Speaking about the track, Richard said: “They were a Glaswegian band and my wonderful wife is from Glasgow. We were all young. They were unknown band. We saw them in I saw them in a club. We signed them up. “They're just delightful people and they write great songs. They're great musicians and they're still playing all these years later”.

He recalled: I remember going to some a club called the 100. Club. Yes, on Oxford Street in London and seeing this extraordinary young man, he looked great. He's sang beautifully, he dressed beautifully, he had tremendous personality and that was Boy George.”

“They're just delightful people and they write great songs. They're great musicians and they're still playing all these years later”.

What music does Richard Branson listen to? His favourite musicians are Peter Gabriel and Mike Oldfield and his favourite band is The Sex Pistols.

What music does Richard Branson listen to? His favourite musicians are Peter Gabriel and Mike Oldfield and his favourite band is The Sex Pistols.

The 'other' Chris Evans in my life is getting into music: listen to One More Yard, a great project by some wonderful friends and talents to honour victims of World War 1 and raise funds for cancer awareness

The song I want played at my funeral Bob Marley – ‘No Woman, No Cry’ I live in the Caribbean [on Necker Island] and any Bob Marley song would be delightful. I’d have a Caribbean funeral with lots of good reggae bands. I’ve been living here since my 20s, when I found this lovely island.

The song I wish I had written Peter Tosh – ‘Legalize It’ This is a very beautifully written, beautifully crafted song.

This was the first piece of music that Virgin Records put out. [Oldfield] was 19 years old and had recorded every single instrument on the album. I went to eight different record companies and nobody would put it out, so we decided to create our own record company and put it out. It literally sold millions of copies [‘Tubular Bells’ has sold more than 15 million copies to date]. That led on to us signing people like Peter Gabriel, Janet Jackson and the Spice Girls. Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Galactic may not be here today without ‘Tubular Bells’.

Having seen them live, I was determined to sign them even though they had already signed with EMI. I called the company’s president and said, ‘If you want to get rid of the Sex Pistols, I’m happy to step in.

I do it at the work dos – it always gets a laugh. I’ve done it on the wings of planes and I’ve even done it when Madonna’s been in the room; I serenaded her.

I was brought up in the countryside, near Guildford. We weren’t allowed to watch television, but we were allowed to borrow friends’ scratchy records – and this was most definitely a scratchy old single. I just loved his music; Elvis was the man. I was under 10 and he was someone people my age identified with.

Enjoying @natclarkmusic ’s new record: beautiful music about family, facing fears, pursuing dreams and staying hopeful

If I had to pick a favourite Beatles song it would have to be All You Need Is Love. What’s yours?