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1969

Episode 19 of 50

Introduced by Jeremy Vine. 1969 was the year of the moon landing, John and Yoko's bed-in and Woodstock.

Radio 2's audio journey through five decades reaches 1969. Jeremy Vine introduces a collage of the music, news, people and programmes - as they were heard at the time - without any commentary, analysis, or hindsight.

1969 is another momentous year, as Neil Armstrong takes one small step for man, fighting intensifies in Vietnam, Teddy Kennedy's presidential aspirations drown in the waters of Chappaquiddick, and the British Army is on the streets of Northern Ireland.

Significant releases include Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and David Bowie's Space Oddity. Meanwhile, John Lennon & Yoko Ono are in bed to Give Peace A Chance and 400,000 young people are getting "far out" at Woodstock.

57 minutes

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Tue 12 May 2015 23:00
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Music Played

  • Thunderclap Newman

    Something In The Air

  • Zager & Evans

    In The Year 2525

  • Led Zeppelin

    Whole Lotta Love

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

  • Marvin Gaye

    Too Busy Thinkin' 'Bout My Baby

  • The Rolling Stones

    Street Fighting Man

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Bad Moon Rising

  • Nilsson

    Everbody's Talkin' At Me

  • The Radha Krishna Temple

    Hare Krishna Mantra

  • Desmond Dekker & the Aces

    Israelites

  • The Archies

    Sugar Sugar

  • The Beatles

    The Ballad of John & Yoko

  • Plastic Ono Band

    Give Peace A Chance

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Boxer

  • Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

    Je t'aime...moi non plus

  • Billy Preston

    That's The Way God Planned It

  • Fairport Convention

    Si Tu Dois Partir

  • Richard Strauss

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    • Also Sprach Zarathustra.

  • David Bowie

    Space Oddity

  • Country Joe McDonald

    The 'Fish' Cheer

  • Country Joe McDonald

    I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Star Spangled Banner

  • Joe Cocker

    With A Little Help From My Friends

  • Wavy Gravy

    breakfast in bed for '400,000

  • John Sebastian

    far out, whole city

  • Stephen Stills

    three days man

  • John Sebastian

    I Had A Dream

  • The Beatles

    The End

Credit

Producer Trevor Dann

Broadcasts

  • Thu 11 Aug 2011 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Tue 12 May 2015 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2