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Reasons To Be Cheerful

Johnnie Walker hears 70s memories from keyboardist and organist Mick Gallagher of the Blockheads.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the decade of ABBA, Aerosmith and Al Stewart.

This week he's joined by Mick Gallagher, the keyboardist and organist who remembers the decade in the My 70s feature. A member of Ian Dury's Blockheads in the decade, his skills were in demand in a decade when he toured the US with Peter Frampton, and also worked with The Clash on their seminal album London Calling.

Also on the show, Johnnie will revisit a moment from the decade courtesy of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive and another classic seven-inch single will be added into Johnnie's Jukebox.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Dec 2014 03:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Peter Gabriel

      Solsbury Hill

      • (CD Single).
      • Virgin.

  • Natalie Cole

    This Will Be

    • Women In Love (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Santana

    Well All Right

    • Columbia.

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Prince

      I Wanna Be Your Lover

  • Billy Joel

    Vienna

    • The Stranger.
    • Columbia.
    • 5.

  • Faces

    Cindy Incidentally

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Glam Crazee - Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • Peter Skellern

    You're A Lady

    • Peter Skellern - You're A Lady.
    • London.

  • ARCHIVE: JAMES BROWN

    • James Brown

      Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Part 1 & 2

      • And They Danced All Night.
      • Debutante.

    • James Brown

      Get Up Offa That Thing

      • 20 All Time Greatest Hits.
      • Polydor.
      • 6.

  • Focus

    Sylvia

    • The Best Of Focus.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Gallagher & Lyle

    I Wanna Stay With You

    • Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway.
    • River Records.

  • HOUR 2

    • The Four Seasons

      The Night

      • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
      • Polygram Tv.
      • 9.

  • ABBA

    Ring Ring

    • Abba.
    • Polydor.

  • Van Morrison

    Wild Night

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Lost In France

    • Misty Blue - Love Songs Of The 70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • John Lennon

    Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Ronnie Dyson

    When You Get Right Down To It

    • 1971 CD2.
    • Crimson.
    • 12.

  • MY 70S: MICK GALLAGHER

    • Peter Frampton

      Do You Feel Like We Do

      • Hard Rock Cafe: Party Rock.
      • A&M.
      • 16.

    • Wreckless Eric

      Whole Wide World

      • 1977 - The Spirit Of Punk (Various Artists).
      • Virgin.

  • The Kinks

    Victoria

    • Arthur (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sanctuary.
    • 1.

  • Carly Simon

    Nobody Does It Better

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • The Faces

    Just Another Honky

Johnnie's Jukebox: Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover

Johnnie's Jukebox: Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover

Johnnie Walker curates his own personal jukebox, filled with classic seventies seven inches.

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This week he's adding "I Wanna Be Your Lover" by Prince, released in 1979.

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Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Dec 2014 15:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Tue 9 Dec 2014 03:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2