‘Aretha Franklin hits notes that bring me to shivering tears of ecstasy’: Mick Hucknall’s honest playlist

‘I remember James Brown watching us from the side of the stage with his curlers in’ … Mick Hucknall. Photograph: Dean Chalkley

The first single I bought
One of the first albums I bought was Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones; the first single was The Last Time. I was about 11 when my dad bought me my first record player, and I wore it out by listening to it so much.