Danny Wilson

One of the best-kept secrets in late-1980s British pop was Scottish trio Danny Wilson, which amassed a healthy cult following and scored a handful of minor but memorable hits on the contemporary charts from 1987 to 1989. Hailing from the historic northern metropolis of Dundee, the group (which took their name from a minor 1952 Frank Sinatra flick) purveyed a refreshing brand of jangly folk-pop that is undercut with a dash of Steely Dan harmonic and lyrical sophistication and and a generous dollop of velvety blue-eyed soul, making them stand out from their cookie-cutter pop contemporaries. Check out one of Danny Wilson's better-known standards, the dreamy, insouciant 'Davy', backed with an idyllic, blissful band-performance video clip.