German coverband, founded in 1978. After 45 years, the band is still going strong, having released several live albums. In 2015, they released Live 3, which featured cover versions of Kids in America, Chequered love and Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime.

Band whose members are based in New Jersey and New York City, reimagining 80’s New Wave classics in ska, rocksteady, and reggae versions. The band consists of Roger Apollon (lead vocals), Pamela Buckley (keyboards, piano and synths), Jackie Chasen (saxophone, clarinet, flute, vocals), Jesse Gosselin (guitar), Dave Heise (drums), Megg Howe (lead vocals) and Marc Wasserman (bass).

In 2016 they released the album Love and Dancing, which features a cover version of Kids in America.

Marie Rottrová was born in Ostrava-Hrušov (Czech Republic) on 13 November 1941. She was born and raised in a musical family, with her mother a singer and her father an organist. She initially started working as a bank clerk but after participating in a talent show in Ostrava she was discovered and became a member of groups like Františka Trnka, Octect, Samuel, Majestic and the Flamingos. Her first LP with the Flamingos was recorded in 1970. This self-titled debut album in the Czech language was re-recorded a year later in English as ‘This is Our Soul’. Several solo albums followed during the 1980’s and 1990’s.

In 1983 she released the solo single ‘Skorápky Orechu’, which features a cover version of Action City in the Czech language, entitled ‘Já Tvé Sny Znám’. Both tracks were never included on an album. Rottrová still performs and records these days, although she never became as prolific as she was during the previous century.

Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born as Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British singer who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley.

Richard was originally marketed as a rebellious rock and roll singer in the style of Presley and Little Richard.With his backing group, the Shadows, he dominated the British popular music scene in the pre-Beatles period of the late 1950s to early 1960s. His 1958 hit single ‘Move It’ is often described as Britain’s first authentic rock and roll song. In the early 1960s, he had a successful screen career with films including The Young Ones, Summer Holiday and Wonderful Life and his own television show at the BBC. Increased focus on his Christian faith and subsequent softening of his music led to a more middle-of-the-road image, and he sometimes ventured into contemporary Christian music.

In a career spanning 65 years, Richard has amassed several gold and platinum discs and awards, including two Ivor Novello Awards and three Brit Awards. More than 130 of his singles, albums, and EPs have reached the UK Top 20, more than any other artist. Richard has had 67 UK top ten singles, the second highest total for an artist (behind Presley). He holds the record, with Presley, as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its first six decades (1950s–2000s). He has achieved 14 UK No. 1 singles, and is the only singer to have had a No. 1 single in the UK in each of five consecutive decades. He also had four UK Christmas No. 1 singles, two of which were as a solo artist; ‘Mistletoe and Wine’ and ‘Saviour’s Day’.

Richard has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has never achieved the same popularity in the United States despite eight US Top 40 singles, including the million-selling “Devil Woman” and “We Don’t Talk Anymore”. In Canada, he had a successful period in the early 1960s, the late 1970s and early 1980s, with some releases certified gold and platinum. He has remained a popular music, film, and television personality at home in the UK as well as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Northern Europe and Asia, and retains a following in other countries. When not touring, he divides his time between Barbados and Portugal. In 2019, he relocated to New York.

Kim and Cliff Richard’s paths crossed many times, partly due to the fact that Cliff Richard and Kim’s dad Marty were the stars of British TV at the start of their careers. Kim was also a guest at Cliff’s 50th birthday party on 7 November 1990, which featured a live performance in front of some 12.000 fans at the NEC in Birmingham. During the afterparty, several famous faces including Kim’s appeared to congratulate him.

On 8 November 2013, Kim and Cliff performed the song Move It together during an episode of Chris Evans‘ Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.

In March and April 2014, Kim Wilde participated in the Rock Meets Classic tour. Split over twenty dates, five acts played live during a set lasting well over two hours. The bill features, besides Kim, Midge Ure, Joe Lynn Turner, Uriah Heep and Alice Cooper.
The tour started on 9 March 2014 in Berlin and ended on 5 April 2014 in Dresden. All dates took place in Germany, with the exception of three dates taking place in Switzerland, France and Austria respectively.

The set lists for the shows were as follows:

Midge Ure
Hymn
Breathe
Vienna
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
 
Joe Lynn Turner
I Surrender
Stone Cold
Love Conquers All
Since You’ve Been Gone
 
Kim Wilde
You Came
Cambodia
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
Kids In America
 
Uriah Heep
Easy Livin’
Free Me
July Morning
Lady In Black
 
Alice Cooper
Hello Hooray
House Of Fire
No More Mr Nice Guy
Only Women Bleed
Welcome To My Nightmare
Poison
School’s Out (all together)

Tour dates

• 9 March 2014 – Tempodrom, Berlin (Germany)
• 11 March 2014 – Jahrhunderthalle Kuppelsaal, Frankfurt (Germany)
• 12 March 2014 – Ratiopharm Arena, Neu-Ulm (Germany)
• 13 March 2014 – Arena Nürnberger Versicherung, Nürnberg (Germany)
• 14 March 2014 – S. Oliver Arena, Würzburg (Germany)
• 16 March 2014 – Dreiländerhalle, Passau (Germany)
• 18 March 2014 – SAP Arena, Mannheim (Germany)
• 19 March 2014 – bigBOX Allgäu, Kempten (Germany)
• 20 March 2014 – Olympiahalle, München (Germany)
• 22 March 2014 – Donau-Arena, Regensburg (Germany)
• 23 March 2014 – Hallenstadion, Zurich (Switzerland)
• 25 March 2014 – Zenith de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France)
• 26 March 2014 – Olympiahalle, Innsbruck (Austria)
• 27 March 2014 – Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt (Germany)
• 29 March 2014 – Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle Westfalen (Germany)
• 30 March 2014 – Arena Leipzig, Leipzig (Germany)
• 1 April 2014 – O2 World Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany)
• 2 April 2014 – Grugahalle, Essen (Germany)
• 4 April 2014 – Porsche Arena, Stuttgart (Germany)
• 5 April 2014 – Messe Dresden (Halle 1), Dresden (Germany)

Reckless is a 1984 American romantic drama film starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah. The film was directed by James Foley and written by Chris Columbus, in their directing and screenwriting debuts respectively.

A motorbike riding loner rebel on the high school football team, Johnny Rourke, wins a date with a cute, rich cheerleader, Tracey Prescott. Worlds collide and opposites attract as the two fall in love. Living dangerously, Rourke’s anti-social behavior clashes with the privileged socialite Prescott. At the high school dance, her boyfriend’s behavior leads to a breakup – opening doors.

The film’s soundtrack included the song Kids in America by Kim Wilde, as well as songs by INXS, Romeo Void, Bob Seger and Thomas Newman.

British monthly music magazine, first published in March 1980. The history of the magazine actually starts in the 1960’s, when publisher Sean O’Mahomy launched The Beatles Book, a publication containing a ‘small ads’ section in which collectors could buy, sell or trade Beatles records. When the collecting of records became increasingly popular in the 1970’s, The Beatles Book came with a record collecting supplement in September 1979. The response was positive enough for O’Mahony to launch Record Collector as a separate entity in March 1980.

Initially a glossy A5 sized publication, features in the magazine consisted of both prose pieces on the history of the artist, and detailed discographies of their UK releases. These discographies would provide all the information needed for collectors to pore over, and which enabled them to differentiate between different pressings of supposedly identical releases – catalogue numbers, release dates and distinguishing features of the records and sleeves themselves. In particular, they would also include a valuation of each record, so that dealers and collectors had a springboard to work from.

During the 1980’s the magazine went from A5 to A4 size. It was distributed to many other countries, making the listings section a big asset for collectors, both in the UK and abroad. The advent of internet, and after that, the rise of Ebay and Discogs made many sellers turn to those sites, instead of listing their records in the magazine. However, it is still a very useful source for information on valuable records. The Rare Record Price Guide, published by the magazine in book form between 1987 and 2010 was a reference for collectors and dealers, focusing on music released from the 1950s onwards, including various artists compilations and soundtracks. For the majority of the listings, the records have to have been made commercially available in the UK.

Since 2003, Record Collector is published in full colour. It contains features, interviews, reviews and – although taking up less pages than before – a small ads section.

Kim Wilde has appeared in the magazine numerous times. This is a listing of the articles and reviews devoted to her:

• Kim Wilde (November 1987)
• Wilde variations (December 1987)
• Kim Wilde (September 1993)
• Information Station: Top 10 promo chart (December 2001)
• Review – The very best of Kim Wilde (December 2001)
• Rare! (March 2002)
• Wilde Thing (February 2005)
• Review – Here come the aliens (April 2018)
• Review – Kim Wilde / Select / Catch as catch can (February 2020)
• Picture this (Christmas 2021)

The Romeos start in 2003. Chris Van Tongelen and Davy Gilles played together in the musical ‘Romeo & Juliet’ in Belgium. They decide to start a group together and asked Gunther Levi to join the group. The first seven years they mainly play covers and thus bring ambiance to company parties and other Flemish stages.

In 2008 they released the album ‘The Party Goes On’, featuring  a medley of Starship’s ‘We Built This City’, Wham’s ‘Freedom’, Kim Wilde’s Kids in America and J. Geils Band’s ‘Centerfold’.
In 2011 they released the album ‘Het Zingpaleis Live’, featuring a live recording of several medleys. Their ’80s Medley’ featured Starship’s ‘We Built This City’, Wham’s ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’, A-ha’s ‘Take On Me’, and Kim Wilde’s Kids in America and Chequered Love and J. Geils Band’s ‘Centerfold’.

After this, they opted for Dutch-language own songs with a limited number of covers, resulting in big hits such as ‘Viva De Romeo’s’ and ‘Singing, laughing, dancing’, together with Jan Smit.

Album by Marty Wilde, released in October 2020. Marty’s first original album in a long time features five songs with lead vocals by Roxanne Wilde and one duet with Kim, 60’s World. The album also contains Marty’s own versions of ‘Love Me Love My Dog’ and Cambodia. All the other tracks were newly composed by Marty.

Formats

‘Running Together’ was released on CD and as a double vinyl LP.
See also this page in the discography.