Loose Ends. London trio -- Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol -- who did something nobody had done before: took British soul to the top of the American r&b charts. Hangin' on a String, produced by Philly's Nick Martinelli, was the bridge between the two sides of the Atlantic. Sophisticated enough for the jazz clubs, funky enough for the dance floor, real enough that the heartbreak cut through the polish.