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Leo Green plays the very best music from the decade that had everything. Includes hits, rare gems and the stories behind the songs and the stars.

Leo Green presents some of the best music ever recorded by the greatest voices and gives us the background stories of the songs, the performers and the writers as he plays all the best loved sounds from the deade that had everything. There's classic rock n' roll, r'n'b, country, soul, early chart hits plus classic sounds of the Capitol records recorded by stars at the very top of their respective games.

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Mon 13 Jul 2015 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Fats Domino

    I'm In Love Again

    • 1956 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 5 Part 2 CD1.
    • 16.

  • The Silhouettes

    Get A Job

    • 24 Jukebox Hits Of The '50s.
    • 22.

  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti

    • 16 All Time All-Time Rock 'n' Roll Hits 2.
    • 1.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Burn My Candle

    • At Her Very Best.
    • 1.

  • Ray Charles

    I Got A Woman

    • Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974: Volume 2 1952-1955.
    • 19.

  • Dean Martin

    Memories Are Made Of This

    • 16 USA Top Hits Volume 4.
    • 3.

  • Nat King Cole

    Smile

    • 20 Original Recordings 1954.
    • 20.

  • The Drifters

    There Goes My Baby

    • American Rock ' n' Roll Classics Volume 5.
    • 12.

  • Connie Francis

    Lipstick On Your Collar

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1959.
    • 9.

  • The Teddy Bears

    To Know Him Is To Love Him

    • 1958 British Hit Parade Part 2: June - December CD4.
    • 22.

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On

    • 1957 British Hit Parade Volume 6 Part 2 CD2.
    • 16.

  • Dickie Valentine

    The Finger Of Suspicion

    • Dickie Valentine: Greatest Hits.
    • 3.

  • Ted Heath Orchestra

    Tequilla

    • True Fifties CD2.
    • 3.

  • Marty Wilde

    A Teenager In Love

    • 1959 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 8 Part 1 CD4.
    • 12.

  • The Flamingos

    I Only Have Eyes For You

    • Doo Wop: The Greatest Hits 1957-60 CD1.
    • 25.

  • Eddie Cochran

    C'mon Everybody

    • 1959 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 8 Part 1 CD3.
    • 4.

  • Ruth Brown

    Lucky Lips

    • Atlantic Gold CD1.
    • 9.

  • Eydie GormΓ©

    Love Letters

    • The Voice of Sophisticated Pop.

  • Elvis Presley

    Don't Be Cruel

    • Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits - 1956.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Jul 2015 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2