ABBA – Dancing Queen
ABBA’s Dancing Queen (Arrival, 1976): Andersson/Ulvaeus, Metronome Stockholm, Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
Faith – Leather jacket, four US No. 1s, Album of the Year
In October 1987, George Michael released Faith on Epic and Columbia, his first full solo album after Wham!, cut between Puk Studios in Denmark and Sarm West in London.
Elton John – Rocket Man
Elton John’s Rocket Man (Honky Château, 1972): Taupin/Bradbury, Gus Dudgeon, Hérouville, UK No. 2 / US No. 6.
Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Whitney, 1987): Merrill/Rubicam, Walden, Tarpan, US/UK No. 1.
What if Michael Jackson had been Russian?
In August 1958 Michael Jackson is born Mikhail Iosifovich Jackson in a Moscow communal flat, and the King of Pop grows up between Melodiya, bootleg Motown, and a moonwalk first tested at Luzhniki.
5 – Fly Away, Compass Point, then American Woman
In May 1998, Lenny Kravitz released 5 on Virgin, his fifth studio album, cut at Ghetto Lounge and Compass Point after the cooler reception of Circus.
Kate Bush – Theatre in the upper register
In January 1978 a nineteen-year-old from Bexleyheath put a self-written ghost story at number one in Britain.
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
Tiny Dancer opens Elton John’s November 1971 album Madman Across the Water and it takes its time. Written with Bernie Taupin and produced by Gus Dudgeon at Trident in London, the cut runs past six minutes: a patient.
Lenny – Self-titled after the hits package
On 30 October 2001, Lenny Kravitz released Lenny on Virgin, his sixth studio album and a self-named statement after Greatest Hits.
George Michael – I Want Your Sex
In summer 1987 George Michael put I Want Your Sex out before Faith had a full street date. The track first came with the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack, then moved onto the album he wrote and produced.