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This week's show reflects Radio 2's Bee Gees Bank Holiday, with tracks from the group's four best selling albums in the USA and Bee Gees-themed features.

This week's show reflects Radio 2's Bee Gees Bank Holiday, with tracks from the Bee Gees' four best selling albums in the USA - Saturday Night Fever, Spirits Having Flown, Bee Gees Greatest and the Staying Alive soundtrack LP.

In the regular feature A Matter Of Life And Death, Paul marks the forthcoming birthday on 1st September of Barry Gibb by playing his Top Ten duet with Barbra Streisand - What Kind Of Fool. The Bee Gees' US Number One on this date in 1971 - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - will also be heard. And the weekly feature, It's Not The Same Old Song, features Words by the Bee Gees and the similarly titled hit by the Monkees.

Paul also highlights two big American hit singles for the group that were not successful in the UK - I Started A Joke and Nights On Broadway - and finds a topical reason for playing (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts at the beginning of the programme.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 28 Aug 2010 20:00

Music Played

  • The Vee Gees

    (The Lights Went Out In) MASSACHUSETTS

    Today: a total eclipse of the moon was visible from the West Coast of America

  • Zac Brown Band

    AS SHE'S WALKING AWAY (featuring Alan Jackson)

    New Entry

  • Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas - Wouldn't Change A Thing

    New Entry at Number Three in the Album Chart: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

  • The Vee Gees

    Someone Belonging To Someone

    The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 4: Staying Alive soundtrack album (1983)

  • Mike Posner

    Please Don't Go

    New Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: 31 Minutes To Takeoff

  • Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

    Born on 1st September 1946: Barry Gibb

  • Ray, Goodman & Brown

    Special Lady

    Born March 30th 1943; died July 26th, 2010: Al Goodman - - bass vocalist with The Moments and Ray, Goodman & Brown

  • Blake Shelton

    All About Tonight

    New Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: All About Tonight EP & Number One Country Airplay

  • Gerald Levert

    Casanova

    R&B Number One this date in 1987

  • Fantasia

    Bittersweet

    Adult R&B Number One - NEW

  • Nigel Godrich, Jason Falkner & Justin Meldal-Johnsen

    Bass Battle

    Top Thirty Album: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World soundtrack album

  • The Monkees

    Words

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Eleven in 1967

  • The Vee Gees

    Words

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Fifteen in 1968

  • Eddie Vedder

    Better Days

    Top Thirty Album: Eat Pray Love soundtrack album

  • The Vee Gees

    (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away

    The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 3: Bee Gees Greatest (1979)

  • Katy Perry

    Teenage Dream

    Top Three

  • The Vee Gees

    I Started A Joke

    A Bee Gees hit only in America: Number Six in 1969

  • The Vee Gees

    Nights On Broadway

    A Bee Gees hit only in America: Number Seven in 1975

  • Lonestar

    What About Now

    Country Number One this date in 2000

  • Taylor Swift

    Mine

    Current Country Number One - second week

  • The Vee Gees

    Spirits (Having Flown)

    The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 2: Spirits Having Flown (1979)

  • Soundgarden

    Black Hole Sun

    Rock Number One this date in 1994 Segue

  • Cage the Elephant

    In One Ear

    Current Rock Number One - fourth week

  • Bee Gees

    Stayin' Alive

    The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 1: Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album (1977)

  • Arcade Fire

    Ready To Start

    Number One in the Internet Album Chart: The Suburbs

  • Edwin Starr

    War

    Number One this date in 1970

  • The Vee Gees

    How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

    Number One this date in 1971

  • Eminem featuring Rihanna

    Love The Way You Lie

    Current Number One: seventh week

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Aug 2010 20:00