Frank Zappa once said there were only two bands worth buying a ticket to see: The Mothers Of Invention and “an English group called The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.” (more…)

The Stylistics dominated the early Seventies with their smooth soul ballads, defining the smooth soul sound synonymous with producer Thom Bell. (more…)

This wasn’t a hit for Labi Siffre in 1975 but it’s got a place in pop history, spawning the sample that brought Eminem to the world. (more…)

Linda Lewis was a one-off. Not just for her extraordinary five-octave-spanning voice, nor her blissful smile, but just as a black girl with a guitar. (more…)

It’s easy to forget that The Bee Gees had pretty much disappeared from view by the mid-Seventies. So much so that this comeback single was sent to DJs in a plain white sleeve with no band name. (more…)

When you think of Glam’s hitmaking duo Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, you think of the songwriters behind a string of stomping bangers by The Sweet, Suzi Quatro and Mud. (more…)

Even as a kid, I remember thinking this novelty single was inauthentic. Inauthentic but catchy enough to top the charts. (more…)

This tribute to the falsetto singers of the doo-wop era lived up to its name by entering the American charts at No.18… with a bullet. (more…)

Here’s another of those songs that’s perfectly conceived and created – yet also massively irritating due to overexposure for the past 45 years. At least for me. (more…)

He’s only really remembered for The Hustle but Van McCoy enjoyed a long and distinguished music career before that 1975 disco classic, right up to his death just four years later at the age of only 39. (more…)