Bob Babbitt was one of only two white musicians among the core of 13 session men in Motown’s legendary studio group The Funk Brothers.

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Carol Kaye is walking, talking, string-plucking proof that playing bass guitar is not exclusively a man’s game.

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Jack Bruce was widely revered in the late Sixties and early Seventies for his work as one-third of the first supergroup, Cream.

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Jean-Jacques Burnel, or “JJ” as he was universally known, was the French bassist who gave The Stranglers their distinctive sound.

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Oxford’s Samurai Seven Reunite After 25 Years – And One Shooting

Basslines #11: Jah Wobble was the self-taught bassist in Public Image Ltd and moved from postpunk into funk, jazz, global folk and more.

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Basslines #10: Bernard Edwards is the man behind a bassline that surely deserves that most overused of adjectives – “iconic” – and Good Times is arguably the first song I think of (alongside I Feel Love) when I hear the word disco.

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Basslines #9: Robbie Shakespeare was widely regarded as the king of reggae bass guitarists, usually as one half of the “Riddim Twins” with drummer Sly Dunbar.

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Basslines #7: John Gustafson plays the iconic intro to Roxy Music’s last great single, Love Is The Drug – but he was never officially in the band.

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