Artist	Song
Lulu	Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
from Greatest Hits (2003)
Eurythmics	Would I Lie to You?
from Eurythmics: Ultimate Collection (Remastered) (2005)
Katie Melua	Just Like Heaven
from Piece By Piece (2006)
Terri Walker	This Is My Time
from Dear Summer, Vol. 1 (2007)
Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, David Gilmour & Mica Paris	I Put a Spell On You
from Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues (2005)
Caron Wheeler	Another Star
from Conception - An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs (2003)
Martina Topley-Bird	Soul Food
from Anything (2004)
The Flirtations	Resist the Temptation
from Northern Soul 2007 (2007)
Natalie Williams	Butterfly
from Secret Garden (2006)
Kiki Dee	Stay With Me
from The Best of Kiki Dee (2009)
Les Fleur de Lys	Yeah, I Do Love You (featuring Sharon Tandy)
from The Two Sides of Les Fleur de Lys E.P (2009)
Beverlei Brown	Love You Yes
from Britannia Soul, Vol. 1 (2007)
Hil St. Soul	Hey Boy
from SOULidified (2006)
Romina Johnson	Understand Me
from Understand Me - Single (2005)

Comment:

As we dig deep into the heart of U.K. soul, we’re gonna hear some songs that may be familiar, even if the performances aren’t. Those of you who’ve heard Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ (or even Creedence Clearwater Revival’s) “I Put a Spell on You” are in for a shock — and a treat. Mica Paris (backed by ex-Squeeze keyman Jools Holland, with Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour in support) completely revamps this bitter, dark brew of a tune into a slinky, spooky, sexy torch song. Georgian-born Katie Melua pours sinfully rich vocals like buttered rum on a short stack over “Just Like Heaven,” the main title from the 2005 Reese Witherspoon comedy. And we gotta give some much-deserved props to the U.K.’s Godmother of Soul, Lulu, who trekked to Muscle Shoals to cut “Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)” with soul legends Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin, and Tom Dowd (who later recut the tune with Aretha Franklin).

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