Real name: John Edwin Julius Murfin

Effective period / Period of releases: 1969 - 1971

Originally from Fareham, near Portsmouth, studio owner and producer Muff Murfin and his engineer and assistant Colin Owen assembled UK studio acts. Murfin, who ran The Old Smithy Recording Studio at the back of a department store in Worcester, England, recorded many acts under various names before becoming involved with the burgeoning "northern soul" scene in the mid-70s. A specialist at duplicating sounds, he recorded tracks for Disco Demand under names like the The Jezebelles and The Sounds Of Lancashire and also worked with Wigan's Ovation. He then built theThe Old Smithy Recording Studio in his large garden and produced television personality John Asher’s 1975 Top 20 revival of ‘Let’s Twist Again’. In 1976, he covered Eddie Drennon & The B.B.S. Unlimited - Let's Do The Latin Hustle as the M&O Band and made it a bigger hit. He was accused of sampling part of Drennon’s track on his record, which he took as a compliment on his close duplication of Drennon’s rhythm track. The publicity, however, harmed the act and future records failed to chart. Today Murfin continues to run a successful studio and publishing operation.