Sweet Things – GEORGIE FAME****

Sweet Thing/See Saw/Ride Your Pony/Funny How Time Slips Away/Sitting In The Park/Dr Kitch/My Girl/Music Talk/The In Crowd/The World Is Round/The Whole World’s Shaking/Last Night

Georgie Fame's versatile musical talents straddled pop, soul, jazz and R & B. Sweet Thing, his most successful album, contains the No. 12 UK hit single Sitting In The Park. (UK:6)

"I can't believe my ears. This is really a staggering cover of Sweet Thing. I usually shy away from covers but this one has the distinction of being every bit as good (and even better in points) than the original - and believe me, I am a die-hard Motown fanatic, so I say that with the intent of paying the highest compliment to Georgie Fame."

"Sweet Thing is my all time favourite Georgie track. Great memories of being 18 and dancing to this on those East End Saturday nights. Very cool, Georgie is still so underrated and was the ultimate in hip when he played the Flamingo all those years ago."

"As for Georgie Fame, you gotta love him. He has never been at the very top but he has always been around. Supergroups, boy bands, metal - they all come and go but Georgie Fame just goes on forever. Why? Cos, there is something extra special about him. If he didn't invent 'cool' he was sure present when someone else did."

"Probably the best (and most underrated) vocalists to ever emerge from the UK. It's not often you can say that a white fella from Bristol has bettered Detroit's finest."

"Sitting In The Park is just beautiful. What a superb voice. Nothing else left to say."

"This aims squarely at the Mod audience with classics such as In-Crowd and Last Night."

"Georgie's impressive keyboard work and funky, down-home vocal approach is more than adequately showcased here, this is R & B, jazz and blues at it's least compromised and sounds irrepressibly fresh."