Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

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'. Continuing our alphabetical look at the list, we hear 'Fever' by Little Willie John and 'The Best Of My Love' by the Eagles in honour of producer Glyn Johns inducted in the musical excellence category. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this date in 1948 of James Taylor by playing 'Carolina In My Mind' from his debut album released by The Beatles' Apple Records. Paul pays tribute to Dan Hicks, who has recently died, by featuring his recording of his song 'Walkin' One And Only'. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'Here I Am' by Dionne Warwick and a different song with the same title by Al Green.

In the feature called 'Beyond The Sea', Paul plays a song from a UK artist's biggest-selling album in America. Tonight, we hear tracks from LPs by Traffic and Radiohead. 'The Other Number Ones' are records that reached the top of the American chart in 'Cash Box' magazine, but not in the Hot 100 of the other US chart publication 'Billboard'. This week's examples are by the Zombies and En Vogue.

Our R&B number ones are from 2012 and now by Beyonce and Lalah Hathaway. We hear Country number ones from 1975 and this week by Freddy Fender and Maren Morris. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by Everclear and Twenty One Pilots. The number one album for an eleventh week is '25' by Adele and 'Work' by Rihanna featuring Drake is the best-selling song of the week.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Mar 2016 03:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

More episodes

Previous

05/03/2016

Next

19/03/2016

See all episodes from Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits

Music Played

  • Neil Diamond

    Girl, You'Β’ll Be A Woman Soon

    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • Columbia.
    • 4.

  • Lake Street Dive

    Call Off Your Dogs

    • Side Pony.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 3.

  • Animal Collective

    FloriDada

    • Painting With.
    • DOMINO RECORDING.
    • 1.

  • Little Willie John

    Fever

    • Best Of The 50's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Something In the Way You Move

    • Delirium.
    • INTERSCOPE 002410602.
    • 1.

  • James Taylor

    Carolina In My Mind (Apple version)

    • James Taylor.
    • APPLE.
    • 7.

  • Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks

    Walkin' One And Only

    • Striking It Rich.
    • MCA RECORDS.
    • 2.

  • Carrie Underwood

    Heartbeat

    • Storyteller.
    • Arista Nashville.
    • 4.

  • ΅ώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Love On Top

    • 4.
    • PARKWOOD ENTERTAINMENT/COLUMBIA/SONY MUSIC.
    • 4.

  • Lalah Hathaway

    Angel (Live)

    • Live.
    • HATHAWAY ENTERTAINMENT/EONE MUSIC.
    • 5.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Here I Am

    • Here I Am/Here Where There is Love.
    • SEQUEL RECORDS.
    • 2.

  • Al Green

    Here I Am (Come And Take Me)

    • Al.
    • BEECHWOOD.
    • 4.

  • Ruth B.

    Lost Boy

    • Download Single.
    • COLUMBIA/SONY.
    • 1.

  • Traffic

    Empty Pages

    • John Barleycorn Must Die.
    • ISLAND RECORDS.
    • 3.

  • Lukas Graham

    7 Years

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Zombies

    Time Of The Season

    • The Zombies - Odyssey & Oracle.
    • Rock Machine.

  • En Vogue

    My Lovin' (Youre Never Gonna Get It)

    • The Best Of En Vogue.
    • ELEKTRA.
    • 1.

  • Taylor Swift

    New Romantics

    • 1989 - Deluxe Edition.
    • BIG MACHINE RECORDS.
    • 16.

  • Eagles

    Best Of My Love

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Freddy Fender

    Before The Next Tear Drop Falls

    • 25 Years Of No. 1 Hits - Country.
    • CONNOISSEUR COLLECTION.
    • 5.

  • Maren Morris

    My Church

    • Download EP: Maren Morris.
    • COLUMBIA NASHVILLE.
    • 1.

  • Everclear

    Santa Monica (Watch The World Die)

    • Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994 - 2004.
    • CAPITOL RECORDS.
    • 2.

  • TWENTY ØNE PILØTS

    Stressed Out

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

  • Radiohead

    No Surprises

    • OK Computer.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 10.

  • Adele

    Water Under The Bridge

    • 25.
    • XL.
    • 6.

  • Neil Young

    Heart Of Gold

    • Neil Young - Decade.
    • Reprise.
    • 4.

  • The Doobie Brothers & Zac Brown Band

    Black Water

    • Listen To The Music - The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • WARNER BROS RECORDS.
    • 5.

  • Rihanna

    Work (feat. Drake)

    • Download Single.
    • ROC NATION/WESTBURY ROAD.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 Mar 2016 20:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Fri 18 Mar 2016 03:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2