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How do you define the term 'Europop'

A. Essentially, Europop is the name given to a group of singles made by European pop stars, which invade the UK charts in the late summer or early autumn, usually reaching the top three, and then01:00 Mon 30th Jul 2001

What can you tell me about Madonna

A. In a world where the cult of 'celebrity' has taken over, Madonna harks back to a bygone age, when being a 'star' actually meant something. For example, someone like PJ Proby would only ever be a01:00 Mon 30th Jul 2001

What does a record producer actually do

A. The term 'producer' when applied to the credits you read on the back of your favourite CD or album can mean a variety of things - there really is no fixed job description for a producer. Q. OK,01:00 Mon 23rd Jul 2001

What can you tell me about Wagner's Ring Cycle

A. The Ring Cycle is acknowledged as one of the greatest single operatic works ever created, and has assured its composer Richard Wagner his high place in classical music immortality. Q. What is01:00 Mon 23rd Jul 2001

What are the origins of reggae

A. Like most musical genres, reggae did not evolve from an individual source, but from a mixture of musical, religious, and cultural influences rooted in America. Q. How does American music figure01:00 Mon 23rd Jul 2001

Is Verdi the greatest ever composer of opera

A. Among the great names of classical opera, the name of Giuseppe Verdi must hold a high place. Verdi is a composer credited with the evolution of opera from its previous format, to that used from01:00 Tue 17th Jul 2001

Can you reccomend a typical David Bowie album

A. In a word - no, because there is no such thing as a 'typical' David Bowie album! Q. OK, well, I've picked up on the Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars album, so where01:00 Tue 17th Jul 2001

I'm a recent convert to the music of David Bowie, can you recomend a typical album

In a word ' no, because there is no such thing as a 'typical' David Bowie album! OK, well, I've picked up on the Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars album, so where should I01:00 Mon 16th Jul 2001

What can you tell me about the 'Bat Out Of Hell' album

About thirty million people like this album enough to have bought it, putting it into the Top Three Best Selling Albums Of All Time. What's so great about it In a word - style. The whole01:00 Mon 16th Jul 2001

What can you tell me about the Bat Out Of Hell album

A. About thirty million people liked this album enough to have bought it, putting it into the Top Three Best Selling Albums Of All Time. Q. What's so great about it A. In a word - style. The01:00 Mon 16th Jul 2001

Can it be 30 years since Jim Morrison died

A. It is - 3 July 1971 was the day that police found the body of rock star Jim Morrison in the bath at his Paris apartment. No post mortem was carried out, although the cause of death is thought to01:00 Tue 10th Jul 2001

What were the New Romantics all about

A. Of all the fashions, cults and fads that have populated popular music, the New Romantic era is the hardest to pin down precisely, mainly because it was less of a musical style than a youth01:00 Tue 10th Jul 2001

What's the definition of a New Romantic

A. Of all the fashions, cults and fads that have populated popular music, the New Romantic era is the hardest to pin down, mainly because it was less of a musical style than a youth culture01:00 Mon 09th Jul 2001

Who was John Lee Hooker

A. John Lee Hooker, the veteran bluesman who died on 22 June, was one of the last remaining links with the origins of blues music. Estimates of Hooker's age vary between 80 and 85, but whatever his01:00 Mon 02nd Jul 2001

Did Tubular Bells make Richard Branson rich

A. As the first release on Richard Branson's brand new Virgin Records label, this album's success was the start of the multi-million pound music business empire created by Richard Branson. Q. The01:00 Mon 02nd Jul 2001

I've heard that dead pop stars are getting their own chart, is this true

A. It's a possibility, although not a definite fact, the idea has been put forward by Mike Shalett, founder of a company called SoundScan, a New York data company that compiles US record sales01:00 Mon 02nd Jul 2001

Is nostalgia good for pop music

A. People who study history are of the opinion that in order to see where we are going, we need to see where we've been. That may be true in terms of avoiding military conflict; it doesn't01:00 Tue 26th Jun 2001

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