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Remembering Les McKeown and Jim Steinman

Johnnie’s here with two hours of the best music spanning this remarkable decade.

And we revisit his affectionate 2018 chat with the Bay City Rollers frontman.

Remembering Les McKeown and Jim Steinman

Johnnie’s here with two hours of the best music spanning this remarkable decade.

And we revisit his affectionate 2018 chat with the Bay City Rollers frontman.

Les passed away earlier this week, aged 65, and we also lost Meat Loaf’s collaborator on the mega-selling Bat Out Of Hell album, so Johnnie pays tribute to both men with some archive clips and a few of their best-loved songs.

Our latest Jukebox entry is a 1976 classic, chosen by Keith Haynes in Aylesbury.

Iconic German electronic pioneers feature on the next One Of A Kind record, thanks to listener Derek Bain, who lives near Silverstone, and there’s a motoring theme to his selection!

In Concert wraps up the programme with three acts who performed together on the bill for the opening night of a famous punk tour at London’s Roxy club in Covent Garden back in 1977.

Plus we celebrate birthdays for a super Swede, one of the most influential music producers of the decade, and a founder member of a famous New Wave band from Atlanta, Georgia

Get in touch to contribute to any of the features on our future shows: walker @bbc.co.uk

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 25 Apr 2021 15:00
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Music Played

  • Meat Loaf

    You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)

    • Bat Out Of Hell.

  • The Selecter

    On My Radio

    • Single - 2 Tone CHSTT 4.

  • Bryan Ferry

    Let's Stick Together

    • Single - Island WIP 6307.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Single - Casablanca CAN 114.

  • Benny Hill

    Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

    • Single - Columbia DB 8833.

  • Helen Reddy

    Delta Dawn

    • The Best Of Helen Reddy.

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Billy Ocean

      Red Light Spells Danger

      • Single - GTO GT 85.

  • Steve Young

    I Can't Be Myself

    • Renegade Picker.

  • The B‐52s

    Rock Lobster

    • The B-52s.

  • The Stranglers

    (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

    • Single - United Artists UP 36211.

  • Poco

    Stealaway

    • Rose Of Cimarron.

  • T. Rex

    Solid Gold Easy Action

    • Single - EMI MARC 3.

  • Randy Edelman

    Concrete And Clay

    • Single - 20th Century BTC 2261.

  • ABBA

    Money, Money, Money

    • Arrival.

  • ONE OF A KIND

    • Kraftwerk

      Autobahn

      • Single - Vertigo 6147 012.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Sara Smile

    • Daryl Hall & John Oates.

  • REMEBERING LES MCKEOWN

    • Bay City Rollers

      Give A Little Love

      • Single - Bell 1425.

    • Bay City Rollers

      Saturday Night

      • Rollin'.

    • Bay City Rollers

      Bye Bye Baby

      • Single - Bell 1409.

  • Meat Loaf

    Bat Out Of Hell

    • Bat Out Of Hell.

  • IN CONCERT

    • Buzzcocks

      Ever Fallen In Love (Live)

      • Live At Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester 21/07/78.

    • The Jam

      In The City (Live)

      • Live At The Nashville, London 10/09/77.

    • The Clash

      I Fought The Law

      • Live At The Lyceum, London 28/12/78.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 Apr 2021 15:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2