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The Real Thing perform live

The Real Thing perform live in the Radio 2 Piano Room and Joe Brown picks his Tracks of My Years.

The Real Thing perform live in the Radio 2 Piano Room as they celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2020 with the release of a brand-new Best Of album featuring a never-before-released track. Formed in 1970, The Real Thing鈥檚 incredible rise from the streets of Toxteth in Liverpool to the bright lights of New York is chronicled in a new album full of incredible hits, including 鈥楥an鈥檛 Get By Without You鈥�, 鈥榊ou鈥檒l Never Know What You鈥檙e Missing鈥�, 鈥楥an You Feel The Force鈥�, and of course the ubiquitous song that saw the band become the first all-black British group to hit number one in the UK charts: 鈥榊ou to Me Are Everything鈥�.

Joe Brown MBE is picking the Tracks of My Years with songs from Rag 'n' Bone Man and Henry Gross. Joe is one of our great guitar pioneers, champion of the ukulele and king of the British rock 鈥榥鈥� roll scene of the sixties. He鈥檚 filled the Royal Albert Hall, played Glastonbury and has just celebrated an amazing sixty years in the music business with a 3 month nationwide tour. Joe was born in Lincolnshire but when he was two his parents moved to Plaistow to run an East End pub 鈥� The Sultan. Music was his first love and in his spare time he formed a skiffle band called The Spacemen. Then he heard a new singer 鈥� Little Richard - and Joe鈥檚 love of rock and roll was born. As a session guitarist - his early career highlights include playing with Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Johnny Cash. Then Joe was signed up by the legendary impresario Larry Parnes and as "Joe Brown and the Bruvvers" he had a string of hits including 鈥淎 Picture of You鈥� , 鈥淚t Only Took A Minute鈥� and 鈥淭hat鈥檚 What Love Will Do鈥�. On one of their early tours the Beatles were the support act 鈥� and George Harrison became a good friend.

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Wed 15 Jan 2020 09:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Lucky Daye

    Fly

    • Spies In Disguise O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Keep Cool/RCA Records.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Out Of Touch

    • Collections.
    • Sony.

  • The Corrs

    Old Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Patti Austin

    Every 麻豆约拍 Should Have One

    • Every 麻豆约拍 Should Have One.
    • Qwest Records.
    • 4.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Monkey Business

  • Lionel Richie

    Running With the Night

    • Body & Soul: Heart & Soul II (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • ABBA

    Summer Night City

    • Abba - More Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.

  • The Script

    Run Through Walls

    • Sunsets & Full Moons.
    • Columbia.

  • Will Young

    Joy

    • 85% Proof (Deluxe Edition).
    • Island.
    • 7.

  • Rita Coolidge

    We're All Alone

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Record of the Week

    • The Weeknd

      Blinding Lights

      • (CD Single).
      • Universal Republic Records.
      • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Little Lies

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 007.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Let's Go Crazy

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • King Calaway

    Rivers

    • Rivers.
    • Stoney Creek Records.

  • Emma Bunton

    What Took You So Long?

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Real Thing

    Can't Get By Without You/You To Me Are Everything (Radio 2 Piano Room, 15 Jan 2020)

  • The Real Thing

    Someone Oughta Write A Song (About You Baby (Radio 2 Piano Room, 15 Jan 2020)

  • Album of the Week

    • Louise

      Hurt

      • Heavy Love.
      • Lil Lou Records.

  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • Deacon Blue

    City Of Love

    • City Of Love.
    • earMUSIC.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Henry Gross

      Shannon

      • Singers And Songwriters.
      • Universal.

    • Rag鈥檔鈥橞one Man

      Human

      • (CD Single).
      • Columbia.
      • 001.

  • Melanie C

    High Heels (feat. Sink the Pink)

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Girl Media.

  • Andy Gibb

    An Everlasting Love

    • The Love Collection Volume 1 (Various.
    • Trax Label.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Jan 2020 09:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2