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Les McKeown from the Bay City Rollers shares his 70s memories. Plus Johnnie reveals This Week In Music via the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Archives and a listener shares their Johnnie's Jukebox pick.

Johnnie's guest this week is Bay City Roller frontman Les McKeown.
Back in 1975, Johnnie ignited a bit of a furore with Bay City Rollers fans by revealing live on Radio 1 that he wasn't a fan of their music. The story goes that Johnnie was announcing the chart as he did each Tuesday afternoon - and their mammoth hit, 'By Bye Baby' had been on the top spot for weeks. He wasn't best pleased that the track was still at Number 1 - and told the nation exactly how he felt!
Fast forward to 2018 and that rather notorious tale has followed Johnnie throughout his legendary career. Les McKeown meanwhile, is back on the road with Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers. The band are on tour this autumn and have also just announced another tour for next spring, across arenas in the UK with other 70's icons, Suzi Quatro and David Essex.
So how does Johnnie feel about the Bay City Rollers now? And how does Les feel about Johnnie and what he said over 40 years ago? Will Johnnie play 'Bye Bye Baby' one more time? Will Les forgive Johnnie for upsetting his fans?! There's only one way to find out...

1 hour, 56 minutes

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Tue 2 Oct 2018 03:00
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Music Played

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Johnny B Goode

  • Eric Clapton

    Hello Old Friend

    • Complete Clapton.
    • Polydor.

  • The Who

    Long Live Rock

  • Exile

    Kiss You All Over

    • Billboard Top Hits: 1978 (Various).
    • Rhino.

  • Duncan Browne

    Journey

    • Acoustic Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 2.

  • Dusty Springfield

    I'm Coming ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Again

  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Soul City Walk

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Slade

    Gudbuy T'Jane

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Έι³ά²Τ‐D.²Ρ.°δ. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • John Miles

    Music

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Midnight Train To Georgia

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

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

  • Mott the Hoople

    Roll Away The Stone

    • Mott The Hoople - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Rosalie

  • Supertramp

    Dreamer

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • George Harrison

    What Is Life

    • George Harrison: All Things Must Pass.
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Shang-A-Lang

    • Super 70's (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Knack

    My Sharona

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Bye Bye Baby (Baby, Goodbye)

  • Rod Stewart

    Maggie May

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Temptations

    Papa Was A Rollin' Stone

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.6 (Various).
    • Motown.

  • Al Stewart

    Time Passages

    • (Single).
    • Arista.
    • 6.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Sep 2018 15:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Tue 2 Oct 2018 03:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2