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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔgrown Heroes - Tony Blackburn

As part of 1Xtra's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔGrown season, Ronnie catches up with his Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔGrown Hero Tony Blackburn, the original champion of soul music in the UK.

This week Ronnie salutes his homegrown hero from the past as he is in conversation with radio legend Tony Blackburn. Ronnie chats to him about how he started in radio and why he decided to start playing soul music when everyone else was playing pop. Also there’s new cuts from Nathan featuring Flo Rida, Rian Peters teaming up with Wiley & a soulful joint from Dwele. Ronnie’s also got the five hottest RnB tracks of the moment in the 1Xtra RnB chart, big.

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Mon 8 Feb 2010 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1Xtra

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Music Played

  • Casely

    Sweat (Feat. Lil Jon & Michael Montano)

  • Chuck Dem Gee

    Round and Round

  • Craig David

    One More Lie (Standing in the Shadows) (Feat. Donae'o)

  • Toni Braxton

    Make My Heart

  • EsmΓ©e Denters

    Love Dealer (Feat. Justin Timberlake)

  • Nathan - Caught Me Slippin (Feat. Flo Rida)

  • Lemar

    You Get Me

  • Kele Le Roc

    That Rhythm

  • Keri Hilson

    Get Ya Money Up (Remix) (Feat. Keisha Cole & Nicki Minaj)

  • Usher

    Little Freak (Feat. Nicki Minaj)

  • Slimm

    Anytime (Feat. Sean Garrett)

  • Trey Songz

    I Wanna Rock

  • T-Boz

    Get It Get It (Feat. Young Joc, Too Short & Bangladesh)

  • Rian Peters

    Get Away (Feat. Wiley)

  • The 1Xtra RnB Chart

    • Timbaland

      Carry Out (Feat. Justin Timberlake)

      • Universal.

    • Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys)

    • Justin Bieber

      One Time

      • Universal.

    • Rihanna

      Rudeboy

      • Def Jam.

  • The 1Xtra RnB Number 1

    • Young Money

      Bedrock (Feat. Lloyd)

      • Universal.

  • Lloyd

    Bed Rock Part 2 (Feat. Lil Wayne & Drake)

  • Timbaland

    Say Something (feat. Drake)

  • Rasheeda

    Say Something (Feat. Nivea)

  • Erykah Badu

    Jump Up In the Air and Stay There (Feat. Lil Wayne)

  • Dwele

    Sexy

  • Wale

    Pretty Girls (Feat. Gucci Mane)

  • Choklate

    6.8 Billion

  • Noel McKoy

    Jealousy

  • Ronnie talks to Tony Blackburn Part 1

    • Ronnie chats to Tony about how he first started in radio.

  • Diana Ross

    I'm Still Waiting

  • Ronnie talks to Tony Blackburn Part 2

    • Ronnie asks Tony how it felt to be the first radio one presenter.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Do Yourself a Favour

  • Ronnie talks to Tony Blackburn Part 3

    • Ronnie asks Tony who were his best and worst interviewees

  • Alexander O’Neal

    Criticize

  • Ronnie talks to Tony Blackburn Part 4

    • Ronnie asks Tony how he feels about Chris Moyles taking his breakfast show record.

  • Bobby Womack

    Across 110th Street

  • Musiq - Fish In the Sea

  • Erykah Badu

    Window Seat

  • Dwale

    Eve (I Need You)

  • Louise Golbey

    Sparkle

  • Dwale

    Startin Somethin

  • Maxwell

    Bad Habits (Remix)

  • Mary J. Blige

    I Am (Marly Marl Remix)

  • Alicia Keys

    Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready) (Remix) (feat. Drake)

  • Talay Riley

    Sergeant Smash

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Feb 2010 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1Xtra