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Don showcases Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart and Elton John

Multi award-winning lyricist Don Black celebrates iconic songwriters and singers. Tonight he showcases Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart and Elton John

Multi award-winning lyricist Don Black celebrates the iconic songwriters of the twentieth century, their songs and the artists who performed them. Each week Don showcases a selection of iconic tunes, popular and timeless standards

Tonight he pays tribute to Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Rod Stewart and Elton John

Don features his popular β€˜Who’s This….’ Challenge

This week's 'And They Also Wrote.....' is Gus Kahn

Plus there's a weekly nod to the fabulous voice of Matt Monro

The show is packed full of personal anecdotes and entertaining stories as Don recalls meeting and working with many of the greatest writers and entertainers in the business

57 minutes

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Sun 2 Aug 2020 23:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Dickie Valentine

    With These Hands

  • Cleo Laine

    I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?

    • Portrait Of A Song Stylist.
    • Polydor Limited.
    • 8.

  • Frankie Vaughan

    There Must Be a Way

    • The Best Of The EMI Years.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 1.

  • Dorothy Squires

    Till

    • I Am What I Am.
    • President.
    • 18.

  • Shirley Bassey

    If You Go Away (Ne Me Quitte Pas)

    • The Greatest Hits: This Is My Life.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 18.

  • Matt Monro

    Time After Time

    • The Singer's Singer CD1.
    • 10.

  • Rod Stewart With Elton John

    Makin' Whoopee

    • Thanks For The Memory.. The Great American Songbook Volume 4.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 5.

  • Joe Brown

    I'll See You In My Dreams (Radio 2 Session, 6 October 2016)

  • Marion Ryan

    Mr Wonderful

    • Lipstick, Nylons, Petticoats And Stilettos - Brit Girls Of The 50s CD2.
    • 10.

  • Tom Jones

    Ebb Tide

  • Joan Regan

    If I Give My Heart To You

    • The Best Of Joan Regan.
    • Decca Music Group Limited.
    • 3.

  • Annie Ross

    All The Things You Are

    • Sings A Handful Of Songs CD1.
    • El Records.
    • 9.

  • Ronnie Hilton

    Young And Foolish

    • Ronnie Hilton: The Best Of The EMI Years.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 3.

  • Dusty Springfield

    The Look Of Love

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.

  • Vince Hill

    Take Me To Your Heart Again

    • Vince Hill: His Greatest Hits.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 2.

  • Petula Clark

    Eternally

    • Don't Sleep In The Subway: The Pye Years.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Aug 2020 23:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2