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Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades. The featured hitmakers include Barbra Streisand, Anthony Hamilton and Adele.

Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades.

In the feature Headline News [Number One Albums On Noteworthy Days], we hear the title track of the Eagles' LP The Long Run. It was number one on 4 November 1979 - the day on which the American Embassy in Iran was seized. It was the beginning of a 444-day crisis. We also hear Somewhere by Barbra Streisand from The Broadway Album. It was number one in the US on 20 January 1986 when Martin Luther King Day was first observed.

In the regular feature The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, songs are featured from LPs by The Association and Bruce Hornsby & The Range. It's Not The Same Old Song highlights Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac and a different song with the same title by Michelle Branch.

In A Matter Of Life And Death Paul celebrates the birth on this date in 1971 of Anthony Hamilton with his hit Charlene. We also hear More, More, More by Andrea True Connection - played as a tribute to the recently deceased singer Andrea Truden. When You Wish Upon A Star by Cliff Edwards and Where Did Our Love Go by the Supremes are this week's featured songs from the Grammy Hall Of Fame Singles list.

Our R&B Number Ones are from 2006 - Be Without You by Mary J. Blige - and this week - Stay by Tyrese. We hear Country Number Ones from 1958 and now by Johnny Cash and Toby Keith. This week's past and present Rock Number Ones are by Def Leppard and The Black Keys.

Adele remains at the top of the US album chart for a sixteenth non-consecutive week with 21. And, on the singles side, Adele scores her third number one from the album with Set Fire To The Rain.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Jan 2012 20:00

Music Played

  • Anne Murray

    Snowbird

    This day in 1887: the largest snowflake ever reported fell in a Montana storm. It was fifteen inches wide and eight inches thick.

  • Lana Del Rey

    Video Games

    New Entry in the Top Twenty of the Album Chart: Lana Del Ray (EP)

  • Rebelution

    The Sky Is The Limit

    New Entry in the Top Twenty of the Album Chart: Peace Of Mind

  • Eagles

    The Long Run

    Headline News [Number one albums on noteworthy days] The Long Run - Eagles (4 November 1979) The day on which the American Embassy in Iran was seized; the beginning of a 444-day crisis.

  • The Black Keys

    Gold On The Ceiling

    Top Three Album: El Camino

  • Anthony Hamilton

    Charlene

    Born 1971: Anthony Hamilton

  • The Andrea True Connection

    More More More

    Andrea Truden - born 26th July 1943; died 7th November 2011

  • Luke Bryan

    I Don't Want This Night To End

    Top Thirty

  • Mary J. Blige

    Be Without You

    R&B Number One this date in 2006

  • Tyrese

    Stay

    Adult R&B Number One: tenth week

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Everywhere

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: released in 1987 - reached Number Fourteen - from Tango In The Night

  • Michelle Branch

    Everywhere

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Twelve in 2001

  • Snow Patrol

    Called Out In The Dark

    UK talent in the Top Three of the American Album Chart: Fallen Empires

  • The Association

    Along Comes Mary

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) And Then...Along Comes The Association - The Association (20th August 1966)

  • David Guetta

    TURN ME ON (featuring Nicki Minaj)

    Top Ten

  • Cliff Edwards

    When You Wish Upon a Star

    Top Ten in 1940

  • The Supremes

    Where Did Our Love Go

    Grammy Hall Of Fame Single: Number One in 1964

  • David Crowder Band

    Let Me Feel You Shine

    New Entry at Number Two in the Album Chart: Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])

  • Barbra Streisand

    Somewhere

    Headline News [Number one albums on noteworthy days] The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand (20 January 1986) The day on which Martin Luther King Day was first observed

  • Johnny Cash

    Ballad Of A Teenage Queen

    Country Number One this date in 1958

  • Toby Keith

    Red Solo Cup

    Current Country Sales Number One - tenth week

  • Def Leppard

    STAND UP (Kick Love Into Motion)

    Rock Number One this date in 1993

  • The Black Keys

    Lonely Boy

    Current Rock Number One: seventh week

  • Bruce Hornsby & the Range

    Mandolin Rain

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (21st July 1986)

  • Adele

    Don't You Remember

    Current Number One in the Album Chart: 21 - sixteenth week

  • The Jacksons

    I Want You Back

    Number One this date in 1970

  • Dionne Warwick

    That's What Friends Are For (feat. Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder)

    Number One this date in 1986

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    Current Number One: NEW

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 Jan 2012 20:00