29/08/2009
Playing Beatles hits and tracks from the US charts of the week and the past five decades.
The Beatles' conquest of America early in 1964 launched "the British Invasion" of the pop charts. I Want to Hold Your Hand was the first of twenty number one singles in the States and in April 1964, the Beatles set a record that is likely never to be broken, when they occupied all five of the top positions on Billboard's Top Forty, with Can't Buy Me Love sitting at number one.
To mark Radio 2's Beatles Bank Holiday, several of Paul's regular features take on a Beatles theme tonight. Each week, in The First, My Last, My Everything, Paul plays tracks from the first and last album chart entries by an artist - excluding Greatest Hits and other compilations. This week, there are tracks from the US album Meet The Beatles, Let It Be by The Beatles, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Milk And Honey by John Lennon.
It's Not The Same Old Song features two different songs with the same title. Tonight we hear Tell Me Why by the Beatles and Elvis Presley but they are not the same old song. Number ones on this date in history include Help! by The Beatles (1965) and Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul & Linda McCartney (1971).
Paul plays the Beatles' US number ones Eight Days A Week, Yesterday and The Long And Winding Road - none of which was released as a single in the UK.
And there are also the usual new tracks from this week's US charts, including Albums, Digital Songs, Rock, R&B and Country.
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The Beatles
Mr. Moonlight
This day in 1835: the New York Sun perpetrates βThe Great Moon Hoaxβ with a series of six articles about life on the moon, including unicorns and flying bat-men; believed for weeks
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Disneyβs Friends For Change
Send It On
New Entry in the Top Ten [Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund]
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The Beatles
It Won't Be Long
The First, The Last, My Everything - The Albums: The Beatles - Chart debut in 1964: Meet The Beatles!
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Jason Derulo
Whatcha Say
New Entry in the Top Forty
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Meβshell Ndegeocello with John Mellencamp
Wild Night
Artist: Peter And Gordon Born this day in 1969: Meβshell Ndegeocello Gordon Waller - born June 4th 1945; died July 17th 2009
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Jessie James
Wanted
Top Twenty
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The Beatles
Eight Days A Week
Artist: The Beatles Number One in March 1965 - two weeks Number One in October 1965 - four weeks
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The Beatles
The Long And Winding Road
Number One in June 1970 - two weeks
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Justin Moore
Small Town Usa
Top Ten Country Single & Top Twenty Album: Justin Moore
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Stevie Wonder
Blowin' In The Wind
R&B Number One this date in 1966
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Maxwell
Pretty Wings
Adult R&B Number One - 8th week & R&B/Hip-Hop Number One - 3rd week
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The Beatles
Tell Me Why
Itβs Not The Same Old Song: On both A Hard Dayβs Night soundtrack LP & Something New in the USA
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Elvis Presley - Tell Me Why
Itβs Not The Same Old Song: Number 33 in 1966 - recorded in 1957
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Cobra Starship
Hot Mess
New Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: Hot Mess
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The Beatles
Two Of Us
The First, The Last, My Everything - The Albums: The Beatles - Last chart entry in 1970: Let It Be
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Jason Mraz
I'm Yours
Longest Chart run ever: seventy weeks - 4.4 million paid downloads
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The Beatles
I Call Your Name
The Beatlesβ Second Album - #1 for 5 weeks in 1964
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The Beatles
I'll Be Back
Beatles β65 - #1 for 9 weeks in 1965
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Wilbert Harrison
Kansas City
Grammy Hall of Fame single: R&B Number One in 1952
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John Lennon
God
The First, The Last, My Everything - The Albums: John Lennon - Chart debut in 1970: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
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Willie Nelson & Leon Russell - Hearbreak Hotel
Country Number One this date in 1979
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Taylor Swift
You Belong With Me
Current Country Number One - eleventh week
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The Beatles
Yes It Is
The Beatles VI - #1 for 6 weeks in 1965
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The Beatles
Nowhere Man
βYesterdayβ β¦And Today - #1 for 5 weeks in 1966
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The Rolling Stones
Mixed Emotions
Rock Number One this date in 1989
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Linkin Park
New Divide
Current Rock Number One - tenth week
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John Lennon
Nobody Told Me
The First, The Last, My Everything - Albums: John Lennon - Last chart entry in 1984: Milk And Honey
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George Strait
Twang
Current Number One Album: Twang - NEW
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The Beatles
Help!
Number One this date in 1965
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Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Number One this date in 1971
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Miley Cyrus
Party In The Usa
Current Number One - NEW
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- Sat 29 Aug 2009 20:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2