Chris Spedding was a session musician in the 1970s who played on various records (including hits by the Wombles), but he also released a number of bona fide rock recordings in his own right, out of...
This song was recorded during the same sessions as the magnificent album "The Village Green Preservation Society" and it wouldn't have sounded out of place on that album, but, despite its chart suc...
This is my favourite Sly Stone song and it very deservedly reached number one in the USA. In the UK (where it wasn't even released until January 1969), all it managed was a measly #36. It should ha...
This catchy little oddity, a song about a small town in Wales, became a Top 10 hit in Holland, Australia and New Zealand, and it even sneaked into the US Top 50 under the pseudonym Shannon, but it ...
This one-hit wonder was the summer holiday smash of 1975, reaching number one in the UK in August that year. The band never made the Top 50 again, but a remake of this song with different lyrics an...
Another American hit that did better in the UK than it did in its home territory, this one went to number one in the UK, where it was this band's only big hit.
