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Ronan Keating's ballad version of this number - originally a country song dating back to 1988 - made the song into a world-wide favourite and allowed Keating to step up from boy-band heartthrob to ser...

The iconic American rock band 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' were founded in the early 80's, and are to this day one of a few bands with such a long and impressive record of musical achievement. Richard John...

Sting's song about an Englishman who lives in New York but still sees himself as an outsider became a huge hit for the singer-songwriter and has gone on to be a true classic. The central message 'Be y...

This song was released in 1977 and is one of the famous songs from the legendary band "Earth, Wind and Fire". Because of its popularity, it was used in movies and TV series' and was also covered many...

In 1982, rock band Toto scored a worldwide hit with 'Rosanna'. This song is more than five minutes long, much longer than was usual for hits at the time, though perhaps it was exactly this fact that c...

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, died in Los Angeles on June 25th 2009. He can without any shadow of a doubt be compared with artists such as Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, and John Lennon - all of the...

Puttin' on the Ritz, whose title derives from the fashionable Ritz Hotel and means 'to dress chic and modern', is a song by Irving Berlin that first appeared in the 1930 music film of the same name. S...

Simply the Best was first performed by the little known Bonnie Tyler in 1988, but did not gain wide-spread popularity until Tina Turner recorded it barely one year later. The song has become one of Ti...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' is the most famous album by The Beatles, and perhaps of all time. When it came out in 1967 it was remarkable not only for its many great songs, but also because...

This song was originally recorded by The Beatles on their iconic 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' album. Many people also know this song because of Joe Cocker's breakthrough performance at the...

Max Steiner was born in Vienna in 1888, and grew up surrounded by music. He was a student of the Imperial Academy of Music, having among his teachers Gustav Mahler. In 1936 he signed an agreement with...

Moonlight Serenade is often said to be the Glenn Miller Orchestra's signature tune, capturing the very best of what it had to offer. It was recorded for the first time in 1939 and only made the B-side...

The iconic American rock band 'Red Hot Chili Peppers' were founded in the early 80's, and are to this day one of a few bands with such a long and impressive record of musical achievement. Richard John...

The 1960s is one of the most fascinating eras in the history of popular music. Many great hits from then have been turned into new versions during later decades after initial success. But everyone, bo...

Simply the Best was first performed by the little known Bonnie Tyler in 1988, but did not gain wide-spread popularity until Tina Turner recorded it barely one year later. The song has become one of Ti...

Simply the Best was first performed by the little known Bonnie Tyler in 1988, but did not gain wide-spread popularity until Tina Turner recorded it barely one year later. The song has become one of Ti...

The Police was one of the most prominent bands during the 80's, dominating the charts with numerous hits. The Norwegian Richard Johnsen has been around the block as an arranger in the pop and jazz ban...

Simply the Best was first performed by the little known Bonnie Tyler in 1988, but did not gain wide-spread popularity until Tina Turner recorded it barely one year later. The song has become one of Ti...

In 1973 Juan Carlo Calderón wrote Eres Tu for the Spanish Basque pop group Mocedades. The song was placed second in that years Eurovision Song Contest and is one of only five Spanish language songs to...

This 1994 song of Billy Joel is probably one of his most beautiful hits ever. It was originally intended as a prelude for another song 'River of Dreams' with lyrics in Latin. Philip Harper has created...

The Ecstasy of Gold is the famous theme from the movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly that leads up to and is heard during the movie's climax, the showdown! The complete soundtrack to The Good, the Ba...

Moon River Cha Cha was arranged to be part of Cory Band's winning set from Brass in Concert 2016 which was entitled; 'The Remarkable Life of Roald Dahl'. The centenary of Dahl's birth in Wales was cel...

Moon River is the title song of the famous 1961 motion picture Breakfast at Tiffany's. Over the years the song was covered by many major stars, turning it into an absolute evergreen around the world....