Here’s a heavenly marriage of the glorious harmonies of The Congos and the madcap production genius of Lee Perry.

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The Controllers enjoyed a brief moment in the first wave of LA punk bands, including this love song for an amputee.

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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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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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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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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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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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Marilyn McLeod is best known, if she is known at all, as the songwriter behind hit singles for Diana Ross and Junior Walker.

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