“Murder on the Dancefloor” is a song written by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Gregg Alexander, produced by Alexander and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor’s debut studio album, Read My Lips (2001). Released on 3 December 2001, the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and became a top-10 hit worldwide. “Murder on the Dancefloor” is reported to have been […]
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“Walk Away Renée” is a song written by Michael Brown, Bob Calilli, and Tony Sansone for the band the Left Banke, released as a single in July 1966. Steve Martin Caro is featured on lead vocals. It spent 13 weeks on the US charts, with a top spot of No. 5. The track returned to
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Blackbirds was first performed by David McAlmont and Guy Davies during a series of live gigs in 2012 when they were promoting their debut EP Smokehouse as ‘Fingersnap’. The track found itself becoming a favourite with audiences. David McAlmont: “I’ve worked hard in recent years to free myself from the despair that increasingly preceded my lyric
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“You Can’t Fix This” is a 2013 song by Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, and Rami Jaffee. The song was recorded in Dave Grohl’s Studio 606 and recorded for the soundtrack album Sound City: Real to Reel. The Sound City players performed the song several times at festivals and on The Late Show with David Letterman. The song was written about
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Falling Forward is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham, released in 1994. The album includes the singles “Different Time, Different Place”, “I Can’t Help Myself”, and “Hope, Prayer & Time”. The title track is my favourite. “I spent a bit of time up front with this record, demo-ing at home beforehand and trying
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‘Rocket’s Tail’ is a song written by Kate Bush. It was originally released on her sixth studio album The Sensual World in 1989. The track features vocals by the Trio Bulgarka and a guitar solo by David Gilmour. “Rocket is one of my cats, and he was the inspiration for the subject matter for the song, because he’s
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