Cover versions in the “sound-alike” genre of hits from 1969 including: Blackberry Way, Wichita Lineman, Monsieur Dupont, If Paradise Is Half As Nice, First Of May, Dancing In The Street, Where Do You Go To (My Lovely), Surround Yourself With … Continued
Sleeve notes: During 1978 Boney M made their mark on the pop music charts with such songs as Rivers of Babylon, Brown Girl In The Ring and Rasputin. On this record, Hits Machine Unlimited pay their tribute to this super-group … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Sweet singing by The Session Singers on this album, which is dedicated to The Carpenters and features twelve of the songs they have made famous. Karen and Richard Carpenter are probably the most popular vocal group today: the … Continued
Includes The Session men’s rendition of “Delilah” which is a dark song about a man who murders his girlfriend. Not many realise how dark the song is.Also includes “Release Me”, (in)famous for preventing The Beatles taking the top spot with … Continued
Sleeve Notes: The songwriter-singer has always played a strong role in the development of popular music, yet few individuals have gifted it with quite the imagination that Gilbert O’Sullivan brings to his work. His songs, performed on record with consistent … Continued
Sleeve Notes: Andy Williams, the singer with the velvet voice and perfect pitch has been topping the best selling album charts for many years. Windmill Records have selected the best known songs which made Andy famous and have commissioned the … Continued
“Sounds Like” was a popular way of exploiting an artist’s name without actually having to pay them to record (another was “Non-Stop” as in “Non-Stop Bacharach“. The name alone in many cases was enough to separate money from the record … Continued
‘Another “Sounds Like…” record, this time sounding like Ray Conniff. The sleeve notes read, “We make no apologies for copying the style of Ray Conniff, for we know the success he enjoys.” In other words, since Ray has made a … Continued
Well it sounds like James Last but it’s not actually James Last. In fact it’s another “sounds like” album of which there are several examples here. They usually feature some word or words that indicate it’s not the actual artist … Continued