Step aside, World Theatre Day. Hold my beer, International Scribble Day. Heartfelt apologies to Wear A Hat Day, National Skipping Day, Inter...

Hello! Thank you for joining me.  This weekend, we had a list of records that were banned from the radio... for one reason or another... 15....

(Don't even start me on the unforgivable "Your" / "You're" confusion.) Can a bawdy joke spoil a great song? This...

Oh, oh, telephone line, give me some time I'm living in twilight Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line I've been re-reading The ...

To mark the hundredth edition of Celebrity Jukebox, I'd prepared a special tribute to Glen Campbell, the man responsible for my all-time...

Country must be the second most self-referential genre in all of popular music. Only rap likes to talk about itself and name-drop other note...

Country legend. Feminist icon. Very tough, very funny, very smart lady. The news of Loretta Lynn's passing came through late yesterday a...

I think it's fair to say that Raquel Welch must be the oldest actress I've ever featured here. After all, she has been acting since ...

There's a new dating show on TV this week in which couples act out erotic scenes from big hit films as a way of auditioning prospective ...

As a contrast to yesterday's post which displayed the emotive, heartstring-tugging powers of country music and Americana... here's t...

Put your Umbrella away and stop staring at your Diamonds (maybe put some clothes on too) because it's time for the answers to this ...

I'm sure there are hundreds of pop songs which have caused a conception or two (Barry White's entire back catalogue?) but here a...