The Chantels broke the mould of doo-wop when they became the first million-selling all-girl group, inspiring a wave of imitators.

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Mick Harvey and Amanda Acevedo team up again for the third time with a new album of duets called Psychedelia In White.

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Melanie Safka took a swipe at the music biz in this song, which originally came out as the B-side of her frist hit single, Ruby Tuesday.

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Johnny Cash recorded this song three times, most famously at Folsom Prison. But there were three previous versions back in the 1940s.

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I don’t think I’ve ever heard Camille Yarbrough’s song except in the sample so famously used by Fatboy Slim in his hit single Praise You.

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Here’s a classic from the early days of reggae, when the beats began to slow but you could still hear the influence of ska and rocksteady.

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Larry Graham was the man who invented the “slap bass” technique. Or, as he preferred to call it: “thumpin’ and pluckin’.”

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George Porter Jr once considered becoming a Catholic priest. Thankfully for funk fans, he changed his mind and became bassist and singer of The Meters.

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John Paul Jones has played bass on many classic tunes with and without Led Zeppelin, but few of his contributions are more exceptional than The Lemon Song.

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