29 June 2024
Artwork single
Manchester‘s Britrock icons OASIS had their first appearance on the legendary weekly BBC Music Show TOP OF THE POPS this day 30 years ago, on 29 June 1994. They played their second single SHAKERMAKER. The rest is history.
Top singles from the past
8 January 2022
Band: THE NEW SEEKERS
Who: British pop 4-piece from London, formed in 1969.
After their break-up in 1974, leader Keith Potger restarted
two years later with a new group called The Seekers.
Song: I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (In Perfect Harmony)
It became a worldwide hit than after it was the theme song of
a Coca Cola TV ad. It originally included the line, ‘I’d like to buy
the world a Coke.’
Score: 50 years ago today, 8 Jan 1972,
the song topped the UK singles chart.
C’mon, all together…
The song inspired Noel Gallagher for
OASIS‘ 2nd single SHAKERMAKER (1994)…
THE NEW SEEKERS: History