The lyricist Bill Martin and composer Phil Coulter produced some of the most recognisable hits of the Sixties and Seventies, such as “Back Home” for the 1970 England World Cup squad, and the Bay City ...

With Sandie Shaw's 'Puppet On A String' back in the charts via an homage-paying sample, we look back at the song that gave the United Kingdom its very first victory at the Eurovision Song Contest. If ...

Sandie Shaw was one of Britain's most successful female singers of the 1960s. She had a string of hits following her professional debut in 1964 and in 1967 she won the Eurovision Song Contest with the ...

One of the writers behind Sandie Shaw’s Puppet On A String has given the thumbs up to former Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall’s use of the song on her debut solo single. Phil Coulter co-wrote the hit ...

Jade Thirlwall has dug up a real buried treasure while looking back at the year she’s had since launching her solo career, ahead of the long-awaited release of her new album. On Tuesday night, the ...

It's been decades since Eurovision fever gripped Britain so strongly. The final is being held in Liverpool tonight, the first time Britain has hosted the contest since Katrina And The Waves triumphed ...