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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 hear 'You Really Got Me' by The Kinks and, in honour of the lifetime achievement award for Don Kirshner, 'I'm A Believer' by the group he put togehter for a TV series - The Monkees. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this date in 1935 of Bobby Vinton by playing his 1963 American number one 'Blue Velvet'. Paul pays tribute to Merle Haggard, who has recently died, by featuring his 1968 Country number one 'Sing Me Back ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ'. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'All My Life' by K-Ci & JoJo and a different song with the same title by Foo Fighters.

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 Jeff Beck and Bryan Ferry. '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 Simon & Garfunkel and The Main Ingredient.

Our R&B number ones are from 1965 and now by Solomon Burke and Lalah Hathaway. We hear Country number ones from 1996 and this week by Lone Star and Tim McGraw. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by Robert Plant and Twenty One Pilots. The number one album is 'Mind Of Mine' by Zayn and the best-selling song of the week is '7 Years' by Lukas Graham.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Fri 22 Apr 2016 03:00
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Music Played

  • Madonna

    Borderline

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 14.

  • Nick Jonas

    Close (feat. Tove Lo)

    • Download Single.
    • SAFEHOUSE RECORDS/ISLAND RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Anthony Hamilton

    Amen

    • What I’m Feelin’.
    • RCA/BMG/SONY MUSIC.
    • 4.

  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 7.

  • Asking Alexandria

    Gone

    • The Black.
    • SUMERIAN.
    • 10.

  • Bobby Vinton

    Blue Velvet

    • Swingers (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Merle Haggard

    Sing Me Back ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Greatest Hits.
    • CEMA SPECIAL MARKETS.
    • 2.

  • Kelsea Ballerini

    Dibs

    • First Time.
    • BLACK RIVER ENTERTAINMENT.
    • 9.

  • Solomon Burke

    Got To Get You Off My Mind

    • The Very Best Of Solomon Burke.
    • RHINO/ATLANTIC.
    • 9.

  • Lalah Hathaway

    Angel (Live)

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

  • °­β€CΎ± & Jo Jo

    All My Life

    • R&B Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Foo Fighters

    All My Life

    • One By One.
    • RCA/BMG.
    • 1.

  • K. Michelle

    Not A Little Bit

    • More Issues Than Vogue.
    • ATLANTIC.
    • 4.

  • Jeff Beck

    Cause We've Ended As Lovers

    • Beckology.
    • EPIC.
    • 1.

  • Shakira

    Try Everything

    • Zootopia.
    • WALT DISNEY.
    • 1.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Cecilia

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • The Main Ingredient

    Everybody Plays The Fool

    • Soul Years 1972 (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
    • 5.

  • Joe Bonamassa

    Drive

    • Blues Of Desperation.
    • PROVOGUE.
    • 3.

  • The Archies

    Sugar, Sugar

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Lone Star

    No News

    • From There To Here - Greatest Hits.
    • BNA/BMG.
    • 2.

  • Tim McGraw

    Humble And Kind

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

  • Robert Plant

    Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes On You)

    • Manic Nirvana.
    • ES PERANZA/ATLANTIC.
    • 1.

  • TWENTY ØNE PILØTS

    Stressed Out

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

  • Bryan Ferry

    Slave To Love

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • ZAYN

    Like I Would

    • Mind Of Mine.
    • RCA/BMG/SONY MUSIC.
    • 17.

  • The Beatles

    Let It Be

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 026.

  • MFSB

    TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) (feat. The Three Degrees)

    • Philadelphia Years: Volume 1 1971-1976 (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
    • 9.

  • Lukas Graham

    7 Years

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Apr 2016 20:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Fri 22 Apr 2016 03:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2