Jovanotti – Gimme five
“Gimme five” climbed the charts in Italy between May and June 1988. Jovanotti actually launched his first hit “Walking” in 1987. The following year he released his first album “Jovanotti 4 President”. This was maybe his first hit to go up the charts. This hit marked the beginning of his career,
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Ofra Haza – Im nin’Alu
When Ofra Haza released “Im nin’Alu”, it probably looked like just another exotic weird hit, to the western world. An almost unknown singer, definitely with a great voice, a weird Israeli name, a weird title for the song, unintelligible lyrics. Iconic images in the video: the desert,
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Belinda Carlisle – Circle in the sand
“Circle in the sand” is the third single from Belinda Carlisle’s album “Heaven on Earth”. It followed the masterpiece “Heaven is a place on Earth” and the sweet “I get weak“. We are talking about May 1988.
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Kim Wilde – Hey Mister Heartache
Between April and May 1988 Kim Wilde climbed the charts with “Hey Mister Heartache”, one of her greatest hits ever. Kim is really a long-term artist. Her career started at the beginning of the 80s. The first song I knew by Kim was “Cambodia”,
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a-Ha – Stay on these roads
In May 1988 a-Ha released “Stay on these roads” as their third album. It was a kind of conclusion of their 80s career, even though they continued creating and playing great music afterwards. This album featured great songs, like this, or like “The living daylights“,
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An interview to jimi FITZ
An interview to jimi FITZ? I mean, I want to share one of my memories with you! So, I was just a teenager in the first grades of high school in 1984. At 15 we did not use to go dancing yet. Our passion for international pop,
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À Caus’ des Garçons – À Caus’ des Garçons
The story of “À Caus’ des Garçons” is a very strong confirmation to the curse of the eponymous, an unescapable destiny of the 80s. Actually music had very few rules in that period, everything was allowed and tolerated. Artists could give their same name to their albums,
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Enrico Ruggeri – Giorni randagi
I put “Giorni randagi” among Enrico Ruggeri’s best songs. Enrico is definitely one of the most beloved artists in Italy. He found a second youth in 1988, after the great songs of the early 80s. He says in a song “I was a punk before you were”
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S’Express – Theme from S’Express
Actually “Theme from S’Express” was the sample of the samples! In Aprile 1988 S’Express reached number one in UK charts, and in many other countries. Actually speakers did not know how to call it: a hit, a song, an exercise, some minutes of sampling,
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