The S.O.S. Band had a hit single with Jam & Lewis’s post-disco banger Just Be Good To Me years before it was co-opted by Fatboy Slim.

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Earth Disciples were a Jamaican vocal harmony group from the late 1970s led by Devon Beckford, aka ‘Ziggy Soul’.

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The Passions had a moment in 1981, when they became one-hit wonders with I’m In Love With A German Film Star.

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Memorials are an electronic duo of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms who make soundtrack music for real and imaginary films.

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Carol Cool takes Diana Ross’s disco hit Upside Down and, well, turns it inside out and reggaefies it – with an extended “disco dub” version.

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Mule Skinner Blues was written and first recorded by Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music, back in 1930 – and a hit for The Fendermen in 1960.

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Julie Durocher is a new name to me, and was only a child when she recorded this slice of classic country back in 1966.

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Lavinia Blackwall dives deep into the folk-rock past with the title track of her second solo album since leaving Trembling Bells.

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Labi Siffre was a West London boy but paid tribute to a beauty spot in Staffordshire on his song Cannock Chase.

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There was much more to Chris Rea than the hit singles – a multi-talented artist whose first loves were the blues, racing cars, cinema and journalism.

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