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Diary - on the trouble of getting popular songs out of one's head, UFO's and English village life - Brief Article - Column
I overheard him: "Gladys may be no Sarah Bernhardt but, by 'eck, she sure knows 'ow to lean over a balcony!" In my self-imposed role of drawing the ......(Continue Reading) Cyndi Lauper: two decades after blazing the way for a generation of female pop singers, the original day-glo diva is reigniting her career with a collection
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To understand the impact Morrissey and his band The Smiths had on British popular culture when they first emerged in the autumn of 1983, one must first ......(Continue Reading)Pop artists go commercial; advertisers are turning to pop tunes that will click in consumers' minds, while artists have learned that exposure and money
Watching TV commercials these days is like flipping around the radio dial. Pop songs from every era are filling up the commercial breaks. Popular groups ......(Continue Reading)The Song Is Ended - analysis of pop music today
On a fine summer day the inhabitants of the Wiltshire valley where I live gathered in a neighbor's garden to celebrate the Queen's jubilee. There was ......(Continue Reading)
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