Chicago-born Yvette Marie Stevens joined funk group Rufus in the early-70s, changed her name and inspired Stevie Wonder to write a song for her. Five decades later Chaka Khan’s imperious…
Squeeze announce new album The Knowledge
Squeeze are back – with a new single, album ‘The Knowledge’ and massive UK tour. Trailed by a new single Innocence in Paradise, the band will release The Knowledge on…
One Hit Wonders: Sly Fox – Let’s Go All The Way
The title of American vocal twosome Sly Fox’s only hit has an obvious sexual connotation, but there was much more to this bombastic, macho single of 1986 than that. Gary…
Lost & Found: Nick Heyward – Postcards From Home
A doubt has always nagged about the British record-buying public that they took for granted one of the best writers of charming 80s pop, as Nick Heyward’s solo career only…
Classic Album: She’s So Unusual – Cyndi Lauper
She emerged as the fun-loving queen of quirky pop, famed for her wacky outfits and crazy-coloured hair, but Cyndi Lauper’s debut album She’s So Unusual revealed her to be so…
Classic Pop Issue 32 is on sale now!
The new issue of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WHSmith, Tesco, Waitrose, independent newsagents and Eason, this issue’s cover star is the remarkable Belinda Carlisle. We…
Classic Album: Debut – Björk
Following the break-up of Icelandic indie outfit The Sugarcubes, Björk released THE 1993 masterpiece, Debut, the record that was to establish her as a true pop maverick Having emerged as…
Lost & Found: Gatecrashing – Living In A Box
Living In A Box’s second album, released in 1989, is a much more polished, confident, layered follow-up to the eponymous debut that had gone unnoticed thanks to the total dominance…
One Hit Wonders: Susan Fassbender – Twilight Cafe
Twilight Cafe is a genuine lost gem of the 1980s, co-written and performed by a bespectacled Yorkshirewoman who vanished as quickly as she arrived. Susan Fassbender was only 21 when…
We Heard A Rumour… – Bananarama Interview
We heard a rumour…turns out it’s true! Bananarama are back in their original incarnation after 30 years apart. How did that happen? Classic Pop finds out… Welcome back from suspended…