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Paul Gambaccini blends digital tracks from the week's US charts of songs, albums, R&B, country and rock hits with LP and singles tracks from the last six decades.

Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades.

Each week, songs are played connected to members of 'The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame'. We play 'Light My Fire' by The Doors and 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' by The Beach Boys featuring saxophonist Steve Douglas who was inducted in the sideman category of the Hall of Fame. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this date in 1939 of Gary 'US' Bonds by playing 'Dear Lady Twist' and Paul pays tribute to record executive Bruce Lundvall, who has recently died. We hear 'Don't Know Why' by Norah Jones, who was signed to Blue Note Records by Bruce Lundvall. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'You Keep Me Hangin' On'' by The Supremes and a different song with the same title by Joe Simon.

In the feature called 'Beyond The Sea', Paul plays tracks from the biggest selling albums by UK artists in America. Tonight, we hear tracks from LPs by The Jam and Sade. 'The Other Number Ones' are records that reached the top of the American chart in 'Cash Box' magazine, but not in the 'Billboard' Hot 100. This week's examples are by Aretha Franklin and John Lennon.

Our R&B number ones are from 1973 and now by the Spinners and The Weeknd. We hear Country number ones from 1958 and this week by The Everly Brothers and Luke Bryan. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Walk The Moon. The week's best selling album is 'Blurryface' by Twenty One Pilots and the number one digital song of the week is 'Bad Blood' by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Fri 12 Jun 2015 03:00
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Music Played

  • Sam Hunt

    House Party

    • Montevallo.
    • MCA NASHVILLE.
    • 3.

  • OMI

    Cheerleader

    • (CD Single).
    • Ultra Records.
    • 001.

  • The Doors

    Light My Fire

    • The Very Best Of The Doors.
    • Elektra.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Lonely Town

    • The Desired Effect.
    • VIRGIN/EMI/UNIVERSAL.
    • 6.

  • Gary β€œU.S.” Bonds

    Dear Lady Twist

    • Quarter To Three/Twist Up Calypso.
    • ACE RECORDS.
    • 13.

  • Norah Jones

    Don't Know Why

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Miranda Lambert

    Roots and Wings

    • Download Single.
    • SME/RCA RECORDS NASHVILLE.

  • The Detroit Spinners

    One Of A Kind (Love Affair)

    • The Very Best Of The Detroit Spinners.
    • RHINO.
    • 8.

  • The Weeknd

    Earned It

    • Single.
    • Island.

  • Vanilla Fudge

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • The Atlantic Story.
    • ATLANTIC RECORDS.
    • 25.

  • Joe Simon

    (You Keep Me) Hangin' On

    • The Monument Story.
    • SONY MUSIC/SPECIAL PRODUCTS/MONUMENT.
    • 4.

  • David Guetta, Afrojack & Nicki Minaj

    Hey Mama

    • : Listen.
    • ATLANTIC.
    • 10.

  • The Jam

    That's Entertainment

    • The Jam: The Singles 1980-1982.
    • Polydor.

  • Zedd & Jon Bellion

    Beautiful Now

    • True Colors.
    • INTERSCOPE.
    • 6.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Chain Of Fools

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • John Lennon

    Woman

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

  • Jill Scott

    Fool's Gold

    • Blues Babe Records, LLC.

  • The Beach Boys

    Wouldn't It Be Nice

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Photograph (Album Version)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Everly Brothers

    All I Have to Do Is Dream

  • Luke Bryan

    Kick The Dust Up

    • Download Single.
    • CAPITOL NASHVILLE.
    • 1.

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    The Waiting

    • Greatest Hits.
    • MCA RECORDS.
    • 9.

  • WALK THE MOON

    Shut Up And Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Sade

    The Sweetest Taboo (Album Version)

    • The Best Of.
    • Epic.

  • TWENTY ØNE PILØTS

    Stressed Out

    • Blurryface.
    • FUELED BY RAMEN/ATLANTIC.
    • 2.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Blue Tango

    • Blue Tango And Other Favourites.
    • ASV/LIVING ERA.
    • 12.

  • Bryan Adams

    Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?

    • Don Juan De Marco (Original S/Track).
    • A&M.

  • Taylor Swift

    Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar)

    • 1989.
    • Universal.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 6 Jun 2015 20:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Fri 12 Jun 2015 03:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2