Mark Pentleton

Back in 1985, following BandAid’s Do they know it’s Christmas project in the UK, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote this song to be performed by a ’supergroup’ featuring many of the biggest recording artists in the US at the time including Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper and Bruce Springsteen. Since its [...]

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A good song for a Sunday morning! This 1977 classic was written by Lionel Richie and was also covered by Faith No More in 1992. Hope you enjoy today’s song. I’ll need to think of something appropriate for tomorrow – it’s song number 200!
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This is the second Diana Ross ballad in a week – I’m getting worried! I saw an episode of the brilliant Glee at the weekend in which Mr Schuster ended up having to sing the song with his student Rachel and while they’re rehearsing the song, he realises she has a crush on him. It’s [...]

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