This was the year of Winehouse's neo-Motown soul, which also makes it the year of her producer, Mark Ronson. On his debut, Ronson calls in favors from Winehouse and Robbie Williams, who plays a singing James Bond on his pitch-perfect cover of "The Only One I Know." As Winehouse moaned about rehab, her soulful 2003 debut finally saw the light of day in the United States.

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