Sly & The Family Stone were never funkier than on this tune, with Larry Graham’s bass to the forefront of Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).

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The Edgar Winter Group briefly caught my imagination when I saw them play their signature song Frankenstein on TV in 1973, featuring the late Rick Derringer on lead guitar.

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Pop quiz trivia question: what was the real name of ‘M’, the one-hit wonder behind the novelty hit single Pop Muzik? Answer: Robin Scott.

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This funky deep cut comes from one of those niche soul compilations, called Carolina Funk: Funk 45s From The Atlantic Coast. It’s the only known release by Gamith.

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Roy Buchanan was overlooked rather than underrated as a guitarist. No one who heard him could fail to have been impressed by his talent.

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‘Allo… When this came out half a century ago we all went around copying Ian Hunter’s greeting that kicks off his debut solo single Once Bitten, Twice Shy.

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The Numbers Band (or, if you prefer, 15-60-75) formed in Ohio in 1969 and are still going strong with original frontman Robert Kidney.

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Excuse the sentimentality but Patti Smith wrote this song as an elegy for a previous Pope, so it seems a suitable epitaph for Francis, who died today.

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The Three Degrees teamed up with Philly’s house band MFSB for the joyous soul anthem T.S.O.P. aka The Sound Of Philadephia.

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Mambo Sun is the first track on the first side of the first proper T. Rex album Electric Warrior, released in 1971.

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