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Remembering the great Marvin Gaye, who passed away 42 years ago today.

Morphine’s national television debut launched with a performance of Buena on Late Night With Conan O’Brien in 1994. Who caught this episode when it aired?

I don’t want to overrate William Shatner’s performance of Rocket Man, but it may be the greatest thing that has ever fucking happened.

The Doors - L.A. Woman Seven minutes plus of the band at their very best. Barrelling round the alleys, bars and freeways, with Jim bidding farewell to its mysterious beauty before heading for Paris. 1971.

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Cities in Dust (1986) ▶️

Steely Dan 🎩🪄 My Old School (1973) Still one of the slickest classics ever!!! Pure nostalgic gold from Countdown to Ecstasy. 🎷🚂 #HappyMonday

A defining track for Everything But The Girl, “Missing” was released in 1994 and appears on Amplified Heart. Performed here on Top of the Pops, the Todd Terry remix helped turn it into a global hit.

70s Song I Love 💕 Joe Jackson “Is She Really Going Out With Him?”

Electronic - Get the Message (1991)

T∆LKING HE∆DS - This must be the place (Naive Melody) Live 1983

Herbie Hancock and the Head Hunters — a supergroup that knew exactly how to lay down funk.

Released in November 1996, “Milk” is taken from Garbage, the band’s debut album from August 1995. Performed here on Top of the Pops, the track stands out for its darker, trip hop influenced sound within the band’s early catalogue.

🔥 KC & The Sunshine Band bringing pure 70s disco fire with “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty” live in 1976! That horn section, those killer grooves, and the whole band dancing like the party never ends — this is peak funk-disco energy that still hits the dance floor hard today. If this doesn’t make you move, check your pulse 😂

Al Green – Let's Stay Together - 1971

70s Song I Love 💕 Talking Heads “Psycho Killer”

Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards made funk feel effortless.

Rock Steady Aretha Franklin 🕊️(1971)

Ray Manzarek’s masterclass intro sets a mood that pulls you into the psychedelic heart of the ’60s.

On Top of the Pops, Pulp perform “Common People”, released on Different Class in 1995. One of the defining tracks of the Britpop era, it captured the band’s sharp social commentary.

A 60s fever dream, reworked in 2002 🤘🏻 A reinterpretation of the Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra original. Primal Scream & Kate Moss - "Some Velvet Morning" Phaedra lives on.