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Special Guest: Tony Christie

Two hours of superb music from one of the most diverse decades in pop and rock.

And Johnnie鈥檚 guest this week is Tony Christie, the man behind that karaoke classic Amarillo.

Two hours of superb music from one of the most diverse decades in pop and rock.

And Johnnie鈥檚 guest this week is Tony Christie, the man who brought us that karaoke classic Amarillo.

Tony鈥檚 back on the road across the UK this Autumn and it鈥檚 50 years since he first entered the charts, so he鈥檒l be chatting about the early days, what he鈥檚 been up to during lockdown, and picking a few of his favourite 鈥�70s classics by other bands and artists he admires.

One Of A Kind is a real ear worm of a song from 1978, chosen by Maria Watson in Milton Keynes.

Johnnie鈥檚 Jukebox welcomes its latest addition, and it鈥檚 an American Top 3 hit from 鈥�76 that failed to chart in this country, but is regularly asked for on the show and its cool summery vibes make it so irresistible.

This Week In Music features birthdays for a Jersey Boy and a soul legend, as well as the arrival at no.1 on the album chart in 1978 for the double LP that spent the next four and a half months lodged as the nation鈥檚 best-seller.

Get in touch anytime for our future shows: walker@bbc.co.uk

And make sure you never miss an episode by hitting the 鈥橲ubscribe鈥� button now on 麻豆约拍 Sounds.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 May 2021 15:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Blondie

    Dreaming

    • Eat To The Beat.

  • T. Rex

    Get It On

    • Electric Warrior.

  • Thelma Houston

    Don't Leave Me This Way

    • Single - Motown TMG 1060.

  • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

    The Night

    • Single - Mowest MW 3024.

  • Status Quo

    Caroline

    • Single - Vertigo 6059 085.

  • Toto

    Hold The Line

    • Single - CBS 6784.

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Starbuck

      Moonlight Feels Right

      • Single - Private Stock PVT 61.

  • Jim Gilstrap

    Swing Your Daddy

    • Single - Chelsea 2005 021.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Brown Sugar

    • Sticky Fingers.

  • David Bowie

    The Jean Genie

    • Aladdin Sane.

  • Earth and Fire

    Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight

    • Single - Polydor 2001 435.

  • Bee Gees

    Night Fever

    • Saturday Night Fever - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

  • Desmond Dekker

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

    • Single - Trojan TR 7777.

  • Nick Lowe

    Cruel To Be Kind

    • Single - Radar ADA 43.

  • Bette Midler

    Do You Want To Dance?

    • The Divine Miss M.

  • ONE OF A KIND

    • Yellow Dog

      Just One More Night

      • Single - Virgin VS 195.

  • SPECIAL GUEST - TONY CHRISTIE

    • Squeeze

      Up The Junction

      • Single - A&M AMS 7444.

    • 10cc

      I'm Not In Love

      • Single - Mercury 6008 010.

    • Bill Withers

      Lean On Me

      • Single - A&M AMS 7004.

    • Tony Christie

      (Is This The Way To) Amarillo

      • Single - MCA MKS 5073.

  • Kate Bush

    Wow

    • Lionheart.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • Single - CBS 6056.

  • IN CONCERT

    • Paul Simon

      麻豆约拍ward Bound (Live)

      • Featured on the 1974 album Live Rhymin'.

    • Wings

      Maybe I'm Amazed (Live)

      • Featured on the 1976 album Wings Over America.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 May 2021 15:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2