Dakota Staton has been played on NTS in shows including If Music Presents You Need This w/ Jean-Claude, featured first on 5 September 2019. Songs played include I'll Remember April, Misty and Blues For Dakota (Are You The One).

Dakota Staton (June 3, 1930 – April 10, 2007) was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with the 1957 No. 4 hit, "The Late, Late Show". She was also known by the Muslim name Aliyah Rabia for a period due to her conversion to Islam as interpreted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Born in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she attended George Westinghouse High…