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KEY SONGS IN THE LIFE OF
WILLIAM HAIGHTON
CEO of MP3 download store Tunetribe
SIMPLY THE CLEF Last month’s Silver Clef awards raised over £400,000 for the Nordoff Robbins charity – not least through an auction that saw Michael Bublé bid £10k for a meeting with himself. Dotted around these pages are PPL Classical Award winner Laura Wright, with tenor Alfie Boe and PPL chairman Fran Nevrkla; Michael Bublé getting into the spirit of the auction with comedian Peter Kay; winners Kylie Minogue and Conor Maynard; winner Jessie J with Tom Jones who presented her Royal Albert Hall Best British Act Award; and Carl Leighton-Pope striking a pose with Mel C.
Photo: Dean Fardell
First record you remember buying? Winter Harvest by The Golden Earrings. They were from my home town The Hague. Years later they dropped the ‘s’ in their name and had a No.1 hit with a song called Radar Love.
Last track you downloaded? I prefer downloading albums. The last album I downloaded was Macy Gray, Covered. Not her best, but had some remarkable cover versions. Another is Garland Jeffrey’s The King Of Inbetween – an artist overlooked in Europe, but one of the big underground heroes in NY. Ask Lou Reed...
ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK July 22, 1995
George Michael (left) and Sony finally settled their differences in a deal which will see the singer record two new songs for a greatest hits package to be released by the label in August 1997… Ticket agency Ticketmaster has finalised a 50% share of interactive cable TV music channel The Box.
The deal is expected to allow The Box telephone operators to offer tickets and merchandise… Twenty-one-year-old D’Angelo is a young American about to make a big impression on the UK R&B scene. Director at the singer’s UK label Cooltempo, Ken Grunbaum, is keeping promo low-key and believes word of mouth will spread the news… The industry is witnessing a revolution in the way music is sold as the growth in multimedia technology is prompting music retailers to convert themselves into one-stop entertainment stores, spending thousands of pounds on the latest display and merchandising techniques and interactive product areas.
NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 22.07.95
WHIPPING BOY Twinkle WHALE We Care Twinkle by fresh Columbia signing Whipping Boy is the Single Of The Week, which according to the mag is a “strong” debut from the Dublin band’s forthcoming Heartworm album. A “powerful, seething brew, with more than a nod to The Chameleons.” Album Of The Week goes to We Care by hotly-tipped Swedish pop group Whale, a record characterised by “a grinding mesh of guitar noise, lazy female vocals and head-banging beats”.
SINGLES TOP 5 22.07.95 POS ARTIST
SINGLE 1 THE OUTHERE BROTHERS 2 SUPERGRASS 3 DIANA KING
5 SHAGGY FEAT. RAYYON
Boom Boom Boom Alright/Time Shy Guy 4 EDWYN COLLINS A Girl Like You In The Summertime
Which track would you like played at your funeral? At a pretty early age being the ‘DJ’ in the family they always asked me to make tapes for family members. Probably some of my saddest memories in my life. And it made me wonder, sad songs or happy songs? So over the years I went from The End by The Doors to Jump by Van Halen. In all honesty right now I don’t know and I don’t care. I can’t hear it anyway when I’m lying in my coffin. So maybe bring in the Rebirth Brass Band from New Orleans and have a party.
© Official Charts Company
ALBUMS TOP 5 22.07.95 POS ARTIST
ALBUM 1 BON JOVI
2 SUPERGRASS 3 MICHAEL
JACKSON These Days I Should Coco
History - Past, Present, Future I
4 WET WET WET Picture This 5 ALISON MOYET Singles
Which song was the first dance at your wedding? Sheena Easton, For Your Eyes Only.
Recommend a track Music Week readers might not have heard. Garland Jeffreys’ Coney Island Winter.
What is your favourite single/track of all time? Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On So relevant right now!
© Official Charts Company
What’s your karaoke special? O, O Den Haag by Harry Klorkestein – the national anthem for anyone born in The Hague. Or The Clash’s London Calling.
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