Elli et Jacno was a French 1980s electropop group comprised of Denis Quilliard (alias Jacno) and Elli Medeiros. They were quite successful in France and to some extent in Britain, having been featured once on the front page of Melody Maker magazine. Playing at the Chalet du Lac on the eastern outskirts of the French […]
Cheek to Cheek
“Cheek to Cheek” is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35, specifically for the star of his new musical, Fred Astaire. The movie was Top Hat, co-starring Ginger Rogers. In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance. The song was nominated for the Best Song Oscar for 1936, which it […]
Honeysuckle Rose
“Honeysuckle Rose” is a 1929 song composed by Thomas “Fats” Waller with lyrics by Andy Razaf, during a visit to the West Side of Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1928. Waller wrote the song with Razaf at 119 Atkins Avenue in a home that still stands today. “Honeysuckle Rose” was introduced as a soft shoe […]
Vocantus
Vocantus was founded in 2020 in Elbląg by Przemysław Piejdak and Tomasz Czypul. There are three people from Elbląg in the band: Urszula Leśniewska, Marcin Skotnicki and Przemysław Piejdak. They are complemented by Eliza Fronszczyk, Kinga Skowronek and Tomasz Czypul from Gdynia. The group performs historical music from the 13th to 15th centuries on replicas […]
Anne Etchegoyen
Anne Etchegoyen is a French/Basque singer and songwriter. She was born in 1980 in Saint-Palais (in Basque Donapaleu) in the Northern Basque Country, Aquitaine. At the age of eight Etchegoyen joined a local choir in Saint-Palais Soon thereafter she would study in the musical school of Bayonne. Etchegoyen sings in Basque, French, Spanish and Gascon. […]
Riders in the Sky
“(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend” is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones. A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949. The ASCAP database lists the song as “Riders in the Sky“, but the title has been written […]
Classical Gas
“Classical Gas” is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by American guitarist Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew. Originally released in 1968 on the album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record, it has been rerecorded and rereleased numerous times since by Williams. Originally named “Classical Gasoline”, the tune was […]
Popcorn
“Popcorn” (first version “Pop Corn“) is an instrumental composed by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 for the album Music to Moog By on the Audio Fidelity label. The name is a combination of pop for pop music and corn for kitsch. Kingsley conducted and arranged many Broadway musicals, and composed for film, television shows and commercials. […]
Sweet Child O’ Mine
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is a song by American rock band Guns N’ Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). In the United States, the song was released in June 1988 as the album’s first single, topping the US Billboard chart and becoming the band’s only US number-one single. In the […]
The Kransky Sisters
The Kransky Sisters are an Australian musical comedy trio created, written and performed by Annie Lee (Mourne) and Christine Johnston (Eve) initially with Michele Watt (Arva – 2000 til 2006) and later with Carolyn Johns (Dawn – 2007 onwards). During their act, the Kransky Sisters tell off-beat, macabre stories accompanied by cover versions of popular […]