Mark Ronson – well, this is a record producer of the 2010s and probably beyond. Just the one album – Version – which is a few of the hit records he has produced. Means nothing to me really, a bit of a bore.  Sorry.

Kevin Rowland – lead singer of Dexys (see D) has had a rather unsuccessful career, attempts at going solo and resurrecting a new version of his old band – nothing has really worked.  Which is a pity as he has a sumptuous voice full of emotion and writes (when he can be bothered) intelligent songs.  He released an album in 1999 My Beauty – which is one of the strangest artifacts to have ever hit the record shelves.  A cover photo of Kevin half naked in a black dress and a bunch of covers where he often changes the words to reflect his (supposed) recovery from addiction….he even mumbles in a couple of songs that he is getting better.  A rather sad record really, but a couple of the tracks are quite good but hardly essential to anyone’s collection – ‘Concrete and Clay’ and ‘Labelled With Love’ – but even then they are not really as good as the originals.

Roxy Music – although I had a couple of their albums in the Seventies (on vinyl, now existing on cassette) and I liked the singles – I was never a big fan.  I foulnd them a bit too contrived really – still I have one of their Greatest Hits – The Collection…and it is, as expected, pretty good.  Best tracks  – ‘Virginia Plain’, ‘Love Is The Drug’ and ‘More Than This’.  But no desires to buy any of their old albums.

Todd Rundgren  – I remember this eccentric American from the Seventies, when he was into prog rock, which I suppose he still is.  He was for a while a go-to record producer too.  I picked up this CD in a charity shop – Liars – (2004).  I am still not sure of it – firstly it is very long and the sound is pretty dense too.  But there is a certain charm about the album and it ranges in style from soul to heavy rock.  The track titles seem to bear little resemblance to the lyrics which are largely unclear. So, it remains an outlier in the collection.

Kate Rusby – Little Lights is my sole album of hers.  A very pleasant voice, a folksinger but quite lyrical and modern sounding.  Hard to pick out favourite tracks but ‘Withered and Died’ sticks in my mind.

Leon Russell – a truly great rock piano player and singer. He first came to notice in the late 60s on the Mad Dogs and Englishman Tour with Joe Cocker.  He also played a lead role in George’s ‘Concert For BanglaDesh’ in 1971.  He has one of the most distinctive voices in Modern Music, a sort of lazy Southern Drawl but which worms its way into your brain.  He plays a sort of Swamp Rock with a lot of rocky piano.  Just 3 albums; first is Leon Russell And The Shelter People (1971) which was his third album (he was incredibly prolific).  This record actually has 3 Dylan covers (or 5 on the CD version), best of which is ‘A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall’ But best of all is ‘Home Sweet Oklahoma’, ‘Stranger in A Strange Land’ and his cover of George’s ‘Beware Of Darkness.’ A great album which swings from first to last.  1972 saw the release of Carney (at the time his best-selling record).  Not as iconic as his previous albums and a bit slower and I think the songs generally aren’t as good.  Well, for whatever reason it is not in any way on my list of great albums; maybe it was just too much expectation – who knows.  Anyway, I did buy one or two more Leon albums on Vinyl, but have not been tempted to get the CDs – well, there just are so many artists I like.  Best songs are ‘Me and Baby Jane’ and ‘Roller Derby’.   Only one other solo Leon album (see Elton for his collaboration – Th Union) Anything Can Happen  which was I think 1992.  Quite a nice record, but nothing too exciting…best tracks…the title track and a cover of Chuck Berry’s ‘Too Much Monkey Business’