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Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, via Essex, one of Britain's most popular R&B singers, Billy Ocean, joins Johnnie in conversation.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the decade of Fletcher, Godber and Mackay.

This week he's joined by the R&B singer Billy Ocean, one of Britain's most successful pop exports in the late seventies and eighties. Originally releasing music as Les Charles and working as a tailor on Savile Row, he burst onto the scene with the No. 2 hit Love Really Hurts Without You in 1976.

Together with Johnnie he'll cover the beginnings of his musical career, what happened when he got the sack from his tailoring job and how his mum felt when she saw him on Top Of The Pops.

Also on the show another classic single will be loaded into Johnnie's Jukebox, and memories of Carly Simon in the seventies will be provided courtesy of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive as she celebrates her birthday.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Jun 2013 15:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

      The Tears Of A Clown

      • Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection (Various Artists).
      • Motown.

  • Steve Miller Band

    Take The Money And Run

    • Ultimate Hits (Deluxe Edition).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 12.

  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • ARCHIVE: CARLY SIMON

    • Carly Simon

      You're So Vain

  • Judy Collins

    Both Sides Now

    • Rediscover The 60's & 70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Elton John

    Tiny Dancer

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Van Morrison

    Moondance

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Bonnie Raitt

    I Thank You

    • Take It Easy (Various Artists).
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • The Four Seasons

      December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

      • Single.
      • Warner Bros Records.
      • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

    • Stevie Wonder Ballad Collection.
    • Motown.

  • The Kinks

    Apeman

    • The Kinks - The Definitive Collection.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Who

    Substitute

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 005.

  • HOUR 2

    • Pretenders

      Brass In Pocket

      • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
      • Global Television.

  • Peter Shelley

    Love Me Love My Dog

    • (Single).
    • Magnet.

  • John Denver

    Annie's Song

    • John Denver - Rocky Mountain Coll'n.
    • RCA.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Prove It All Night

    • Darkness On The Edge Of Town.
    • CBS.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Warm Ways

    • Fleetwood Mac - The Chain: Disc Three.
    • Reprise.

  • INTERVIEW: BILLY OCEAN

    • Billy Ocean

      Love Really Hurts Without You

  • Billy Ocean

    L.O.D. (Love On Delivery)

  • Billy Ocean

    Red Light Spells Danger

  • Carpenters

    Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)

    • Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.
    • 6.

  • David Bowie

    Starman

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Jun 2013 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2