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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Louis Johnson’s squelchy slap bass is the signature sound of Strawberry Letter 23 by The Brothers Johnson; and much more besides, including Billie Jean and Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough.

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Ron Carter is the epitome of class and elegance: a jazz icon best known as a member of Miles Davis’s second great quintet of the Sixties.

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David Hood helped define “country soul” as bass guitarist in the famous Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, playing on countless hits over 40 years.

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Bob Babbitt was one of only two white musicians among the core of 13 session men in Motown’s legendary studio group The Funk Brothers.

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Basslines #6: “The incomparable James Jamerson,” as he was first credited on this album’s sleeve notes, was the beating heart of Motown’s house band The Funk Brothers. Even when he was blind drunk.

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Paul Young – Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)

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Leon Bridges teams up with dance trio Jungle on a slice of uplifting summer soul infused with the sound of Afro jazz and funk.

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The Chi-Lites used this euphoric five-second earworm 33 years before it became the sample that launched the solo career of eyoncé Knowles.

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Tobi Legend stamped her mark on music history when her obscure demo recording Time Will Pass You By became a Northern Soul anthem.

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