Cristina - Sleep It OffBefore Madonna, the world had the magnificent Cristina. Pre dating the 1980's boom of first name only artists, Cristina was pioneering the concept with her 1978 debut single Disco Clone on the ZE record label, a straight forward (musically) Disco song but with tongue in cheek lyrics mocking the scene. The single became an underground success and Cristina released a Disco style debut LP in 1980. In 1982, Cristina began working on what would become her

Was the band's first album of cover versions

Jesper Nordin and Marie Samuelsson

was the second of three operettas composed by Ricordi

but also revolves around four composers whose music and the resulting close relationship have turned the artists into the musicians they are today

Originally known as the Bakerloo Blues Line

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It's lead single and most notable hit "Veronica" peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and even #1 on the US Modern Rock charts

Friedemann Wuttke

more storied versions

She recorded Weinberg's Flute Concertos for Naxos in 2019 (8

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where it is permanently housed under high security in the Town Hall