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17/04/2016

Billy Sloan plays a Great Collaborations track featuring Dire Straits and Sting, plus he continues to highlight the career of singer and musician Bono.

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 feature Billy highlights the career of Irish singer-songwriter and musician Bono, of U2 fame and also collaborations with numerous artists including Frank Sinatra, Michael Hutchence, Passengers featuring Pavarotti, Mick Jagger, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. The Great Collaborations track features Dire Straits and Sting and in The Real Thing it's 'Joe Louis' by John Squire (written by John Squire for his nephew Joe Louis).

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 17 Apr 2016 23:00

Music Played

  • Strawberry Switchblade

    Since Yesterday

    • Strawberry Switchblade.
    • Korova.
    • 1.
  • The Jayhawks

    Quiet Corners And Empty Spaces

    • Paging Mr. Proust.
    • Sham Records.
    • 001.
  • AC/DC

    Back In Black

    • Back In Black.
    • Epic.
    • 6.
  • David Bowie

    Word On A Wing

    • Station To Station CD1.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 004.
  • Van Morrison

    Sweet Thing

    • The Best Of.
    • Polydor.
    • 7.
  • The Drifters

    On Broadway

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.
  • Gallagher & Lyle

    Breakaway

    • Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway.
    • River Records.
  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • The Very Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Mercury Records Limited.
    • 008.
  • TeenCanteen

    Honey

    • Honey.
    • Teen Canteen.
    • 001.
  • Gwen Guthrie

    Ain't Nothing Going On But The Rent

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • R. Dean Taylor

    Gotta See Jane

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.
  • James

    Nothing But Love

    • Girl At The End Of The world.
    • BMG.
    • 001.
  • Bettye LaVette

    Nights In White Satin

    • The British Songbook.
    • ANTI.
    • 010.
  • Roy Orbison

    She's A Mystery To Me

    • Crying.
    • Sony.
  • Michael Hutchence feat. Bono

    Slide Away

    • Michael Hutchence.
    • V2.
  • The Record Company

    Off The Ground

    • (single).
    • Concord.
    • 001.
  • John Squire

    Joe Louis

    • Joe Louis.
    • EMI.
  • The Stone Roses

    Driving South

    • Second Coming.
    • Polydor Limited.
  • Andy Fairweather‐Low

    La Booga Rooga

    • The Very Best Of Andy Fairweather-Low.
    • Proper.
  • Travis

    Magnificent Time

    • Everything At Once.
    • Red Telephone Box.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Apr 2016 23:00