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07/02/2016

Billy Sloan presents a great selection of rock and pop music plus regular features Spin The Globe, Early Morning Soul, Musical Chairs, The Real Thing and Great Collaborations.

Billy Sloan plays the very best in pop and rock music from Scotland's greats as well as the rest of the world with regular features Spin The Globe and Early Morning Soul. In this weekend's Musical Chairs, Billy highlights the career of American band Sparks, formed by brothers Ron and Russell Mael, currently collaborating with Scottish band Franz Ferdinand under the name FFS and also collaborated with Giorgio Moroder, Morrissey, Jane Wiedlin, Beck, Faith No More, Erasure, Jimmy Somerville, Hot Chip and Emma Ray. The Great Collaborations track features Dolly Parton and Judy Collins and in The Real Thing it's 'Happy Birthday' by Stevie Wonder - a song written in support of making Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 7 Feb 2016 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Love and Money

    River Of Peace

    • The Best Of Love and Money.
    • 003.

  • Lissie

    Don't You Give Up On Me

    • My wild West.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Buffalo Springfield

    For What It's Worth

    • Buffalo Springfield.
    • Atlantic.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers & Bob Marley

    Satisfy My Soul

    • Legend.
    • Tuff Gong.

  • Rab Noakes

    Only Happy When It Rains

    • I'm Walking Here.
    • Neon Records.
    • 012.

  • Jimmy Webb

    Galveston

    • Ten Easy Pieces.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Glen Campbell

    Thousand Lifetimes

    • Ghost On The Canvas.
    • EMI.

  • Ron Pope & The Nighthawks

    Southern Cross

    • Brooklyn Basement Records.

  • Dolly Parton With Judy Collins, Rhonda Vincent

    Both Sides Now

    • Those Were The Days.
    • EMI.

  • Tom Petty

    I Won't Back Down

    • Tom Petty - Anthology.
    • MCA.

  • Al Green

    Tired of Being Alone

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Isaac Hayes

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • Very Best Of Isaac Hayes.
    • Concord Records.
    • 7.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    I Love You (Listen To This)

    • Let's Make This Precious - The Best Of Dexys Midnight Runners.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Bad Company

    Shooting Star

    • 10 From 6.
    • Atlantic.

  • Sparks & Faith No More

    This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

    • New Music For Amnesiacs.
    • 016.

  • FFS

    Collaborations Don't Work

    • FFS.
    • Domino.
    • 011.

  • The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

    Hammer Song

    • Nick Cave: Heard Them Here First.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Happy Birthday

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Universal.

  • Kraftwerk

    The Model

    • The Man Machine.
    • Capitol.
    • 4.

  • Television

    Prove It

    • Marquee Moon.
    • Elektra.

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Feb 2016 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland