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'Little Richard' Allinson leads a Rock 'n' Roll Revival!

'Little Richard' Allinson leads a Rock 'n' Roll Revival with memories from back in the day! Featured artists include Bill Haley, Eddie Cochran, Cliff Richard and Elvis.

'Little Richard' Allinson leads a Rock 'n' Roll Revival with music and memories from back in the day!

The featured artists include Bill Haley, Eddie Cochran, Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley and Little Richard.

We join up with Radio 5 Live Breakfast hosts Rachel Burden and Tony Livesey to discuss 2013's Christmas Number One: Skyscraper by X Factor winner Sam Bailey.

And Joe Stilgoe drops by to tell us all about the cracking Christmas cabaret he recorded for Radio 2, starring Cerys Matthews, Caro Emerald, Tim Minchin and Damian Lewis! It broadcasts tonight at 10pm.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Mon 23 Dec 2013 06:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Sam Bailey

    Skyscraper

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Bananarama

    Robert De Niro's Waiting

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Mary J. Blige

    This Christmas

    • A Mary Christmas.
    • Decca.

  • Michael Bublé

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Warm This Winter

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    Underneath The Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Eddie Cochran

    C'Mon Everybody

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Nat King Cole

    The Christmas Song

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters

    It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

    • Greatest Christmas Songs.
    • RCA.

  • Dion

    Runaround Sue

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sequel Records.

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Shake, Rattle And Roll

    • Bill Haley And The Comets.
    • Bulldog.

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rock Around The Clock

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Buddy Holly

    Rave On

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Leona Lewis

    One More Sleep

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Little Richard

    Good Golly Miss Molly

  • Love Unlimited

    It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring)

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Nick Lowe

    Cruel To Be Kind

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 9.

  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Paul McCartney

    Wonderful Christmastime

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
    • 7.

  • George Michael

    December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Aegean Records.
    • 1.

  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Ricky Nelson

    Poor Little Fool

    • Hello Mary Lou (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

    • The Soul Years 1975 (Disc 1).
    • Knight Records.

  • Elvis Presley

    (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Elvis Presley

    Hound Dog

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Chris Rea

    Driving Â鶹ԼÅÄ For Christmas

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • NOW.
    • 1.

  • Cliff Richard & The Drifters

    Move It

  • Saint Etienne

    I Was Born On Christmas Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.
    • 17.

  • Kay Starr

    (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag

    • Ultra Lounge Vol.13: Christmas Cocktails (Various Artists).
    • Capitol.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Robbie Williams

    Dream A Little Dream Of Me (feat. Lily Allen)

    • Swings Both Ways.
    • Island.
    • 006.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Part-Time Lover

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

With Father Christopher Jamison, a Benedictine Monk.

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Christmas is about gifts; buying and wrapping presents, giving and receiving them. Then there’s the gift of time to family and friends, and most precious of all, giving time to the lonely and the homeless. So what’s the origin of all this gift giving? It comes from the gift of light. Let me explain…

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Last Saturday was the shortest day of the year, the mid-winter solstice. In our North European world, it can seem as if the sun has gone never to return. As we look out at the cold darkness of long nights, it takes a great act of faith to believe that in just a few months we’ll be able to sit outside at 8 o’clock and enjoy a warm summer’s evening. It’s no surprise that at this time of the year our ancestors sang incantations begging the sun to return.

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The 25th December is when we notice that the darkness is slowly retreating and the light is beginning to return. So that is when people traditionally gave thanks for the gift of light. And Christians chose this day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, light of the world and God’s great gift. In the days before Christmas, the Church pleads with God that the gift of Christ’s light will return to drive darkness out of people’s lives. ‘O dawning brightness’, goes the prayer, ‘come and enlighten those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death.’ Just as winter tests our faith in summer, so too the dark side of life tests faith in God’s light. Christmas celebrates the gift of hope in the darkness, the conviction that in spite of everything, the universe is friendly and life is ultimately filled with love. Giving gifts is a great way of sharing the belief that light will triumph over darkness.

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