Suggs (singer)
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Graham McPherson better known as Suggs, is an English singer
, actor, former radio
DJ
, TV
personality
, and most famous as the frontman of the band Madness
.
and Edith Gower, who married in Paddington in 1960. As a child Suggs was brought up in Hastings
by his mother - his father having left shortly before he was born. In a 2009 interview he was asked about what happened to his father:
As a child he moved around a lot. He spent three years of his childhood in Haverfordwest
in Pembrokeshire
and had just started at a grammar school
when he moved to North London. He then went to comprehensive school
at Quintin Kynaston
, Swiss Cottage
, North London. On the official Madness
website he says
Suggs got his nickname from randomly sticking a pin in an encyclopedia of jazz musicians while he was still in school, to avoid being labelled as the member of an ethnic minority owing to his Scottish name. To capitalize on the name he went as far as to create a myth around it, writing lines like "Suggs is our leader" on the walls and only answering to that name.
in 1992 and 1994, Suggs went to work on his first solo album with the production help of acclaimed reggae producers Sly and Robbie
. In 1995 The Lone Ranger
was released on WEA
and peaked on the UK album charts at # 14. The first single to be released from the album was a cover of The Beatles
song "I'm Only Sleeping
" entering the UK Top Ten at # 7. The video featured appearances from Madness bandmates Mike Barson
and Chas Smash
. This was followed by "Camden Town", a homage to his favourite part of London which reached # 14 in the UK. In December of that year, Suggs released The Christmas E.P. featuring his song "The Tune" (written by Mike Barson
) plus covers of "Sleigh Ride
" and "Alright" by Supergrass
. In 1996, the third single from the album, a version of the Simon and Garfunkel
classic "Cecilia
", became his most successful release, entering the U.K charts at # 4 and selling in excess of 500,000 copies. The final single to be released from the album was "No More Alcohol", charting at # 24.
In 1997, Suggs recorded the song "Blue Day" for Chelsea FC
with Chelsea players. It was the official song for the team for the FA Cup
, which Chelsea eventually won. The song reached # 22 in the UK charts.
In 1998, Suggs released his second solo album The Three Pyramids Club
on Warner Music, which was produced by Steve Lironi. The first and only single to be released was "I Am" charting at # 38. The song was also featured on the soundtrack to The Avengers. The album includes a collaboration with ragga artist General Levy
and the trombone talents of ska
legend Rico Rodriguez
.
After his brief solo career, Suggs returned to work with Madness on their first original album in 14 years. Wonderful
was released in 1999 and was followed by the covers album The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
in 2005. In 2009, Madness released The Liberty of Norton Folgate which reached # 5 in the UK Album Charts.
Suggs - The Platinum Collection was released on 30 July in 2007 on Warner Music, featuring a selection of his best tracks from his two solo albums along with "Blue Day" and a remixed version of "Cecilia".
In 2008, Suggs contributed vocals to a cover of 'Hang Out The Stars In Indiana' to the soundtrack for The Edge of Love
composed by Angelo Badalamenti
. Suggs also has a cameo in the movie singing the track.
in 1989/1990, singing backing vocals on the tracks "Piccadilly Palare" and "Sing Your Life
". From early 1990 to 1992, he co-managed The Farm
and co-produced their first album Spartacus
which reached Number 1 in the UK Album Charts and spawned the international hit "All Together Now
". He also produced their first single 'Hearts and Minds' in 1984.
He has collaborated with Jools Holland
twice on his 'Small World Big Band' albums, firstly in 2001 with the song "Oranges and Lemons Again" and then with "Jack O The Green" in 2003. He also performed with Holland and his Rhythm And Blues Orchestra in 2003 for a television special where they performed two songs with veteran ska singer Prince Buster
.
In July 2005, shortly after the terrorist attacks in London, Suggs and Chas Smash
performed the Bob Marley
song "So Much Trouble in the World" with Billy Bragg
at a concert in London's Brockwell Park
in aid of the victims. Also in 2005, Suggs collaborated with electronic group Audio Bullys
on the track "This Road" from their Top 40 album Generation. In 2006, Suggs performed the Madness classic "My Girl" with The Ordinary Boys
at the Brixton Academy which was released as a B-side on their UK hit single " Nine2five ".
In May 2008, Suggs and Madness band mate Chas Smash
, joined The Pet Shop Boys on stage at a gig in London's Heaven
nightclub and they performed a dance version of the Madness classic My Girl
. In 2010 Suggs and Mike Barson
again worked with the Audiobullys on their album 'Higher Than The Eiffel'. They appear on the tracks 'Twist Me Up' and 'Goodbye'.
and Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1998). He starred in the Channel 4
drama The Final Frame (1990), in which he played a pop star named East. He also played a pop star (called Jason Woods) in the Press Gang
episode "Friends Like These" in 1990. He also played the part of Joe's dad in the stage musical Our House
, featuring the songs of Madness
for a limited period in London's West End
in 2003. Suggs appears in the 2008 romantic drama The Edge of Love
starring Keira Knightley
and Sienna Miller
, playing the part of 'the crooner' (also credited as Al Bowlly
) singing Bowlly's hit "Hang Out The Stars In Indiana".
radio station BBC 6 Music
when it launched in March 2002. He also worked with the late Bob Monkhouse
on the BBC Radio 4
musical sitcom I Think I've Got a Problem, which also starred comedian Phil Cornwell
and was written by Andrew McGibbon.
He became a DJ on Virgin Radio
with the show Virgin Party Classics, and was nominated for a Sony Award
in 2005. In 2006, Virgin launched the Party Classics radio channel, available via digital television. The channel was hosted by Suggs, but was short-lived, being pulled just four months after it launched. He regularly features on Virgin Radio competitions where listeners can win the chance to meet him and have a drink with him. On one such occasion well-known children's book writer, Simon I. Boy chatted about pop records that Suggs was pleased he had no connection with, particularly a 1974 Decca recording entitled 'Name it, you got it' by Micky Moonshine. 2007 saw him presenting a new show on the station five days a week entitled Afternoon Tea with Suggs which ran every weekday afternoon between 14:00 - 16:00. In August 2007 the show was given an extra hour and was on every weekday 13:00 - 16:00. It was produced by Mark Bingham. The promotion of the show was voiced by Brian Sewell. On 3 December he quit Virgin and Neil Francis
took over his weekday afternoon slot with immediate effect. On 27 September Suggs and Madness closed down Regent Street to perform for Absolute Radio's first birthday.
, firstly on the episode titled Boring in which the band performed "House of Fun". On the second series, the band performed "Our House" on the penultimate episode Sick.
Suggs has hosted a celebrity karaoke
game show
on the UK's TV channel Five called 'Night Fever'. He was a team captain in the BBC music trivia game show A Question of Pop, hosted by Jamie Theakston
, opposite Noddy Holder
. Suggs has also appeared as a guest on the BBC2 show Never Mind The Buzzcocks
.
He has hosted a series of sixty minute programmes called Salvage Squad
, in which a group of engineers restored rare old machinery. Some of the items restored included a steamroller
, a ploughing engine called "Margaret", a Blackpool "Coronation" tram
, a Scammell Mechanical Horse, a Revopak
dustcart
, various boats, World War II
tanks, early C20 motor launches, railway locomotives and vintage cars.
In 2005 he filmed a series called Disappearing London
for ITV
in the London area, in which he investigates architectural and other curiosities that are vanishing. The series won three Royal Television Society
awards with Suggs winning the award for 'Presenter of the Year'. A second series was filmed in 2006 for transmission in early 2007. In 2005 he filmed a similar one-off programme for the BBC
entitled A Picture Of London by Suggs, which featured the newly penned song "Cracks In the Pavement". Suggs has twice been a guest presenter on the BBC's long-running chart show Top Of The Pops
, once in 1995 and again in 2005.
In 2006, Suggs was the main presenter of the BBC London
series Inside Out, a weekly programme for Londoners looking at surprising stories in the capital. He was part of Declan Donnelly
's Boy Band on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway the same year, and performed "It Only Takes a Minute" by Take That
.
In 2007, Suggs starred in a series of Birds Eye
commercials which feature the Madness song Our House
. A popular online game featuring Suggs was also based around the commercials.
In December 2007, he narrated a one off documentary for itv
on the London music venue The Hammersmith Palais
which closed down in 2007. The programme was broadcast on BBC Four
on Christmas Eve.
In February 2008, Teachers TV
broadcast Suggs in a one-off 'Teaching Challenge'. The challenge required Suggs to return to his secondary school, Quintin Kynaston School
in North London, and teach a music lesson to a group of GCSE students. In this lesson he was assisted by renowned vocalist Micky Moonshine, his voice coach Been Cross and his valet S. I. Boy The class performed the timeless Decca classic 'Name it, You Got it.'
In 2008 he presented his own chat show titled Suggs in the City. The show, set in the Soho members club The Colony Room
, aired on ITV London
on Thursday nights.
In October 2008 he presented a new culture series called 'Suggs' Italian Job' which was aired on Sky Arts, following the singer around Italy's most culturally significant hot spots. Suggs owns a holiday home in the Italian countryside.
In 2009, Suggs performed with Zoe Ball
in Let's Dance For Comic Relief
dancing to You Can Never Tell from Pulp Fiction
but was eliminated. He also appeared in an episode of Australian music quiz show, Spicks and Specks, on 15 April.
, was published in August 2009.
, who was the vocalist of the 1970s British band Deaf School
. They met through their connection with Clive Langer
and married in 1981. Together they have two daughters, named Scarlett and Viva.
Suggs is a patron of the charity Children in Need
, and has frequently appeared on the annual television fundraiser; performing various Madness tracks with other celebrities. He has also been involved with Cancer Research UK
and their 'Busking Cancer' campaign, for which he busked live on HMS Belfast in May 2009.
Suggs is a member of the 'Useless Information Society' (founded 1995) a society
of journalists, writers and entertainers which focuses around useless esoteric information and has released books such as 'the Book of Useless Information'. Other members include Keith Waterhouse
, Richard Littlejohn
, Noel Botham, Ken Stott
and Brian Hitchen
.
Suggs is a fan of Chelsea F.C.
, made apparent by the F.A. Cup song which he wrote, and then performed along with the rest of the 1996/1997 Chelsea squad. He is currently recording a new album with Madness.
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, actor, former radio
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
, TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
personality
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
, and most famous as the frontman of the band Madness
Madness (band)
In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
.
Early life
McPherson was born in Hastings, the son of William Rutherford McPherson (1935–1975)and Edith Gower, who married in Paddington in 1960. As a child Suggs was brought up in Hastings
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....
by his mother - his father having left shortly before he was born. In a 2009 interview he was asked about what happened to his father:
-
- " I don't know, but what I've heard hasn't been good: heroin, injecting his eyeballs with paraffin, being sectioned. He must be dead now. I mean, he would have got in touch if he was alive, wouldn't he? Yeah, he must be dead, poor bugger."
As a child he moved around a lot. He spent three years of his childhood in Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest
Haverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales and serves as the County's principal commercial and administrative centre. Haverfordwest is the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire, with a population of 13,367 in 2001; though its community boundaries make it the second most populous...
in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
and had just started at a grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
when he moved to North London. He then went to comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
at Quintin Kynaston
Quintin Kynaston School
Quintin Kynaston is a local comprehensive secondary school in the St John's Wood area of north London. It became a Specialist Technology College in 2001. The school intends to become an academy in September 2011.-Admissions:...
, Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage is a district of the London Borough of Camden in London, England. Thedistrict is located north-west of Charing Cross. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and is the location of Swiss Cottage tube station.-Etymology:...
, North London. On the official Madness
Madness (band)
In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
website he says
-
- " I was born in Hastings on a stormy evening on 13 January 1961. I only lived with my mum, so we were free agents. She was a singer in the pubs and clubs. We moved to LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
then London. I lived with relations in Wales for a while and came back to London. Because I was an only child, I was pretty insular and stubborn. All the upheaval made me lazy academically, so by the time I got to Quintin Kynaston school in Finchley RoadFinchley RoadFinchley Road, an inner city main road which runs for about 7 kilometres/4 miles, is one of the major thoroughfares of north London, England.Originally named Finchley New Road, it was built as a turnpike road in the late 1820s/early 1830s to provide a by-pass to the existing route north from London...
I didn't bother much, I stayed on to the sixth form for social security reasons, and got two O-levels and a CSE on the way. I met Mike BarsonMike BarsonMichael "Mike" Barson is a British musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the second wave ska band, Madness.-Biography:...
hanging around Hampstead SchoolHampstead SchoolHampstead School is a large multi-ethnic comprehensive school in the London borough of Camden. The school building is one of the oldest in the borough...
.""
- " I was born in Hastings on a stormy evening on 13 January 1961. I only lived with my mum, so we were free agents. She was a singer in the pubs and clubs. We moved to Liverpool
Suggs got his nickname from randomly sticking a pin in an encyclopedia of jazz musicians while he was still in school, to avoid being labelled as the member of an ethnic minority owing to his Scottish name. To capitalize on the name he went as far as to create a myth around it, writing lines like "Suggs is our leader" on the walls and only answering to that name.
Solo career
After Madness' reformation for Madstock!Madstock!
- Personnel :* Suggs – lead vocals* Mike Barson – keyboards* Lee Thompson – saxophone, backing vocals* Chris Foreman – guitar* Mark Bedford – bass* Daniel Woodgate – drums* Chas Smash – backing vocals, trumpet...
in 1992 and 1994, Suggs went to work on his first solo album with the production help of acclaimed reggae producers Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie is the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and production team of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare who joined in the mid 1970s after having established themselves separately in Jamaica as professional musicians...
. In 1995 The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger (album)
The Lone Ranger is the first solo album by British singer Suggs, best known as a vocalist of second wave ska band Madness. It was released in 1995...
was released on WEA
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
and peaked on the UK album charts at # 14. The first single to be released from the album was a cover of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
song "I'm Only Sleeping
I'm Only Sleeping
"I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by The Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. It was released two months earlier in the United States on the album Yesterday And Today and did not feature on the original US version of Revolver...
" entering the UK Top Ten at # 7. The video featured appearances from Madness bandmates Mike Barson
Mike Barson
Michael "Mike" Barson is a British musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the second wave ska band, Madness.-Biography:...
and Chas Smash
Chas Smash
Cathal Smyth, also known as Chas Smash is an English musician, best known as the backing singer and dancer in the ska/pop band Madness. He also plays trumpet, acoustic guitar and various percussion instruments...
. This was followed by "Camden Town", a homage to his favourite part of London which reached # 14 in the UK. In December of that year, Suggs released The Christmas E.P. featuring his song "The Tune" (written by Mike Barson
Mike Barson
Michael "Mike" Barson is a British musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the second wave ska band, Madness.-Biography:...
) plus covers of "Sleigh Ride
Sleigh Ride
"Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who would like to ride in a sleigh on a winter's day with another person,...
" and "Alright" by Supergrass
Supergrass
Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....
. In 1996, the third single from the album, a version of the Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel are an American duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, largely on the strength of the...
classic "Cecilia
Cecilia (song)
"Cecilia" is a song written by US musician Paul Simon. It was first recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. When released as a single, it reached #4 in the US charts...
", became his most successful release, entering the U.K charts at # 4 and selling in excess of 500,000 copies. The final single to be released from the album was "No More Alcohol", charting at # 24.
In 1997, Suggs recorded the song "Blue Day" for Chelsea FC
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
with Chelsea players. It was the official song for the team for the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
, which Chelsea eventually won. The song reached # 22 in the UK charts.
In 1998, Suggs released his second solo album The Three Pyramids Club
The Three Pyramids Club
The Three Pyramids Club is the second solo album by a British singer Suggs known from second wave ska band Madness. It was released in 1998 .-Track listing:All songs written by Steve Lironi and Graham McPherson unless noted....
on Warner Music, which was produced by Steve Lironi. The first and only single to be released was "I Am" charting at # 38. The song was also featured on the soundtrack to The Avengers. The album includes a collaboration with ragga artist General Levy
General Levy
General Levy is a London born ragga vocalist, regularly employed on studio tracks by drum and bass DJs. He is best known for the track "Incredible" which he recorded with M-Beat.-Biography:...
and the trombone talents of ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
legend Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez
Rico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...
.
After his brief solo career, Suggs returned to work with Madness on their first original album in 14 years. Wonderful
Wonderful (Madness album)
Wonderful is an album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 1999 . Wonderful is their first studio album in original lineup since the 1984 Keep Moving LP.-Track listing:#"Lovestruck"...
was released in 1999 and was followed by the covers album The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
The Dangermen Sessions, Vol. 1 is a cover album by the British ska band Madness. It was released in 2005 . The album was successful and reached #11 in the UK which at the time was their highest chart position in the UK since 1984's Keep Moving.-The Dangermen:Prior to recording the album, Madness...
in 2005. In 2009, Madness released The Liberty of Norton Folgate which reached # 5 in the UK Album Charts.
Suggs - The Platinum Collection was released on 30 July in 2007 on Warner Music, featuring a selection of his best tracks from his two solo albums along with "Blue Day" and a remixed version of "Cecilia".
In 2008, Suggs contributed vocals to a cover of 'Hang Out The Stars In Indiana' to the soundtrack for The Edge of Love
The Edge of Love
The Edge of Love is a 2008 John Maybury film starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys from a script by Sharman Macdonald, Knightley's mother...
composed by Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti
Angelo Badalamenti is an American composer, known for his movie soundtrack work for director David Lynch, notably Blue Velvet, the Twin Peaks saga and Mulholland Drive...
. Suggs also has a cameo in the movie singing the track.
Musical collaborations
Suggs worked with MorrisseyMorrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
in 1989/1990, singing backing vocals on the tracks "Piccadilly Palare" and "Sing Your Life
Sing Your Life
"Sing Your Life" was a single by Morrissey released in April 1991. It was the second single taken from the Kill Uncle album. On release this was Morrissey's lowest charting single in the UK charts, reaching only number 33...
". From early 1990 to 1992, he co-managed The Farm
The Farm (band)
The Farm were a British band from Liverpool, popular through the early 1990s. Their album Spartacus reached the top position on the UK Albums Chart when it was released in March, 1991.-History:They formed in early 1983....
and co-produced their first album Spartacus
Spartacus (The Farm album)
Spartacus is the 1991 debut album of Liverpool-based pop group The Farm, released in April 1991 in the height of Madchester. It reached number one in the UK album chart, staying there for a week...
which reached Number 1 in the UK Album Charts and spawned the international hit "All Together Now
All Together Now (The Farm song)
"All Together Now" is a song by Liverpudlian pop band The Farm from their album Spartacus, and is said to link many of the band's favourite themes, socialism, brotherhood and football....
". He also produced their first single 'Hearts and Minds' in 1984.
He has collaborated with Jools Holland
Jools Holland
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Who, David Gilmour and Bono.Holland is a...
twice on his 'Small World Big Band' albums, firstly in 2001 with the song "Oranges and Lemons Again" and then with "Jack O The Green" in 2003. He also performed with Holland and his Rhythm And Blues Orchestra in 2003 for a television special where they performed two songs with veteran ska singer Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Cecil Bustamente Campbell, O.D. , better known as Prince Buster, and also known by his Muslim name Muhammed Yusef Ali, is a musician from Kingston, Jamaica. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music...
.
In July 2005, shortly after the terrorist attacks in London, Suggs and Chas Smash
Chas Smash
Cathal Smyth, also known as Chas Smash is an English musician, best known as the backing singer and dancer in the ska/pop band Madness. He also plays trumpet, acoustic guitar and various percussion instruments...
performed the Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
song "So Much Trouble in the World" with Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg
Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
at a concert in London's Brockwell Park
Brockwell Park
Brockwell Park is a 50.8 hectare park located between Brixton, Herne Hill and Tulse Hill, bordered by Brixton Water Lane, Norwood Road, Tulse Hill , and Dulwich Road in South London....
in aid of the victims. Also in 2005, Suggs collaborated with electronic group Audio Bullys
Audio Bullys
Audio Bullys are an electronic music group from London, consisting of Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale. The group were once managed by DJ and presenter George Lamb....
on the track "This Road" from their Top 40 album Generation. In 2006, Suggs performed the Madness classic "My Girl" with The Ordinary Boys
The Ordinary Boys
The Ordinary Boys are an English indie rock band from Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Originally named Next in Line, they were influenced by mod revival and Britpop music, as well as the bands Madness, The Specials, The Kinks and The Smiths...
at the Brixton Academy which was released as a B-side on their UK hit single " Nine2five ".
In May 2008, Suggs and Madness band mate Chas Smash
Chas Smash
Cathal Smyth, also known as Chas Smash is an English musician, best known as the backing singer and dancer in the ska/pop band Madness. He also plays trumpet, acoustic guitar and various percussion instruments...
, joined The Pet Shop Boys on stage at a gig in London's Heaven
Heaven (nightclub)
Heaven is a Superclub in London, England which appeals predominantly to the gay market. It is located underneath Charing Cross railway station in Central London, just off Trafalgar Square.-Early history:...
nightclub and they performed a dance version of the Madness classic My Girl
My Girl (Madness song)
"My Girl" is a song by British ska/pop group Madness from their debut album, One Step Beyond.... It was written by Mike Barson. The song was released as a single on 21 December 1979 and spent 10 weeks on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number 3....
. In 2010 Suggs and Mike Barson
Mike Barson
Michael "Mike" Barson is a British musician, best known as a founding member and keyboardist of the second wave ska band, Madness.-Biography:...
again worked with the Audiobullys on their album 'Higher Than The Eiffel'. They appear on the tracks 'Twist Me Up' and 'Goodbye'.
Acting
Suggs has acted in films such as The Tall GuyThe Tall Guy
The Tall Guy is a 1989 romantic comedy and the feature film debut of screenwriter Richard Curtis and director Mel Smith. It was produced by London Weekend Television for theatrical release and stars Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, and Rowan Atkinson...
and Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1998). He starred in the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
drama The Final Frame (1990), in which he played a pop star named East. He also played a pop star (called Jason Woods) in the Press Gang
Press Gang
Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of forty-three episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993...
episode "Friends Like These" in 1990. He also played the part of Joe's dad in the stage musical Our House
Our House (musical)
Our House is a musical with music and lyrics from Madness and the book by Tim Firth. The show featured songs from the ska/pop band Madness, and was named after one of their popular hit singles, "Our House"...
, featuring the songs of Madness
Madness (band)
In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
for a limited period in London's West End
West End of London
The West End of London is an area of central London, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment . Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...
in 2003. Suggs appears in the 2008 romantic drama The Edge of Love
The Edge of Love
The Edge of Love is a 2008 John Maybury film starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys from a script by Sharman Macdonald, Knightley's mother...
starring Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international notice in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham...
and Sienna Miller
Sienna Miller
Sienna Rose Diana Miller is a British-American actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Layer Cake, Alfie, Factory Girl, The Edge of Love and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2007, the London Film Criticsnamed her British Actress of the Year for Interview...
, playing the part of 'the crooner' (also credited as Al Bowlly
Al Bowlly
Albert Allick Bowlly was a Southern-African singer, songwriter, composer and band leader, who became a popular Jazz crooner during the 1930s in the United Kingdom and later, in the United States of America. He recorded more than 1,000 records between 1927 and 1941...
) singing Bowlly's hit "Hang Out The Stars In Indiana".
Radio
Suggs was a principal and original DJ on the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
radio station BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music
BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....
when it launched in March 2002. He also worked with the late Bob Monkhouse
Bob Monkhouse
Robert Alan "Bob" Monkhouse, OBE was an English entertainer. He was a successful comedy writer, comedian and actor and was also well known on British television as a presenter and game show host...
on the BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
musical sitcom I Think I've Got a Problem, which also starred comedian Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell is an English comedian, actor, impressionist and writer. He is probably best known as being part of the Dead Ringers television and radio series...
and was written by Andrew McGibbon.
He became a DJ on Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio
Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008.The station is based in London and plays popular rock music...
with the show Virgin Party Classics, and was nominated for a Sony Award
Sony Radio Academy Awards
The Sony Radio Academy Awards , started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy...
in 2005. In 2006, Virgin launched the Party Classics radio channel, available via digital television. The channel was hosted by Suggs, but was short-lived, being pulled just four months after it launched. He regularly features on Virgin Radio competitions where listeners can win the chance to meet him and have a drink with him. On one such occasion well-known children's book writer, Simon I. Boy chatted about pop records that Suggs was pleased he had no connection with, particularly a 1974 Decca recording entitled 'Name it, you got it' by Micky Moonshine. 2007 saw him presenting a new show on the station five days a week entitled Afternoon Tea with Suggs which ran every weekday afternoon between 14:00 - 16:00. In August 2007 the show was given an extra hour and was on every weekday 13:00 - 16:00. It was produced by Mark Bingham. The promotion of the show was voiced by Brian Sewell. On 3 December he quit Virgin and Neil Francis
Neil Francis (broadcaster)
Neil Francis is a British DJ, and previously hosted the Friday evening slot on Absolute Radio and Absolute 80s.Francis's first big break in radio came in 1985 with a stint on North Sea pirate Radio Caroline and he has also worked as a presenter for Chiltern Radio in Herts/Beds/Bucks, Invicta FM in...
took over his weekday afternoon slot with immediate effect. On 27 September Suggs and Madness closed down Regent Street to perform for Absolute Radio's first birthday.
Television
Suggs twice appeared with Madness on the British TV comedy show The Young OnesThe Young Ones (TV series)
The Young Ones is a British sitcom, first broadcast in 1982, which ran for two series on BBC2. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers...
, firstly on the episode titled Boring in which the band performed "House of Fun". On the second series, the band performed "Our House" on the penultimate episode Sick.
Suggs has hosted a celebrity karaoke
Karaoke
is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
game show
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
on the UK's TV channel Five called 'Night Fever'. He was a team captain in the BBC music trivia game show A Question of Pop, hosted by Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston is an English television and radio presenter, producer and actor.-Education:...
, opposite Noddy Holder
Noddy Holder
Neville John "Noddy" Holder MBE is an English musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Slade....
. Suggs has also appeared as a guest on the BBC2 show Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
.
He has hosted a series of sixty minute programmes called Salvage Squad
Salvage Squad
Salvage Squad is a television programme in which the "Salvage Squad" faced the challenge of restoring an item of classic machinery. The task was usually against a tight deadline, such as a public unveiling at a vehicle rally...
, in which a group of engineers restored rare old machinery. Some of the items restored included a steamroller
Steamroller
A steamroller is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for levelling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine...
, a ploughing engine called "Margaret", a Blackpool "Coronation" tram
Blackpool tramway
The Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England, and is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom. The tramway dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is run by Blackpool Transport as...
, a Scammell Mechanical Horse, a Revopak
Revopak
The Revopak is a type of waste collection vehicle manufactured by the British company Shelvoke and Drewry.Introduced in 1971, the Revopak was in fact a British-built clone of a French Bennes-Ray Superpac...
dustcart
Waste collection vehicle
Garbage truck refers to a truck specially designed to collect small quantities of waste and haul the collected waste to a solid waste treatment facility. Other common names for this type of truck include trash truck and dump truck in the United States, and bin wagon, dustcart, dustbin lorry, bin...
, various boats, World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
tanks, early C20 motor launches, railway locomotives and vintage cars.
In 2005 he filmed a series called Disappearing London
Disappearing London
Disappearing London is an award-winning British documentary television series that was broadcast on ITV1 London. In each episode, Madness frontman Suggs "searches out the people and places that give London its quirky appeal and charm, and discovers why they may not be around for much...
for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in the London area, in which he investigates architectural and other curiosities that are vanishing. The series won three Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
awards with Suggs winning the award for 'Presenter of the Year'. A second series was filmed in 2006 for transmission in early 2007. In 2005 he filmed a similar one-off programme for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
entitled A Picture Of London by Suggs, which featured the newly penned song "Cracks In the Pavement". Suggs has twice been a guest presenter on the BBC's long-running chart show Top Of The Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
, once in 1995 and again in 2005.
In 2006, Suggs was the main presenter of the BBC London
BBC London
BBC London is the BBC English Region producing local radio, television, teletext and online services in London and parts of the surrounding area. Its output includes the daily BBC London News and the weekly Politics Show on television, the BBC London 94.9 radio station and local coverage of the...
series Inside Out, a weekly programme for Londoners looking at surprising stories in the capital. He was part of Declan Donnelly
Declan Donnelly
Declan Joseph Oliver "Dec" Donnelly is one half of the English acting and TV presenting duo Ant & Dec, with the other being Anthony McPartlin. He came to prominence in the children's drama series Byker Grove and as one half of the pop music duo PJ & Duncan...
's Boy Band on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway the same year, and performed "It Only Takes a Minute" by Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...
.
In 2007, Suggs starred in a series of Birds Eye
Birds Eye
__FORCETOC__Birds Eye is an international brand of frozen foods owned by Pinnacle Foods in North America and by private equity group Permira in Europe....
commercials which feature the Madness song Our House
Our House (Madness song)
"Our House" is a single by English ska/pop band Madness, from their UK album The Rise & Fall and their US compilation Madness.-About:...
. A popular online game featuring Suggs was also based around the commercials.
In December 2007, he narrated a one off documentary for itv
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
on the London music venue The Hammersmith Palais
Hammersmith Palais
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, later simply the Hammersmith Palais, was a ballroom and entertainment venue in London that operated from 1919 until 2007...
which closed down in 2007. The programme was broadcast on BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
on Christmas Eve.
In February 2008, Teachers TV
Teachers TV
Teachers TV was a website and former free-to-air Distance education television channel which provided video and support materials for those who work in education in the UK, including teachers, school leaders, governors, teacher trainers, student teachers and support staff.Its aims included raising...
broadcast Suggs in a one-off 'Teaching Challenge'. The challenge required Suggs to return to his secondary school, Quintin Kynaston School
Quintin Kynaston School
Quintin Kynaston is a local comprehensive secondary school in the St John's Wood area of north London. It became a Specialist Technology College in 2001. The school intends to become an academy in September 2011.-Admissions:...
in North London, and teach a music lesson to a group of GCSE students. In this lesson he was assisted by renowned vocalist Micky Moonshine, his voice coach Been Cross and his valet S. I. Boy The class performed the timeless Decca classic 'Name it, You Got it.'
In 2008 he presented his own chat show titled Suggs in the City. The show, set in the Soho members club The Colony Room
The Colony Room
The Colony Room was a private members' drinking club for artists and other creative people in Dean Street, Soho, London. It gathered a reputation akin to famous clubs of the past such as the Kit-Cat Club. According to Anthony Haden-Guest, it is "one of the fiercely eccentric clubs that make all the...
, aired on ITV London
ITV London
ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...
on Thursday nights.
In October 2008 he presented a new culture series called 'Suggs' Italian Job' which was aired on Sky Arts, following the singer around Italy's most culturally significant hot spots. Suggs owns a holiday home in the Italian countryside.
In 2009, Suggs performed with Zoe Ball
Zoë Ball
Zoë Louise Ball is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and for her earlier work presenting the 1990s children's show, Live & Kicking.-TV career:The daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his...
in Let's Dance For Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
dancing to You Can Never Tell from Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction (film)
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who co-wrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references...
but was eliminated. He also appeared in an episode of Australian music quiz show, Spicks and Specks, on 15 April.
Books
Suggs' first book, Suggs and the City: My Journeys Through Disappearing London, which is partly based on his TV series Disappearing LondonDisappearing London
Disappearing London is an award-winning British documentary television series that was broadcast on ITV1 London. In each episode, Madness frontman Suggs "searches out the people and places that give London its quirky appeal and charm, and discovers why they may not be around for much...
, was published in August 2009.
Personal life
He is married to singer Bette BrightBette Bright
Bette Bright is an English rock singer.-Career:In the late 1970s Bright was a singer for the art rock band Deaf School. After Deaf School disbanded, Bright went solo with her backing band, 'The Illuminations'. Band members were Henry Priestman , Rusty Egan and Glen Matlock...
, who was the vocalist of the 1970s British band Deaf School
Deaf School
Deaf School are an English rock band, formed in the mid 1970s and hailing from Liverpool. Their style is somewhere in between pub rock, punk, glam rock and art rock. They originally disbanded after their third album but their influence lived on...
. They met through their connection with Clive Langer
Clive Langer
Clive Langer is a British record producer active from the mid 1970s onwards. He usually works with Alan Winstanley. He composed the music for the films Still Crazy and Brothers of the Head. Prior to his record producing career he was a guitarist with the British cult band Deaf SchoolLanger...
and married in 1981. Together they have two daughters, named Scarlett and Viva.
Suggs is a patron of the charity Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
, and has frequently appeared on the annual television fundraiser; performing various Madness tracks with other celebrities. He has also been involved with Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer...
and their 'Busking Cancer' campaign, for which he busked live on HMS Belfast in May 2009.
Suggs is a member of the 'Useless Information Society' (founded 1995) a society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
of journalists, writers and entertainers which focuses around useless esoteric information and has released books such as 'the Book of Useless Information'. Other members include Keith Waterhouse
Keith Waterhouse
Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE was a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series.-Biography:Keith Waterhouse was born in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
, Richard Littlejohn
Richard Littlejohn
Richard William Littlejohn is an English author, broadcaster and journalist. He is noted for his Conservative views and currently writes a twice-weekly column for the Daily Mail....
, Noel Botham, Ken Stott
Ken Stott
Kenneth Campbell "Ken" Stott is a Scottish actor, particularly known in the United Kingdom for his many roles in television.-Early life:...
and Brian Hitchen
Brian Hitchen
Brian Hitchen is a publisher and former newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.Hitchen edited the Daily Star from 1987 to 1994, when he became the editor of the Sunday Express for a year. In 1996, he set up Brian Hitchen Communications and also became chairman of the Kerry Life and Irish Country...
.
Suggs is a fan of Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
, made apparent by the F.A. Cup song which he wrote, and then performed along with the rest of the 1996/1997 Chelsea squad. He is currently recording a new album with Madness.
Solo discography
- For Suggs' albums and singles with Madness, The Madness and The Fink Brothers see Madness discographyMadness discographyThe discography of Madness, a British pop/ska band, comprises nine studio albums, nine compilation albums, two live albums, one soundtrack album, one extended play, four box sets and thirty-seven singles.-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:...
.
Albums
- The Lone RangerThe Lone Ranger (album)The Lone Ranger is the first solo album by British singer Suggs, best known as a vocalist of second wave ska band Madness. It was released in 1995...
UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#14 (October 1995) - The Three Pyramids ClubThe Three Pyramids ClubThe Three Pyramids Club is the second solo album by a British singer Suggs known from second wave ska band Madness. It was released in 1998 .-Track listing:All songs written by Steve Lironi and Graham McPherson unless noted....
(August 1998) - The Platinum Collection (July 2007)
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position | Appeared on album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "I'm Only Sleeping I'm Only Sleeping "I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by The Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. It was released two months earlier in the United States on the album Yesterday And Today and did not feature on the original US version of Revolver... " / "Off on Holiday" |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
7 | The Lone Ranger |
| "Camden Town" | UK | 14 | ||
| "The Tune" | UK | 33 | ||
| 1996 | "Cecilia Cecilia (song) "Cecilia" is a song written by US musician Paul Simon. It was first recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. When released as a single, it reached #4 in the US charts... " |
UK | 4 | |
| "No More Alcohol" | UK | 24 | ||
| 1997 | "Blue Day Blue Day (Suggs song) "Blue Day" was a single released by the English singer Suggs, in collaboration with the players of football team Chelsea, in 1997. It reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart.... " |
UK | 22 | non album single |
| 1998 | "I Am" | UK | 38 | The Three Pyramids Club |
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "Oranges and Lemons Again" | Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues |