

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...


Love is Strange - the Everly Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7mz9pncTg I guess I'm being a little controversial here, playing this version of the classic Mickey and...


Temptation - the Everly Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_TuuJ31bdM The temptation has always been to dismiss the Everly Brothers as a pair of harmonising post...


Temptation '87 - New Order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2bYMDeaspY not only blue eyes: "....ooh you've got green eyes ooh you've got blue eyes ooh you've got...

