The Passions had a moment in 1981, when they became one-hit wonders with I’m In Love With A German Film Star.

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Carol Cool takes Diana Ross’s disco hit Upside Down and, well, turns it inside out and reggaefies it – with an extended “disco dub” version.

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I’m only now discovering that Heart Full Of Soul, released 60 yeasrs ago when I was seven years old, was written by Graham Gouldman of 10cc.

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Mule Skinner Blues was written and first recorded by Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music, back in 1930 – and a hit for The Fendermen in 1960.

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Julie Durocher is a new name to me, and was only a child when she recorded this slice of classic country back in 1966.

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Gabriella Cilmi had an instant hit at the age of 17 with Sweet About Me after moving from Melbourne to London.

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Labi Siffre was a West London boy but paid tribute to a beauty spot in Staffordshire on his song Cannock Chase.

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Shoegaze pioneers Ride were falling apart by the time they recorded their fourth album Tarantula. But the opening tune, Black Nite Crash, was a fitting finale.

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Massive Attack teamed up with Young Fathers for this creepy tune, with an even creepier video, from their Ritual Spirit EP.

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I’m familiar with Odetta as the voice of the Civil Rights Movement back in the ’50s and ’60s and I know Martin Luther King called her the Queen of American folk music. But I’d never heard this ’til now.

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