Every New Zealand #1 single… 4 Low by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) Topped the NZ chart for 3 weeks from 28 January 2008. Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard was born in Miami Gardens, Florida, and grew up with seven sisters.…
Can you identify album covers featuring robots? We’re here for a good time, not a long time this week, as there are only 8 questions. I messed up one with an iconic band mascot, so I only scored 7.…
My list of the ten worst songs of the 1980s has received thousands of visitors over the last couple of weeks. I’ve received comments accusing me of hating the 1980s, so I thought that I’d set the record straight with…
We’re stuck in the UK this week – the deadpan post-punk of Dry Cleaning, and Charli XCX’s Gothic literature soundtrack. Dry Cleaning Secret Love 2026, 8/10South London post-punk band Dry Cleaning expand their horizons on their third album. On their previous records,…
The success of Rhino’s 1998 Nuggets boxset justified a follow-up. The sequel covers the rest of the world since the first volume only chronicled the USA. Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969 emerged in 2001.…
Can you match a bunch of singers to the decade they were born in? I started well, but then missed the last three to finish with 5 Congratulations to Max, who finished with 18/20 in last week’s 1971 in…
I’ve already posted about my favourite five Van Morrison albums, but all five were released in the 1960s and 1970s. While he didn’t reach the level of his earlier peaks, Van Morrison continued to release fine albums in the 1980s.…
Illinois-born Michael Omartian is best known as a producer. He was the first person to produce number one hits in three different decades. His number ones include: He’s also notable as a session musican, playing on records by Steely Dan,…
Every New Zealand #1 single… 9 Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel Topped the NZ chart for 4 (non-consecutive) weeks from 29 April 1966. Simon and Garfunkel Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel started their recording career as Tom & Jerry in 1957,…
Can you correctly answer multi-choice questions about British music in 1971? Find out here: I scored a just-above-average 13/20 – can you beat me? Congratulations to NameEclectic Music Lover, who was the fastest in last week’s 3 Songs, 1…
