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Month: July 2023

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «White Room» by Cream

29 July 2023 SB 0

Cream is often considered one of rock’s first supergroups. Jack Bruce (lead vocals/lead bass) was known from the Graham Bond Organisation as well as John […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Somedays» by Paul McCartney

22 July 2023 SB 0

In the mid-1990s, Paul McCartney was in a Beatles mode. He had been deeply involved in The Bealtes Anthology project, which included a ten-part documentary […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Sundown» by Gordon Lightfoot

15 July 2023 SB 0

Sundown is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, released as a single on 25 March 1974, taken from the album of the same […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues» by Elton John

8 July 2023 SB 0

Too Low For Zero, stylised as 2 ▼ 4 0 on the album cover, is Elton John’s seventeenth studio album, released on 30 May 1983. […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «July Morning» by Uriah Heep

1 July 2023 SB 0

July Morning is one of the finest tracks ever recorded. It is the third track on Uriah Heep’s third album Look At Yourself, released in […]

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