Pop fact – Shirley Bassey sang the theme to Moonraker, but it was originally offered to Johnny Mathis (and was written with Frank Sinatra in mind). As terrific a voice as the WACIBHM has (and certainly had) I’m […]

I think the difference is you can cook a Fray Bentos pie from when the oven is cold. For a Frey Bentos you have to wait till the Heat is On.

How about a discussion of the best detective dramas – a plodcast? Or the works of the great Derek Griffiths- a Bodcast?

A podcast on podcasts would be excellent – there are so many out there (I listen to 4 or 5 regularly and that’s about all I can manage!) that it can be overwhelming.

I’ve just started listening to one of the AW […]

Is it a new phenomenon though? The cover below popped up on a 1988 TOTP I watched the other day, and it’s as limp and uninspiring as any of the stuff JL use on their Christmas adverts. Bomb the Bass have done […]

That’s the second thing I’ve seen in as many days that can be sung to the music from “Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles”. There’s a Twitter feed that sends these out from Wikipedia…

As an avid Popmaster listener, there are a few on here that often come either between rounds or afterwards – at a music quiz I took part in recently, there was actually a round of “Records that Ken Bruce plays […]

Ted Nugent probably divides opinion a bit, but High Enough is an absolute joy – great shout. Some years back there was an infomercial on one of the cable channels for Time Life’s “Ultimate Rock Ballads” presented […]

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Bren: Remain
Tony: Remain
Jean: Remain (to wind up Dolly)
Dolly: Leave (it was in the Daily Mail…)
Anita: Remain
Twinkle: Couldn’t be arsed to vote
Stan: Leave
Philippa: Remain
Bread Man: Remain – […]

Sticking with Christmas adverts, I’ve listened to REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight this Feeling” a couple of times since seeing the new JL advert – it’s a mighty decent chunk of AOR (or is it MOR – never sure of the […]

This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us.

Yes it is, it’s Crawley, and there must be 100,000 other people here.

Oooh, I fancy some gravy now.

Reasonably obscure film – terrific soundtrack (which pops up in my head from time to time): Young Sherlock Holmes. It’s by Bruce Broughton, but has a real john Williams feel to it. Not sure if it’s on any […]

One of the finest guitar solos in all of pop music.

Swinging in from Hertfordshire, please welcome Mr and Mrs Finger, with their son Sol – and also their good friend Mr James Brown, who also happens to be the Godfather of Sol…

Here we go:

Johnny Mathis – mainly because my Mum is a fan (his Christmas songs are indelibly inked onto my brain).

Many tv themes, particularly those plucked from the KPM library (there’s loads of the KPM […]

“I was taken by surprise…”

“Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome, all the way from the Channel Islands Mr and Mrs La Motown and their daughter Tammy”

Correct! With “More than a Woman”. Knocked off Number One by the re-issue of “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison.

Nope. A much younger artist (sadly). Another clue – R&B.