Lee Evans

Lee Evans was, without doubt, one of the UK’s finest, funniest and energetic comedians and I’ve seen him live four times. What you’re about to watch is fascinating for its accuracy, I know, I saw him do it on...

Nat King Cole

It was 60 years ago this week that the world said goodbye to the great Nat King Cole. Nat was born Nathaniel Adams Coles in Alabama in 1919 and began his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s when he formed the Nat Cole Trio and his first hit, Sweet Lorraine,...

Bob Marley

Bob Nesta Marley was born in Nine Miles, Jamaica and would have been 80 years old this week. As a teenager he worked as a welder alongside another reggae singer, Desmond Dekker. Dekker auditioned for the legendary producer Leslie Kong with one of his own songs, Honour...

Louise Lopez

It was 10 years ago this week that Louise Lopez from Odyssey passed away. They formed in the mid-70s as the Lopez Sisters, three of them, Louise, Lillian and Carmen but Carmen left about a year before the band became famous, she was replaced by the Filipino bassist...

Comic Relief and George Michael

I recently re-visited the 2011 Comic Relief video which featured George Michael among many other famous names. This was the original Car Pool Karaoke that James Cordon later launched as a side feature for his Late Late Show. It also highlights was a genius James...