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The biggest selling track of Brenda Lee’s career is “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”. In 1958, when she was 13, Owen Bradley asked Lee to record a new song written by Johnny Marks, who wrote “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (Gene Autry) and “A Holly, Jolly Christmas” (Burl Ives). Lee recorded the song, in July with [...]

Let’s croak some toads!
Captain Bucky O’Hare was the early 90’s cartoon character who graced our screens with an intergalactic battle against space toads. Remember the psychic cat “Jenny” who could read minds through the purple jewel on her head or the mad eye duck who could shoot with four arms at a time.
For those of [...]

Absolutely awesome song. “Money for nothing and chicks for free” – what a slogan. I love calling people “yo-yos”. Sting’s vocals on the track are really memorable and stamp the era all over the thing.
I remember my Dad getting the album Brothers In Arms and listening to it in the car all the time. Sing [...]

Didn’t this song drive you up the wall? The upside that everyone could sing it “ab a dee ab a dii” etc… The guy’s accent was Italian and his europop trio took 1999 by storm. Here are the lyrics so you can sing along to this bizarre little number
Lyrics to Blue by Eiffel 65
Yo listen [...]

Another 1993 classic, Mr Vain by Culture Beat followed in the trend of using occult videos in the style of the Prodigy. Zombies, crosses and vampires were de rigeur in the early 90’s. Watch this clip for some classic goth trance action! Sing along too:
Lyrics to “Mr Vain”
Call him Mr Raider call him Mr Wrong
Call [...]

George Formby was born George Hoy Booth on 26 May 1904 in Wigan, Lancashire. He started out as a professional jockey because his father didn’t want his son to follow him into showbusiness. Once his Father died, George went into stand-up. He bought a ukelele from an actor for £2.50 with a bet that he [...]

The cartoon series that most of us will remember ran from 1983 until 1990 and was a US production. The popular 80’s cartoon “Alvin and the Chipmunks” – featured the Chipmunks as a band with Alvin as the popular, good-looking one, Simon as the intellectual and Theodore as the cute baby-faced brother. Dave was their [...]

The Mr Bombastic Levi’s advert was hugely popular in the nineties as the cartoon was clever and funny, but mostly as the soundtrack was so incredibly sexy. Everyone wanted to use it for their program features, soundtracks and parties. Apparently this is the Sting remix of Shaggy’s classic. A great excuse to grind and an [...]

Just look at Mr Bombastic with his bad boy shaven haircut and nineties waistcoat trying to a pull a girl in a pink velvet catsuit! What a charmer!
Shaggy was also well known for one of the sexiest songs ever “Mr Bombastic” which was featured on a highly successful Levi’s advert.
Lyrics for “Oh Carolina”
“Oh Carolina (Radio [...]

Check out the leopard-print waistcoats and camp-as-hell dancing from Jason. Some classic big hats from the smiley face 90’s dance era.
Lyrics for “Relight My Fire”
Help me escape this feelin’ of insecurity
I need you so much but I dont think you really need me
But if we all stand up in the name of love
And state the [...]

A hapless bunch of Home Guard “soldiers” attempt to defend their homeland to little effect. Dad’s Army has a brilliant start sequence with song that was specially written for the show and military progress arrows fighting each other.
Lyrics to Dad’s Army Theme Tune: “Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?”
Who do you think [...]

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This is the anthem to 1983. As The Eurythmics, Annie Lennox and her companion, David A. Stewart, marked out the competitive and money-grabbing decade as their target and hit bullseye with the reversed-bass-track riff -now famous throughout the world. Annie Lennox is one of the twentieth century’s best singers and [...]

Intro Lyrics for “Funnybones”
In a dark, dark town there was a dark, dark street
and in the dark, dark street there was a dark, dark house,
and in the dark, dark house there were some dark, dark stairs
and down the dark, dark stairs there was a dark, dark room
and in the dark dark room….
three skeletons lived!
There was [...]

This is 29, Acacia Road -and this is Eric, a schoolboy who leads and amazing double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman. Ever alert for the call to action…
There is an Acacia Road on the outskirts of Castleford, near Ferrybridge Power Station. Could this mean that Bananaman [...]

Pinky and the Brain were two scheming mice that wanted to take over the world in a tried and tested slapstick fashion. Like a nicer version of Ren and Stimpy, this Steven Spielberg classic was humourous for adults and children alike.
Lyrics
Pinky: Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do [...]