The Japanese flag is mostly filled with a red circle, and quite frankly this is a classic to one of my favourite movies!

 

 

 

Circle Of Life was co-written by Tim Rice, who was the co founder of the Book Of British Hit Singles, so that just leaves about 30,000 odd hits to choose from :dance: So Lets have this one of my fave songs from one of my fave bands

 

Edited June 13, 201411 yr by fiesta

Ooh that's a song I would pick too B-) Have I ever seen the rain? Yes, indeed, when I lived in Singapore we had torrential monsoons pouring torrents down monsoon drains, and I got to listen to the fab Indian and Chinese music sounds that were around part of my boyhood on TV, radio and out and about the shops.

 

Appropriately enough here's Monsoon and the fab Sheila Chandra and the Beatles-tastic sitar-drenched Ever So Lonely...

 

 

Monsoon... I used to get so many lovely shirt and jumper cominations from there before they ceased their menswear line. :(

 

 

Menswear (but not Menswe@r) could be made if Denim but we've had them already so here's something made of denim, Jeans On by David Dundas.

 

Well talking of jeans, that brings me to an absolutely stunning Lana song...

 

Lana Del Rey's breakthrough hit was with the sublime Video Games. A certain Buggles song would be an obvious link so I will go with something different in the form of Computer Games by the Yellow Magic Orchestra because I can :D .

 

...and I'm going to to go with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, who were a bit magic too on Love's Theme..

 

We've already had Love so let's go from Love's Theme to Planet Love by 1990s Sheffield band The Dylans

 

Planets? Well, Holst wrote a whole Suite about them. This is the best version, though, of Jupiter..

 

Manfred Mann's Earthband, and Joybringer

 

Edited June 14, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

Way back in the last century I wrote a piece for my school's magazine about crossovers between classical and popular music. Joybringer got a mention as did a song based on Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto, All By Myself by Eric Carmen.

 

Eric Carmen wrote Hungry Eyes for the Dity Dancing soundtrack, also on the soundtrack was Stay, much prefer the Hollies version but as theyve already gone, this'll do instead

 

 

Kudos on bringing the Dylans into this thread!!

 

Ok...moving on from 'Stay' - Paul Young had a hit with 'Come Back and Stay' in 1983.

 

Paul was originally singer in Streetband who did little apart from the novelty 1978 hit 'Toast'.

 

'Toasting' is a type of vocal linked to reggae which was very popular for a short while on the dance scene in the early 90s and here's my favourite ever Norman Cook record - 'Echo Chamber' by Beats International which took a Bob Marley bassline and combined it with top toaster Daddy Freddy.

 

 

 

Beats International...International Rescue, Fuzzbox had that hit, here they are in an earlier incarnation Rockin' With Rita (the Vindaloo Summer Special)

 

Tedd Chippington, The Nightingales, We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It

 

Play loud for the guitars and have fun....

Edited June 16, 201411 yr by popchartfreak

Rocking with Rita? I suppose Darts can be said to have done that with Rita Ray among their number so here they are with Boy From New York City.

 

Jocky Wilson was a famous darts player, immortalised by Dexy's on Jocky Wilson says.

 

Here he is in his earlier soul singer days...

 

Higher and Higher, Jackie Wilson

 

Rita Coolidge covered higher and higher, and she reached an all time high

 

From All Time High to All Time Low which was a hit for The Wanted. Moving swiftly on we go from The Wanted to people on a wanted list, Bonnie and Clyde. Here's the ballad of the aforementioned by Georgie Fame.

 

Bonnie Parker was portrayed on screen by Faye Dunaway. Another famous "Fay" is Rezillos vocalist Fay Fife (whose name is a dialectic pun on being from Dunfermline) so here she is with the band on the record that made a little known Thursday night pop programme famous.

 

Of all the stars never to appear on Top Of The Pops in person (and hardly ever on video either), the biggest was Elvis. It's about time he featured!

 

Jailhouse Rock...