It’s what we’ve always wanted: Steely Dan covered Donny and Marie Osmond. And it doesn’t disappoint. By which I mean it’s every bit as terrible as you would imagine.

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Slade were one of my first favourite bands, along with T. Rex and The Sweet. This came from their album Slade Alive!

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This is the song that led me to discover the genius of Australian songsmith Julia Jacklin five or six years ago.

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The Godfather of Soul’s backing band came up with the ultimate party tune Cross The Track (We Better Go Back) in 1975 – and never looked back.

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Nina Simone – Suzanne

14th June 2026 · 1960s, 1969, Music

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Nina Simone covered Leonard Cohen’s song Suzanne, which began life as a poem before being recorded by a multitude of artists.

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Teenage reggae trio 15-16-17 recorded this lovers rock reggae version of a song penned by the Gibb brothers and featuring Dennis Brown and Dennis Bovell.

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Fred Williams recorded his only single back in 1968 before disappearing from the funk and soul universe for ever. But what a single!

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Chris Bell’s only solo single during his all-too-short lifetime, I Am The Cosmos is now recognised as a classic.

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Stiv Bators, the Dead Boys singer, was probably the nearest thing American punk had to Johnny Rotten.

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This must rank as one of the unlikeliest musical collaborations ever – soul brother Jermaine Jackson and jerky New Wave weirdoes Devo.

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