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Sara chats to Kim Appleby of Mel & Kim

Sara plays some hits and more Sara chats to Kim Appleby about Mel and Kim's first and only album F.L.M., which peaked at third on the UK Albums Chart in 1987.

Sara chats to Kim Appleby about Mel & Kim's first and only album F.L.M. (Fun, Love and Money). Written and produced by Hit Factory powerhouse Stock, Aitken & Waterman the album peaked at #3 on the UK Albums Chart in 1987. Kim talks about hits 'Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)' and 'Respectable', what it was like being one half of the biggest sister act of the 1980s, and the well documented loss of her sister Mel at the age of 23.

Plus The Top Five from this week in 1982, loads of big hits and some cheeky rarities.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Wed 26 Oct 2016 03:00
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Music Played

  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Five Star

    All Fall Down

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Stool Pigeon

    • Cre-Ole - The Best Of Kid Creole.
    • Island.

  • Survivor

    Eye Of The Tiger

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Indeep

    Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    • Crimson.

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Mel & Kim

    Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Prince

    Sign 'O' The Times

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • U2

    In God's Country

    • Island.

  • Philip Bailey & Phil Collins

    Easy Lover

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • The Blow Monkeys

    It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

    • The Blow Monkeys - Choices.
    • RCA.

  • David Grant & Jaki Graham

    Mated

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Kajagoogoo

    Too Shy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Kim Appleby

    What's Not To Love

    • Online Records.

  • Mel & Kim

    Respectable

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Sly Fox

    Let's Go All The Way

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Fairground Attraction

    Perfect

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 002.

  • Shalamar

    There It Is

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 6.

  • Shakin’ Stevens & Bonnie Tyler

    A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Alexander O’Neal

    Fake '88

    • The Greatest Hits Of Alexander O'Neal.
    • Epic.

  • Depeche Mode

    People Are People

    • Depeche Mode - The Singles 1981-1985.
    • Mute Records.

  • Jermaine Stewart

    We Don't Have To

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

    • Only Yazoo: The Best Of.
    • Mute Records.

  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

    • Electronic 80's (Various Artists).
    • EMM.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 21 Oct 2016 22:00
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  • Wed 26 Oct 2016 03:00
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