Afropop's foremost Diva talks to Link about her music, her ideals and her activism. Exploring the influence of African music across the world from it's roots in the slave trade, Angelique travels to the US, Brazil and the Carribbean. She also talks about her 2007 collaboration with british singer Joss Stone covering Rolling Stones 'Gimme Shelter' for Kidjo's album and also performing it live for Live Earth in Johannesburg 2007.
Producer: Link Media, Inc.

Full audio of 2002 hit built around a repeating piano riff.

One of the most famous songs of the duo Flanagan and Allen. Bud Flanagan said that he wrote the song in Derby in 1927, it refers to the arches of Friar Gate railway bridge and to the homeless men who slept there during the Great Depression.
Excellent example of popular music from the WW2 era.

1995 solo single by the American Soul singer who also goes by the name Mardou Fox and has sung lead vocals for bands such as The Brand New Heavies and Incognito along with collaboration projects with artists such as Paul Weller and Jazzamatazz.

Written for the film The Beach and produced by William Orbit, Pure Shores was released in 2000, hitting number 1 and going Platinum with over 720,000 copies sold.

Primary (and some secondary) pupils may be unaware of Billie's singing career before acting in Doctor Who! This is her biggest selling single from 2000 reaching number 1 in the UK. She and Britney Spears were often compared and the similarity in production, sound and tempo of this track with Britney's music is particularly apparent.

Mama" is a popular song first written in 1941 by Cesare Andrea Bixio with Italian lyrics, recorded with mixture of italian and english by American pop singer Connie Francis in 1959 for her album Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites, with her hit single released in February 1960.

1980 hit for the Swedish pop group from their album of the same name. Pupils will no doubt be familiar with it from 2008 Musical film Mamma Mia.

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes), 1970 number one hit for this British 'one hit wonder' group.

Top 10 hit from the summer of 1980 and written by the Bee Gees, features what was the longest sung note at the time (just over half way through, the word "all" held for 12 seconds) until Whitney Houston later beat this record with her hit "I will always love you". Good example of female solo pop song.