Patience and Prudence

Pop melody sisters duo from California, they were popular during the 1950's and released their biggest hit written by Billy Rose and Lee David at ages 11/14... beautiful track notorious for being covered by Steve Martin in 'The Jerk'.

Ned Doheny

California native Singer Songwriter/Pop artist, his 1976 lp 'Hard Candy' is full of great tracks... mellow & funky, great for chilled out sunny afternoons.

Bendaly Family

Lebanon Rock/Alt Pop group, while i cant find much information on the group i do know that this song has come out in multiple versions, this being my favorite though.

Hot Chocolate

70's Pop/Disco/Funk act mostly known for their hit single 'You Sexy Thing', i know most people already know the group, but this track deserves posting, smooth Funk Pop.

Stina Nordenstam

Soft spoken Experimental Pop melodies from Sweden... this is my favorite track by her, a cover of The Doors, which i personally feel far surpasses the original [of which i'm not a fan] the original is so upbeat & jangly, this is how i want the track to sound... melodic, heartfelt, depressing, beautiful.

Mu

Leftfield Dance, so much so that no 1 track can give you any idea of the body of this UK chicks work... which is 2 killer albums 'Out of Breach' & 'Afro Finger And Gel', if i were to try and describe the amount of things/sounds/genres covered in her music, i'd be here a long while, so simply put... this is a female Captain Beefheart for modern dancefloors. 

Gus n' Fin

Two friends from the UK who like to do quirky cover versions for youtube, often involving a ukulele in some way, this is my personal favorite... the best Gary Numan cover i've heard, really upbeat & poppy.

Their Youtube Channel

Elli Kokkinou

Greek Pop music... much in the same way that i want to kick myself for enjoying Sugababes/JT/Britney backing tracks, i'm the same with this... but there is the plus fact that i cant understand what she's saying & the Greek language flows along nicely.

Big Thanks to Zweo for this :]

Hatsumi Shibata

Ridiculously Funky Pop from Japan

Omar Souleyman

Upbeat Syrian Pop from Sublime Frequencies

Jose Feliciano

The blind Puerto Rican guitar master, this is also my favorite rendition of Malaguena

Chiyo Okumura

70's soft spoken Japanese Pop, really melodic [often quite Jazz/Lounge like] lots of Hip-Hop samplin' possibility throughout her discography.