“Ye Ke Ye Ke” or “Yeke Yeke” was the first African single to sell over a million copies. Not an inconsiderable feat in a pre-internet…
Pop
06/06/2018: “All I Do” by Stevie Wonder
“All I Do” was written by a 16 year old Stevie Wonder in 1966 with Clarence Paul. It was first performed by Tammie Terrell in…
20/05/18: “Normalizo” by Letta Mbulu
“Normalizo” is absolutely dreamy, to be honest. The song really just floats from start to finish. Letta Mbulu is a singer from South Africa, and…
26/04/2018: “Yesterday” by The Beatles
I can’t even imagine what Beatlemania was like at its height, or if it has an equivalent today. But there’s no doubt that The Beatles…
25/04/2018: “War” by Edwin Starr
“War, huh, yeah What is it good for Absolutely nothing” Edwin Starr’s version of “War” (originally sung by The Temptations), was released in 1970, in…