Mississippi by Pussycat
Every New Zealand #1 single… 1 Mississippi by Pussycat Topped the NZ chart for 11 week from 19 March 1976 ‘Mississippi’ is a country song by the Dutch band Pussycat. It pushed Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ off the top of the…
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Graham Fyfe has been writing this website since his late teens. Now in his forties, he's been obsessively listening to albums for years. He works as a web editor and plays the piano.
Music Quiz: Hide Your X,Y, and Z albums
There might be one final outtakes quiz, but we’ve reached the end of the alphabet. There aren’t many famous X,Y, and Z albums – even with all three, I think it’s one of the tougher quizzes in the series. …
10 Best Straitjacket Fits Songs
Of the indie guitar bands proffered by Dunedin’s Flying Nun label in the 1980s, Straitjacket Fits were the most likely to break through to a mass audience. The Fits were based around two vocalists and songwriters who were an unlikely…
New Music Reviews: Richard Dawson and Deafheaven
We have music from both sides of the pond this week. There’s folk from Richard Dawson and blackgaze from Deafheaven. The two acts don’t have much in common, but both vocalists are acquired tastes – Dawson’s warbling and George Clarke’s…
Nuggets II: Real Crazy Apartment by Winston’s Fumbs
Original Faces’ keyboardist Jimmy Winston spearheaded this hidden gem, featuring future Yes member Tony Kaye. Credits 4 REAL CRAZY APARTMENT – Winston’s Fumbs (U.K.)(Jimmy Winston) PERSONNEL/JIMMY WINSTON: vocals, guitar * TONY KAYE: organ * ALEX PARIS: bass * RAY STOCK:…
Music Quiz: Songs Containing Lists
This quiz is fun – it might be the only Sporcle quiz to feature Julie Andrews and Lou Bega together. Can you complete the titles of these 16 list songs. It’s not too tricky, so please record your time if…
10 Best Bread Songs
Bread struck AM gold in the early 1970s, with a sentimental string of soft-rock hits written by David Gates. David Gates had contributed to the rich tapestry of 1960s music – he wrote The Murmaids’ #3 hit ‘Popsicles and Icicles’…
Here Comes the Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze
Every New Zealand #1 single… 9 Here Comes the Hotstepper by Ini Kamoze Topped the NZ chart for 5 non-consecutive weeks from 18 December 1994 Ini Kamoze recorded ‘Here Comes the Hotstepper’ in early 1992, but it wasn’t released until…
Nuggets II: No More Now by The Smoke
Guitarist Brett Tauri bought some killer gear back to New Zealand and used it to shred on ‘No More Now’. Credits 4 NO MORE NOW – The Smoke (New Zealand)(Brett Tauri) PERSONNEL/RAY NIXON: vocals * BRETT TAURI: lead guitar *…
Music Quiz: Hide Your ‘W’ Albums
We’re almost through the entire alphabet – X, Y, and Z will be together (although I haven’t started making that one yet). Can you tell The Wall from The Rooftops? The Wave from the Wet Leg? I’m not eligible…
