

I Wonder Why - Billy Preston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W80MbPez0LE Around about the time he recorded this, Billy Preston fell out with Sly Stone when he...


Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Uzikag7Xo Sometimes my kids run up to me in the garden and and ask me questions like: "Daddy, Daddy,...


People Everyday - Arrested Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR63UlpHUeM I know this is two Arrested Developments in a row and I know this is their most famous song...


Revolution - Arrested Development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWlvOolOic The guys who formed Arrested Development did so to provide a conscious alternative to the...


White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster and Melle Mel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRw8cBratM4 Back to Sylvia Robinson: after "Rapper's Delight" Sylvia went on to produce more early rap...


And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG48Ftsr3OI It may be a surprise to the young people of today, but back in the 1980's the reputation of...


Rappers' Delight - Sugarhill Gang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUqvPJ3cbUQ In 1979 44 year old Sylvia Robinson was at a party in Harlem when she heard a young deejay...


No Good Lover - Mickey and Sylvia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LDUBo1w_Rk I said we'd come back to them. One of my favourite tracks, a mile away from Love is Strange –...


Something Inside So Strong - Labi Siffre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B-4Lsrx8IA I was going to follow up with another Mickey and Sylvia number but that can wait. Sometimes...


Love is Strange - Mickey and Sylvia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxZ8rwN8Wrk Okay, okay this is a first for me, showcasing two different versions of the same song in two...

