Jazz-funk was never my thing, conjuring nightmarish visions of George Benson and Level 42, but it did provide a moment of Pleasure in 1979.

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This is one big funk party from the moment Tom Browne blows his trumpet, voices start to chatter and Marcus Miller’s thunderous bass begins to rumble.

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I have to confess I never really paid much attention to the rise of D’Angelo, wrongly filing him away as a smooth R&B crooner of bedroom ballads.

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Dublin trio JJ72 were going to be the Next Big Thing after two successful singles and a lot of hype around the turn of the millennium.

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This was always one of my favourite Stones songs, and this is the moment it was kicked into life – at Ronnie Wood’s house.

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The Geraldine Fibbers blended experimental noise and rock guitars with gentle country-tinged melodies on their 1995 debut.

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Nina Simone’s ten-minute-long interpretation of the biblical-themed song Sinner Man became a classic in her hands.

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Midlake made their breakthrough in 2006 with Roscoe, the lead tune from the Texas band’s second album The Trials Of Van Occupanther.

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Czech singer Marie Rottrová performs Hodina H (Zero Hour) – her 1981 cover version of Stayin’ Alive.

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I’ve never been a big fan of House music outside its natural habitat of a club in Ibiza with a massive sound system. Especially when there are vocals.

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