 80s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Big Country, Madness, The Christians, John Farnham, Del Amitri, Hot Chocolate, XTC, Level 42, Mike Oldfield &...

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George Harrison releases his sixth album : ‘Extra Texture (Read All About It)’ featuring ‘You’ (1975)

George Harrison's 'Extra Texture (Read All About It)' feat. 'You' is his sixth studio album released on September 22, 1975 by Apple. Track Listing : 1.You (George Harrison) - 03:41...

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Verve publish Diana Krall’s sixth album : ‘The Look of Love’ produced by Tommy LiPuma (2001)

Diana Krall's 'The Look of Love' is her sixth (and best-selling) album released on September 18, 2001 by Verve.Track listing : 1.'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:29 ....

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Verve publish Madeleine Peyroux’s eighth album : ‘Secular Hymns’ recorded at an English church (2016)

Madeleine Peyroux's 'Secular Hymns' is her eighth album recorded live at a 12th-century church in Oxfordshire, England and released on September 16, 2016 by Verve.Track Listing : 1.Got You On...

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This week In Singing Ladies 37/52

How well do you know the music of Amy Winehouse, Madeleine Peyroux, Grace Potter, Caro Emerald, Fiona Apple, Jewel, Céline Dion, Sheryl Crow, Goldfrapp, Katie Melua, Mariah Carey, Bette Midler...

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‘L’Amour Toujours’ N°684 – 2010s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Ed Sheeran, Olly Murs, Beyoncé, Talay Riley, Katy Perry, Shaggy, Jason Derulo, Tom Odell, The Script, Chris Brown, MNEK, Ferreck Dawn &...

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Kanye West releases ‘Graduation,’ his third album featuring T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Mos Def and Chris Martin among other guests (2007)

Kanye West's 'Graduation' is his third studio album featuring T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Mos Def and Chris Martin among other guests and released on September 11, 2007 by Def Jam /...

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John Lennon releases his second solo album : ‘Imagine’ featuring the title track plus ‘Jealous Guy’ (1971)

John Lennon 's 'Imagine' is his second studio album co-produced with Phil Spector and released on September 9, 1971 by AppleTrack Listing : 1.Imagine (John Lennon, Yoko Ono) - 03:01...

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Cornershop release ‘When I Was Born For The 7th Time,’ their third album featuring ‘Brimful of Asha’ (1997)

Cornershop's 'When I Was Born for the 7th Time' is their third studio album featuring 'Brimful of Asha,' produced by frontman Tjinder Singh, Dan the Automator and Daddy Rappaport and...

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Hip-Hop & Soul N°187 – Vintage 2000s Music Videos

How well do you know the music of Kelis, Will Smith, T.I., Next, Kanye West, Tweet, J~Kwon, Obie Trice, The Black Eyed Peas, Sean Paul, Big Brovaz, Dizzee Rascal ?...

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