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Nick of time - Bonne Raitt

Demon - Keith Richards

I pity the fool - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland / Robert Cray

Help the poor - BB King / Eric Clapton

Honey Pie - The Beatles

Goodbye pork pie hat - Charles Mingus / Jeff Beck etc.

A brilliant song. Have to be careful when I play it though, as it can get to me big time. Beautiful pedal steel by Gerry Hogan too.

Hats off to Larry - Del Shannon

I’m too sexy - Right said Fred ( I shake my little tush on the catwalk....)

Up on the roof - Carole King / Drifters / James Taylor

Lovely Rita ( Meter maid) - The Beatles

Guy Garvey Jarvis Cocker Chas n Dave

American girl - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The Proclaimers - caused quite a stir when they first surfaced as few (in pop and rock music anyway) had sung in such broad Scottish accents. After first seeing them on ‘The Tube’ I loved them immediately, instantly recognisable and with great songs too. Some music genres seem to suit regional accents more than others - obviously folk being one of them. I can’t imagine Kate Rusby or say The Unthanks using anything other than their own accents. Rock n roll, being thought of as primarily American in origin, means that most people covering it usually adopt a transatlantic style of phrasing. Not sure whether this is really correct, but after many years few question it being done.

Back in the USA - Chuck Berry

Fools rush in - Ricky Nelson

Be young, be foolish, be happy - The Tams

Airport - The Motors

Janie Jones - The Clash

Lola - The Kinks

I'm gonna go fishin' - Dr.John - too late! All I really want to do - The Byrds

Real real gone - Van Morrison

Talking in your sleep - Crystal Gayle

Girlfriend in a coma - Smiths