At odds with their manager Jerry Heller over alleged fiscal improprieties, Ice Cube bailed from N.W.A following a riotous show in Detroit.
‘Can You Hear Me’
Lee Dorsey’s fortunes altered dramatically when he ran into Allen Toussaint at a party.
‘I Am A Machine’
‘I Can Detect You… ’ was my first dip into the local record shop’s occasional 5p box.
‘Country Girl’
Although the Jacobites wore their influences on their crushed velvet sleeves, they still sounded unique.
‘Broken Language’
Within 12 months of the Notorious B.I.G. taking him on the road, Smoothe Da Hustler had the hip-hop world at his feet.
‘If Sugar Was As Sweet As You’
Long before he secured his pension with 1977’s clowning disco biscuit ‘Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)’, Joe Tex was a prolific singles artist