

As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_phZZgkT1Jk People often think that the reason why Marianne Faithfull became a successful pop star and...


The Weight - the Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBV0gzzI_Ug I always liked the notion that the Band deliberately chose their name to be self-effacing, as...


Rag Mama Rag - the Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiJpP33F_rs In 1970, a single, "Rag Mama Rag" scraped into the UK Top Twenty for 4 weeks, peaking at...


Soul Man - Sam and Dave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_OX2HwWy-o Nowadays, by far away Sam and Dave's best remembered song is their classic "Soul Man"....


Soothe Me - Sam and Dave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wN1WNlC2mE Sam and Dave were, thus far, the greatest soul duet ever. Sam Moore died on January 10th...


You were on my Mind - Crispian St. Peters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKOKZleJejw I used to do one other nearly solo performance in our Reigate singing sessions if they went...


Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2m--R3J6f4 For 10 years, when I was in my twenties, I played a kamikaze wing forward for Reigate Rugby...


The Oogum Boogum Song - Brenton Wood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbZ413-78ok In my last post I suggested that Brenton Wood's best song by far was "Gimme Little Sign"....


Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W79LIAy_qp8 Haydn (?Hofstetter) String Quartet Op. 3 No 5. We may never know for sure Who wrote that...


Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak_MTXQALa0 Way back in 1974, the brilliant and hilarious satirical songwriter and mathematician Tom...