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Music, chat and The Four Tops’ Duke Fakir

Mark and Stuart present a feast of great music and chat, and Duke Fakir of legendary Motown band The Four Tops shares his β€˜First, Last and Everything’.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast

Today they hear from singer and founding member of legendary Motown band The Four Tops, Duke Fakir. Duke shares his 'First, Last and Everything' - that’s the first record he owned, the most recent one he’s enjoyed and the record that means β€˜everything’ to him. He discusses how he came to be part of the world-famous Motown record label, how he met his fellow Four Tops bandmates and how they were signed by Motown boss Berry Gordy. Now the last surviving member of The Four Tops, he has recently released a memoir detailing his life as part of the band and the Motown label.

Also on the show... long-running feature β€˜The Chain’, which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8000 songs.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.

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Sat 14 May 2022 08:00
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Music Played

  • Four Tops

    Reach Out I'll Be There

    • Motown.

  • Lil Silva

    Backwards (feat. Sampha)

    • Nowhere Music Ltd.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs

    Gold Lion

    • Polydor.

  • Steve β€œSilk” Hurley

    Jack Your Body

    • Hold On To Your Dream.
    • RCA.

  • Stella

    Up And Away

  • David Bowie

    Can You Hear Me?

    • Young Americans (2016 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 7.

  • Eric B. & Rakim

    Don't Sweat The Technique

    • MCA.

  • Sun’s Signature

    Golden Air

    • Partisan.

  • Curse of Lono

    In Your Arms

    • People in Cars.
    • Submarine Cat Records.

  • Tindersticks

    Tiny Tears

    • Tindersticks [II].
    • This Way Up.
    • 004.

  • Ibeyi

    Lavender & Red Roses (feat. Jorja Smith)

    • XL Recordings.

  • Phyllis Dillon

    Woman Of The Ghetto

    • One Life To LIve.
    • Treasure Isle.

  • Cassius

    Feeling For You

    • 1999.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Jamie xx

    Let's Do It Again

    • Young.

  • The Damned

    New Rose (6 Music Session, 19 May 2016)

  • Lee Hazlewood

    Easy and Me

    • Lee Hazlewood Industries:Β There's a Dream I've Been Saving (1966-1971).
    • Light In The Attic.
    • 9.

  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

    My Echo

    • Sub Pop.

  • Wet Leg

    Wet Dream

    • Domino.

  • Four Tops

    Bernadette

    • Motown.

  • Johnnie Ray

    The Little White Cloud

    • The Best of the 50S, Vol.2.
    • Black Sheep Music.
    • 12.

  • Roberta Flack

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On

    • Tamla Motown.

  • Bicep

    X (feat. Clara La San)

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Sports Team

    R Entertainment

    • Island.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 May 2022 08:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music