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Paul Gambaccini with America's Greatest Hits

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 hear '3 O'Clock Blues' by B. B. King and 'Hide Away' by Freddy King. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this date in 1977 of Gerard Way by playing 'Welcome To The Black Parade' by the band he formed - My Chemical Romance. Paul pays tribute to Gogi Grant, who has recently died, by featuring her American number one 'The Wayward Wind'. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'Rain' by The Beatles and a different song with the same title by Madonna.

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 Dave Mason and Ian Matthews. '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 Seekers and Smokey Robinson.

Our R&B number ones are from 1963 and now by The Chiffons and Lalah Hathaway. We hear Country number ones from 2008 and this week by Trace Adkins and Tim McGraw. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by The Who and Twenty One Pilots. The number one album is 'This Is What The Truth Feels Like' by Gwen Stefani and the best-selling song of the week is 'No' by Meghan Trainor.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Fri 15 Apr 2016 03:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Johnny Horton

    North To Alaska

    • Columbia Country Music Classics Volume III Americana.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 13.

  • TWENTY ØNE PILØTS

    Ride

    • Blurryface.
    • FUELED BY RAMEN.
    • 3.

  • Kane Brown

    There Goes My Everything

    • Chapter 1 (EP).
    • RCA RECORDS NASHVILLE.
    • 5.

  • B.B. King

    3 O'Clock Blues

    • Best of The Blues Guitar King 1951-1966.
    • ACE RECORDS.
    • 4.

  • Seal

    Mad World

    • The Passion: New Orleans Music From The Television Event.
    • VIRGIN RECORDS (USA).
    • 14.

  • My Chemical Romance

    Welcome To The Black Parade

    • The Black Parade.
    • REPRISE.
    • 5.

  • Gogi Grant

    The Wayward Wind

    • Radio Gold Volume Two.
    • ACE RECORDS.
    • 17.

  • Zac Brown

    Grandma's Garden

    • Southern Family.
    • ELEKTRA.
    • 6.

  • The Chiffons

    He's So Fine

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1963 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Lalah Hathaway

    Angel (Live)

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

  • Mike Posner

    In Ibiza

    • Download Single.
    • MONSTER MOUNTAIN LLC/ISLAND.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Rain

    • The Beatles - Past Masters.
    • Apple.
    • 4.

  • Madonna

    Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • Maverick.

  • Jaheim

    Struggle Love

    • Struggle Love.
    • JULIE’S DREAM.
    • 4.

  • Dave Mason

    We Just Disagree

    • The Best Of Dave Mason.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 6.

  • Jordan Smith

    Stand In The Light

    • Something Beautiful.
    • REPUBLIC.
    • 2.

  • The Seekers

    Georgy Girl

    • The Seekers.
    • EMI.

  • Smokey Robinson

    Cruisin'

    • The Best Of.
    • Dino.

  • Iggy Pop

    Gardenia

    • Post Pop Depression.
    • LORNA VISTA RECORDINGS.
    • 2.

  • Freddie King

    Hide Away

    • Blues Guitar Hero.
    • ACE RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Trace Adkins

    You're Gonna Miss This

    • American Man: Greatest Hits Volume II.
    • CAPITOL RECORDS NASHVILLE.
    • 1.

  • Tim McGraw

    Humble And Kind

    • Damn Country Music.
    • Big Machine.
    • 11.

  • The Who

    You Better You Bet

    • The Who - Who's Better, Who's Best.
    • Polydor.

  • TWENTY ØNE PILØTS

    Stressed Out

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

  • Ian Matthews

    Shake It

    • Stealin’ ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
    • IT’S ABOUT MUSIC.COM.
    • 8.

  • Gwen Stefani

    Misery

    • This Is What The Truth Feels Like.
    • INTERSCOPE.
    • 1.

  • The 5th Dimension

    Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1969.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Santana & The Product G&B

    Maria Maria

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Meghan Trainor

    No

    • Download Single.
    • EPIC.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Apr 2016 20:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Fri 15 Apr 2016 03:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2