Influences: Aaron Copland, Al Bowlly, Audience, Beethoven, The Beatles, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, The Billy Cotton Band Show, Bing Crosby, Black Sabbath, The Black & White Minstrels, Blue Cheer, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Buddy Holly, Buena Vista Social Club, Burt Bacharach, Carlos Santana, Celia Cruz, Charlie Mingus, Cher, Chuck Berry, Cole Porter, Dave Brubeck, David Bowie, The Desert Song, Dizzy Gillespie, Django Rheinhardt, Dusty Springfield, Eddie Cochran, The Edgar Broughton Band, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Family, Frank Zappa, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Frank Sinatra, George Formby, George & Ira Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Iggy Pop, Irving Berlin, Jaques Brel, Joe Meek, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Julio Iglesias, Kathy Kirby, King Crimson, The Kinks, Kurt Weill, Leadbelly, Led Zeppelin, Little Richard, Lou Reed, Marc Antony, The Move, The Music Man, My Fair Lady, The Nice, The Nits, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Procul Harum, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Russ Conway, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Sex Pistols, The Shake 'n' Vac song, Simon & Garfunkel, The Small Faces, Status Quo (the VERY early stuff), Stanley Black, Stephane Grapelli, Thelonius Monk, Tchaikovsky, Tyranosaurus Rex/T-Rex, Val Doonican, Victor Manuel, The Velvet Underground, The Who...