This song’s lyrics could not be more pertinent today – half a century after it was recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes.

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This catchy slice of cheese transports me immediately back to being a small boy sitting in front of the telly in early 1970 watching Top of the Pops.

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It’s ironic that Connie Francis unwittingly reached a new generation when this song went viral on Tik Tok in May – two months before her death at the age of 87.

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Hayes Carll continues the rich tradition of comedy country sons with his heartbreak tale of his girl leaving him for Jesus.

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This was the song that sent Dave Cousins and his band of former folkies The Strawbs into the pop charts for the first time early in 1973.

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1927 had a huge hit in their native Australia with their debut single, Eighties anthem That’s When I Think Of You.

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Another one gone: this time it’s Keith Dobson, aka Kif-Kif of Here & Now and World Domination Enterprises.

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I haven’t a clue whether this 1967 Dylan parody by The Hombres is meant to be taken seriously or not.

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Princess Nokia aims for the mainstream with a brand new electro anthem, Drop Dead Gorgeous, with a satirical video to match.

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I have no doubt that if I’d been born ten years earlier my favourite genre would have been freakbeat. So I would have loved The Golden Cups.

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