Everything I Own has an unusual place in pop history. It’s a song that gave two artists their only number one hits – but was a comparative flop for the band that wrote and recorded it first. (more…)

This sweetly sentimental slice of soul, featuring the featherlight falsetto of 16-year-old Marcel King, was England’s answer to The Stylistics. Surprisingly, Sweet Sensation came not from Philly – but Manchester. (more…)

The early Seventies were a golden age of one-hit wonders. Johnny Bristol was another, though this disco classic was far from his only contribution to pop history. (more…)

If I were making a compilation album of easy-on-the-ear acoustic music of the early Seventies, it would include this melancholy take on Cole Porter by Gary Shearston. (more…)

Watching and listening to him here, it’s tempting to wonder whether Andy Kim started out as a Neil Diamond tribute act. He certainly had the sideburns, and the voice. (more…)

There’s something sinister and creepy about seeing a brother and sister sing this song together. Even more so when they do it while looking lovingly into each other’s eyes. (more…)

Someone should write a book about all great songs that began life as B-sides. Here is another. (more…)

So very sad to hear of the death of Jamaican toaster U-Roy, aka Ewart Beckford, aka The Originator, aka Daddy U-Roy. One of the reggae greats.

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The second single from the second album by Cockney Rebel (The Psychomodo), Mr Soft gave Steve Harley his second hit after Judy Teen. (more…)

This hot mess of a sloppy bluesy jam is arguably the last really great Stones single. (more…)