RIP Sam Moore, sole survivor – and soul survivor – of Sam & Dave, the duo known for their two biggest hits Soul Man and Hold On, I’m A Comin’.

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Betty Davis is so hot you might need to stand back. And so is the funky groove of Your Mama Wants Ya Back.

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Frida is the brunette from ABBA and I See Red is a song from her solo album back in 1982, produced by Phil Collins.

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David Bowie foretold his own imminent death in what would be the last song he released in his lifetime, Lazarus. Two days later he was dead at 69.

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Holly Beth Vincent combined a feisty punk attitude with a smouldering sexuality and pop tunes you would remember in her short-lived band Holly & The Italians. None more so than this.

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I’ve only just stumbled upon this deep cut from Thin Lizzy, which seems to have been excavated from the vaults at some point last year.

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I should probably have posted this song on New Year’s Day; it’s the ultimate morning-after song. It’s also a bleak portrait of a couple trapped in an endless cycle of bitterness and despair.

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I came to Jethro Tull through their flutey folky stuff, matched to the occasional powerchord, but was never a big fan – largely because of Ian Anderson’s flute.

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This power pop pastiche of Phil Spector brought pub rockers The Kursaal Flyers their only hit record in 1976. Which is ironic as they had another great song earlier in their career actually called Hit Records.

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Here is Nick Cave serenading his wife Susie with words of love in Palaces Of Montezuma, in his late-2000s side project Grinderman.

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