
Kids—actual kids—are rarely seen or heard in rock and pop. Nevertheless, over the years, songs featuring the voices of kids have left their mark. Now that it's September and another school year has begun, various members of the Merry Swankster community (all of them former children) weighed in on this narrow but worthy subgenre. The idea of kids singing pop is nothing new. The world has long been impressed by young singers sounding older and wiser than their years. For every Shirley Temple, who sounded like a kid, there are many more precocious phenoms, ranging from [...]

Something slightly psychedelic from the sixties, for you to savour on a sunny Saturday. 'On a Saturday' was a Keith West 'solo' release in 1968, with Ronnie Wood on bass, Steve Howe on guitar, and some excellent, energetic drumming from Aynsley Dunbar . Mark Wirtz is credited as producer. Enough name-checks, this is wonderfully dreamy & evocative - anyone know if it made the charts? (bloody shoulda done). Sunny days chase the night, waiting for the dawn Now the season is rapidly changing, it's alive and warm A new day is born Why [...]

Third in a series - find more stories on How Marvellous... I'll confess to struggling to think of more songs that arguably relied upon a good story to make the charts, at least without the terrors of actually researching the subject (rather than the details); however, a tune came into my head whilst walking, which memory said was more reminiscing than story-telling... but on reflection, I think it fits the bill perfectly, being by far the biggest selling Kinks single for many years, on both sides of the Atlantic. ♫ Come Dancing [...]