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Simon Mayo chats to Graham Gouldman, 10cc co-founder and recent Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, about the band's fortieth anniversary shows celebrating 1974 album Sheet Music.

Simon chats to 10CC co-founder, and recent Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee, Graham Gouldman.

10cc will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of their highly inventive album 'Sheet Music' this February 2015, with 19 major shows including a return to London's Royal Albert Hall in May. The band are to perform the whole album in its entirety, including the Top 10 hits 'The Wall Street Shuffle' and 'Silly Love', with a special video contribution from 10cc co-founder Kevin Godley.

Released in 1974 and produced by the band, 'Sheet Music' reached No 9 in the UK charts and entered the Top 100 in the US. It typifies the eclecticism and breathless invention that characterised the band's earlier work - soft and fuzzed art-rock guitar, immaculate harmonies and elements of spoof and parody.

After writing hits such as Pamela, Pamela for Wayne Fontana, For Your Love and Heart Full of Soul for The Yardbirds, Bus Stop and Look Through Any Window for The Hollies, No Milk Today for Herman's Hermits, and Tallyman for Jeff Beck, Graham formed 10cc in 1972 with Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Crème. As a band they enjoyed eleven Top 10 hits, including three No 1s - Rubber Bullets, I'm Not In Love and Dreadlock Holiday - along with tracks such as Donna, reaching No 2, Good Morning Judge (No 5) and The Things We Do For Love' (No 6).

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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Tue 27 Jan 2015 17:05
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Music Played

  • Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Mark Ronson

    Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Bye Bye Baby (Baby, Goodbye)

  • Stevie Wonder

    Uptight (Everything's Alright)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Big Country

    Fields of Fire (400 Miles)

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Lips Are Movin

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.

  • Enya

    Orinoco Flow

    • The Singer & The Song (Various Artis.
    • Stylus.

  • 10cc

    Wall Street Shuffle

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • 10cc

    Silly Love

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Ballad Of The Mighty I

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Amy Macdonald

    Mr. Rock & Roll

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Glory Days

  • King Creosote

    Largs

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Jan 2015 17:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2