Jim Gordon was a much in-demand session drummer as well as a member of Derek & the Dominos but had a very chequered history, he died on Monday 13th March 2023. There is too much notorious history to go into here, but his behaviour involved beating his then girlfriend Rita Coolidge and, in 1983, suffering from schizophrenia, which hadn’t officially been diagnosed he murdered his mother.

He was initially sentenced to 16 years in prison only after which his mental illness was properly diagnosed. Numerous parole requests were denied mainly because he refused to attend the hearings. In 2017, he was re-diagnosed with schizophrenia and it was decided that when he didn’t take his medication he was still a danger and remained in prison until his death.

Here is a list of 25 notable songs out of the many he played on.

Normally at the beginning of each year I publish a list of the best ‘selling’ song of the previous year and didn’t do it this year. But, belatedly, I’ve had a request to do so, so here it is, the top 30 best-‘sellers’ of 2022.

Albums continue to sell well in the UK and here is a list of the top 20 best-sellers into the 21st century even though some of them were released in the 20th century.