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10/07/2016

Billy Sloan plays a Great Collaborations track by U2 and Green Day, plus he continues to highlight the career of musician Quincey Jones in Musical Chairs.

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 Quincy Jones - American record producer, conductor, arranger and composer, best known for his work with legendary musicians such as Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, James Brown, Little Richard, Peggy Lee, BB King & Michael McDonald. The Great Collaborations track features U2 & Green Day and in The Real Thing it's 'The Songs of Danny Galway' by Prefab Sprout - written by Paddy McAloon about one of his heroes Jimmy Webb - "a fan letter my young self would have wanted to write to him... to me, he was a legendary figure.".

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 10 Jul 2016 23:00
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Music Played

  • Primal Scream

    100% Or Nothing

    • Chasmosis.
    • First International.
    • 4.

  • Mick Jagger

    Memo From Turner

    • The Very Best Of Mick Jagger.

  • Keane

    Bedshaped

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Paul Simon

    The Werewolf

    • Stranger To Stranger.
    • Concord Music.

  • Little Richard

    Kansas City

    • The Very Besy Of CD1.
    • One Day Music.

  • U2 And Green Day

    The Saints Are Coming

    • The Saints Are Coming.
    • Mercury Records Limited.

  • The Stone Roses

    Beautiful Thing

    • Beautiful Thing.
    • Virgin/EMI.
    • 001.

  • The Kills

    Whirling Eye

    • Ash & Ice.
    • Domino.
    • 013.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    To Love Somebody

    • Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish And Country Soul CD1.
    • 100% Records.

  • Mel TormΓ©

    Comin' Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Baby

    • Rediscover The 60's - With A Little H.
    • Old Gold.

  • Tami Lynn

    I'm Gonna Run Away From You

    • At The Club (Various Artists).
    • Kent.
    • 5.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Knocks Me Off My Feet

    • Songs In The Key Of Life.
    • Motown.
    • 1.

  • The Specials

    Doesn't Make It Alright

    • The Best Of The Specials.
    • EMI.
    • 007.

  • James Ingram & Michael McDonald

    Yah Mo B There

    • '80s Soul Weekender.
    • Pump.
    • 11/ 2.

  • Ray Charles

    In The Heat Of The Night

    • The Definitive Ray Charles.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Quincy Jones & Dune

    Ai No Corrida

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • Prefab Sprout

    The Songs Of Danny Galway

    • Crimson / Red.
    • Icebreaker Records.

  • Joan Baez

    Blackbird

    • 75th Birthday Celebration.
    • Razor and Tie.
    • 004.

  • Dugmore, Dan, Edwards, Kenny, Grolnick, Don, Marotta, Rick, Wachtel, Waddy & Linda Ronstadt

    Tumbling Dice

    • Greatest Hits, Volume Two.
    • Asylum Records.
    • 009.

  • The Velvet Underground

    Venus In Furs

    • The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground.
    • Global Television.
    • 003.

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 Jul 2016 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland