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Paolo Nutini perform the beautiful track Last Request on BBCs Later With Jools Holland from 2006. Paolo Nutini appeared full of promise on the debut album These Streets in 2006 and it will be interesting to see whether they can maintain that same quality in the future. An absolutely excellent voice.
Paolo Nutini – These Streets

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Bernard Butler is one of my favourite guitarists of all time, he is also an excellent producer but his search for perfection has led him to fall out with most of the artisits he has worked with.
After splitting from Suede during the recording of Dog Man Star, Butler joined forces with soul singer David McAlmont. [...]

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This track provided a number one single for Chris Farlowe in 1966, an excellent version of the Rolling Stones song Out Of Time.
This really is a classic single from the one of the greatest R&B performers of the time.
Chris Farlowe – Out Of Time 

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This was the ‘B’ side of the single I Want You Back, an excellent version of the song by a ten year old Michael Jackson. Precocious or What?
Where did it all go wrong?
The clip is a bit crackly, but it is from 1969.
The Jackson Five – Who’s Lovin’ You

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This was my first intrduction to soul music in a1966 when I was ten years old, courtesey of an alder brother. Otis was THE soul man. And this is a classic soul track.
Otis Redding – Try A Little Tenderness

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