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International Day of Older Persons

Mary Anne Hobbs learns about the healing powers of music ahead of the International Day of Older Persons and is joined by the Over-Seventies 6 Music Fan Club.

Invite your aunties, uncles, grandparents and neighbours around! It's an all-inclusive breakfast this morning...
Mary Anne is celebrating International Older People's Day with special guests Rozana Whiteley and Greg Hanford from music therapy company MusAbility, and singer and pianist Eleanor Meynell, who will be discussing the benefits of music to those living with dementia.
We're also joined by our "Over Seventies 6Music Fan Club", who will be sharing with us their favourite musical memories.
International Older People's Day is a celebration of the achievements and contributions that older people make to our society, and takes place every year on October 1.

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Sun 28 Sep 2014 07:00
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Music Played

  • The Beach Boys

    Don't Worry Baby

    • Capitol.

  • Johnny Marr

    Easy Money

    • Playland.
    • Warner Brothers.
    • 001.

  • A Winged Victory for the Sullen

    Atmos III

    • Erased Tapes.

  • John Martyn

    May You Never

    • Island.

  • Flying Lotus & Kendrick Lamar

    Never Catch Me

  • Donovan

    Sunshine Superman

    • Rhino.

  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti

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

  • Jamie T

    Zombie

    • Carry On The Grudge.
    • Virgin.
    • 001.

  • The Doors

    Touch Me

    • ELEKTRA.

  • Prince

    Clouds

    • Art Official Age.
    • Warner Bros Records.
    • 003.

  • Small Faces

    All Or Nothing

    • Castle Communications.

  • Angel Olsen

    High And Wild

    • Burn Your Fire For No Witness.
    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Yoko Ono

    We're All Water

    • Chimera Music.

  • Ramones

    Blitzkrieg Bop

    • Sire.

  • Black Rivers

    Voyager 1

    • Ignition Records.

  • Goldie

    Believe

  • Mark Lanegan

    Harvest Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Phantom Radio.
    • Heavenly.
    • 001.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?

  • Auclair

    Jupiter + Venus

    • Semaphore.
    • Kit Records.

  • The Zimmers

    My Generation

    • Shamless Release.

  • Elastica

    Waking Up

    • Deceptive Records.

  • Roxy Music

    Editions Of You

    • EG.

  • Gruff Rhys

    Lost Tribes

    • American Interior.
    • Turnstile.
    • 001.

  • Vashti Bunyan

    Another Diamond Day - Electric Proms 2006

  • New Build

    Look In Vain

    • Pour It On.
    • Sunday Best.
    • 001.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    America

    • Columbia.

  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    MusAbility: How Music Can Help Those With Dementia

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    4+20

    • Paul Simon: Anthology CD1.
    • SME.
    • 6.

  • Philip Selway

    It Will End In Tears

    • Bella Union.

  • The Voidz

    Where No Eagles Fly

    • Tyranny.
    • Cult Records.
    • 002.

  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    Dr Burgoyne: What Makes A Catchy Tune

  • Chuck Berry

    Let It Rock

    • MCA.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Almost Like The Blues

    • Popular Problems.
    • Columbia.

  • Paul McCartney

    Queenie Eye

    • Virgin EMI.

  • Glass Animals

    Hazey

    • Zaba.
    • Wolf Tone.
    • 001.

  • B. B. King

    When It All Comes Down (I'll Be Around)

  • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

    Beggin'

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 679 Recordings.

  • Caribou

    Our Love

    • Our Love.
    • City Slang.
    • 001.

  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    Eleanor Meynell: Singing In Care Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    You've Really Got A Hold On Me

    • Motown.

  • This Mortal Coil

    Song To The Siren

    • 4 A.D.

  • John Grant

    Sigourney Weaver - Bob Harris session 25/07/2010

  • Mazes

    Salford

    • Wooden Aquarium.
    • Fat Cat Records.
    • 001.

  • Sunriser

    • SBTRKT

      Everybody Knows

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Sep 2014 07:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music