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Paul Gambaccini blends digital tracks from the week's US charts of songs, albums, R&B, country and rock hits with LP and singles tracks from the last six decades.

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

Each week, songs are played connected to members of 'The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'. Continuing our alphabetical look at the list, we hear 'Where Did Our Love Go' by The Supremes in honour of the induction of songwriting team Holland/Dozier/Holland and 'Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)' by The Hollies. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this date in 1932 of Little Richard by playing his hit 'Tutti Frutti'. Paul pays tribute to songwriter P. F. Sloan, who has recently died, by featuring his American number one song 'Eve Of Destruction' by Barry McGuire. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'Fool' by Elvis Presley and a different song with the same title by Chris Rea.

In the feature called 'Beyond The Sea', Paul plays a song from a UK artist's biggest-selling album in America. Tonight, we hear tracks from LPs by The Sutherland Brothers and MIKA. 'The Other Number Ones' are records that reached the top of the American chart in 'Cash Box' magazine, but not in the Hot 100 of the other US chart publication 'Billboard'. This week's examples are by The Rolling Stones and Laura Branigan.

Our R&B number ones are from 1963 and now by Chic and Tyrese. We hear Country number ones from 1989 and this week by Garth Brooks and Thomas Rhett. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by Nirvana and Elle King. The number one album is 'Purpose' by Justin Bieber and the best-selling digital song for a fourth week is 'Hello' by Adele.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Fri 11 Dec 2015 03:00

Music Played

  • Stick McGhee

    Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee

    • Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947 - 1974 Volume 1 1947-1952.
    • ATLANTIC RECORDS.
    • 6.
  • One Direction

    Perfect

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.
  • Jordan Smith

    Great Is Thy Faithfulness (The Voice Performance)

    • Download Single.
    • SYCO/SONY.
  • The Supremes

    Where Did Our Love Go

    • The Complete Motown Singles Volume 4: 1964.
    • MOTOWN/HIP-O SELECT.
    • 14.
  • James Bay

    Let It Go

    • Chaos And The Calm.
    • Republic Records.
    • 3.
  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Barry McGuire

    Eve Of Destruction

    • Flower Power Generation.
    • Geffen.
  • Chris Young

    I'm Comin' Over

    • I’m Comin’ Over.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.
  • Tyrese

    Shame

    • Black Rose.
    • VOLTRON RECORDZ.
    • 5.
  • Pentatonix

    Mary, Did You Know

    • That’s Christmas To Me.
    • RCA/SONY MUSIC.
    • 6.
  • Elvis Presley

    Fool

    • Walk A Mile In My Shoes - The Essential 70’s Masters.
    • RCA/BMG.
    • 2.
  • Chris Rea

    Fool (If You Think It's Over)

    • Hard To Find 45s On CD, Vol. 8: Seventies Pop Classics (Various Artists).
    • Eric Records.
  • Alessia Cara

    Here

    • Four Pink Walls.
    • EP Entertainment.
  • The Sutherland Brothers Band

    Sailing

    • The Very Best Of The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 4.
  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

    I Know What You Did Last Summer

    • Handwritten Revisited.
    • ISLAND.
    • 3.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Jumpin' Jack Flash

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.
  • Laura Branigan

    Gloria

    • The Atlantic Story.
    • ATLANTIC RECORDS.
    • 10.
  • Kirk Franklin

    Wanna Be Happy

    • Losing My Religion.
    • SONY MUSIC.
    • 6.
  • The Hollies

    Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

    • 20 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Garth Brooks

    If Tomorrow Never Comes

    • Garth Brooks - The Hits.
    • Liberty.
  • Thomas Rhett

    Die A Happy Man

    • Tangled Up.
    • Valory.
    • 4.
  • Nirvana

    About A Girl

    • MTV Unplugged In New York.
    • GEFFEN.
    • 1.
  • Elle King

    Ex's And Oh's

    • Love Stuff.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • MIKA

    Grace Kelly

    • (CD Single).
    • Casablanca.
  • Justin Bieber

    Love Yourself

    • Purpose.
    • Def Jam.
    • 5.
  • The Chordettes

    Mister Sandman

    • Born To Be With You.
    • ACE RECORDS.
    • 3.
  • Madonna

    Hung Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
  • Adele

    Hello

    • 25.
    • XL Recordings.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 Dec 2015 20:00
  • Fri 11 Dec 2015 03:00