Finley the singing dog croons the UB40 hits

Finley, a lurcher, was talent-spotted by his owners Chia Richardson and Perkin Bosworth two years ago when he startled guests by singing along - after a fashion - to the Mill House bed and breakfast stereo.

His tastes are unexpectedly specific - he refuses to sing along to anything other than the hits of 1980s cod reggae outfit UB40.


Photo from here.

"He just howls in certain parts of certain UB40 songs," said Ms Richardson, 39, adding that "sometimes he even gets it in tune".

She went on: "When nobody is around he likes nothing more than to sing to himself all the time. It's only UB40 songs though, which we have always found strange. We used to listen to them a lot when we first met and it's UB40 that he only seems to like."

Yon can see Finley singing here.