1959. Aretha Franklin – Chain Of Fools

Aretha Franklin

Suggested by Mick in Matlock

From one chain to another…

1958. Sam Cooke – Chain Gang

Sam Cooke

Suggested by Kevin in Newport, Shropshire

From Fatboy Slim’s Norman Cooke to Sam Cooke..

1957. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank

Fatboy Slim

Suggested by Andy about 45 miles north of Carlisle

From thin to fat…

1956. Thin Lizzy – Rosalie

Thin Lizzy

Let us know in the comments if you were the one who suggested this link.

Bjork’s accent is a mixture of Icelandic and Cockney. She used to be in the Sugarcubes. You put sugar in tea and Cockney rhyming slang for tea is “Rosie Lee”

1955. Bjork – Human Behaviour

Bjork

Suggested by Alan in Glasgow, in the middle of band practice (yes, really)

Using ‘human’ as the link, we go from the league to human behaviour…

1954. The Human League – The Lebanon

The Human League

Suggested by Darren in a car in Kettering

Continuing the tour of the Middle East, we cross the border to the Lebanon…

The Chain

A searchable database for BBC Radio 6 Music – Radcliffe and Maconie's The Chain, officially the longest listener-generated thematically linked sequence of musically based items on the radio.

1959. Aretha Franklin – Chain Of Fools

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1956. Thin Lizzy – Rosalie

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1954. The Human League – The Lebanon

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