Cerys Matthews delves into the archives to put together a specially curated mixtape of her favourite stories from across 25 series of the BBC Radio 4's Soul Music.

Each episode of Soul Music takes a different piece of music – it might be a pop song, or a hymn, or a piece of classical music or world music – and looks at why it moves us and what it means to different people.

In the first of three episodes, Cerys's chooses:

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’
Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor
Carly Simon: ‘You Are My Sunshine’
Eric Satie: ‘Gymnopedie'
Leonard Cohen: ‘Hallelujah’
PP Arnold: ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’
Peggy Seeger: ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’
Soft Cell: ‘Tainted Love’

Producer: Mair Bosworth.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in January 2018. Show less