- Edison lighthouse- Love grows where my rosemary goes
A cracking combination of the opening T Rex “get it on” groove, and a glorious chorus. irresistible
- Anita ward-Ring my Bell
The only song to glorify female genital stimulation
3, Ram jam band – Black Betty
A poor man’s “Radar love”
- Wild Cherry- Play that Funky Music
The apogee of funk- covered live by prince.
- Van mcCoy- the Hustle
A sublime largely instrumental shuffle
- Terry Jacks- Seasons in the Sun
A perfect sunny summer reminiscence immortalised by the football fans chant: “We had joy we had fun we had Tottenham on the run but the joy didnt last as the rascals ran too fast”
- Carl douglas- King fu fighting
Beloved by eldest brothers, and feared by younger brothers, everywhere as child siblings played out the song at home
- Stealers wheel- Stuck in the Middle With You
Impossible to listen to this song without involuntarily touching your ear remembering the notorious Tarantino soundtrack in Reservoir Dogs
- Norman Greenbaum- Spirit in the Sky
Alvin Stradust loved the riff so much he lifte it for “My Coo ca Choo”
- C w McCall – Convoy
A song hated by children everywhere. When on a day out and traffic backed up, dad would shout out “looks as though we got ourselves a convoy!”