John Lennon would have had his 80th birthday in 2020 and his album Imagine is soon to be 50. This protest song still stands up half a century later. (more…)

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This sultry steamy concoction, with its spooky intro, voodoo chants and twangy guitars, gave Redbone their one and only UK hit when it reached No.2 in 1971.
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Vincent Crane’s organ-led Atomic Rooster had the bigger of their two 1971 hit singles when The Devil’s Answer took them to number 4 in the chart. (more…)

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Here’s another soft rock song that reminds me of long summer holidays that seemed to go on for ever: the first hit by the strangely named – and even more strangely coiffured – Lobo. (more…)

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A Black Lives Matter anthem half a century before #BLM, this was a No.6 hit for Greyhound, but its history goes back farther than that. (more…)

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