SE23 Spotify Playlist

Some further details and background on the artists with a connection to Forest Hill, London SE23

Song	Artist	Connection & background
37	Chewbeats	Based in Peckham, but the song’s called SE23, and that’s good enough for us
38	Jackie Trent	Best known for co-writing (with husband Tony Hatch) the Neighbours theme tune, Jackie lived in FH in the 1960s
39	Japan	The family home of bassist Mick Karn was in Elsinore Road, where the band originally rehearsed
40	The Men They Couldn’t Hang	Recorded albums at Perry Vale Studios
41	The Vibrators	Recorded albums at Perry Vale Studios
42	a-ha	In 1983, they rehearsed at John Ratcliff’s Rendezvous Studio at 107b Kirkdale. John found them a flat at 221 Dartmouth Road. Technically both addresses are in SE26, but we like a-ha so we’re claiming them
43	All Hail This Grand Day (Jon Raven et al)	Commemorates the opening of the Croydon Canal, which used to run through the centre of FH
44	Fil Eisler	Lives in FH
45	Public Service Broadcasting	Founder J. Willgoose, Esq was a FH resident
46	Dire Straits	Bassist John Illsley formerly lived on Sunderland Road
47	Spike Milligan	Spike lived in Gabriel Street and then Riseldine Road when his family first moved to London
48	Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	The founder of Tone Def Records, dub ‘n bass label, is FH local Yomi Ayeni- aka DJ Yomi