I had never heard of The Human Beinz but their fiery fusion of R&B and garage rock caught my eear when it was used in Kill Bill by Quentin Tarantino.

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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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The Kinks kicked off their golden age with the heavily satirical hit sigle Sunny Afternoon in England’s celebrated World Cup winning year of 1966.

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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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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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If this Northern Soul classic sounds reminiscent of Motown there’s a good reason for that. Sidney Barnes learned his trade with the label.

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Spencer Wiggins recorded the definitive version of Up Tight Good Woman and made it one of the definitive Memphis soul songs of the mid-Sixties. (more…)

Happy Birthday Bob! Today Dylan turns 85 so I’m posting one of his numerous all-time classics from back in 1965.

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This is my favourite track on my favourite live album, recorded by The Velvet Underground in 1969 at a San Francisco club called The Matrix.

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The death of Nedra Talley Ross, the last living Ronette, brings an end to that golden era of Sixties girl groups. She was just 14 years old when she formed the group with her cousins Ronnie and Estelle back in 1957.

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