Histoire de Melody Nelson – Rolls, bicycle, red hair, Vannier
Histoire de Melody Nelson, Gainsbourg's 1971 concept album, opens on a Rolls-Royce, a bicycle and a red-haired girl named Melody, with Vannier's orchestra.
Madonna – Get Together
Madonna’s Get Together with Stuart Price on Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005): club pattern, steady kick, level vocal.
Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner
Cock Robin’s Just Around the Corner (1987): Don Gehman, Kingsbery/LaCazio, France No. 18, Germany No. 16, Swiss No. 6.
John Miles – Music
John Miles’s Music (1976 Decca): Alan Parsons at Abbey Road, piano-to-orchestra climb, Melody Maker praise.
Interview of George Michael (1988)
On 60 Minutes Australia in 1988, George Michael sits after Faith has made him a global solo name and the leather jacket the image of the whole campaign. He talks fame, privacy, and leaving Wham!.
Breakfast in America – Wurlitzer bounce and radio hits
In March 1979, Breakfast in America put Supertramp's two-keyboard pop on A&M, with Wurlitzer, saxophone and radio hits.
Lenny Kravitz – Groove and seduction in human form
Lenny Kravitz, from 1989's Let Love Rule to 2024's Blue Electric Light: multi-instrumentalist rock-soul built on analog warmth and 60s and 70s sources.
Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams (Rumours, 1977): Nicks ten-minute write, Buckingham guitar answer, only US No. 1.
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Michael Jackson's Billie Jean (Thriller, 1982): the bass states the story first, with Ndugu and Quincy Jones.
Interview of Michael Jackson (1993)
On 10 February 1993, Oprah Winfrey sat with Michael Jackson at Neverland Ranch for Michael Jackson Talks