This week's themes...
Tonight:
On this day in 1961, John Leyton's Johnny Remember Me was number one in the charts, so tonight ‘Johnny’ is our theme. Like so many of the memorable songs of the '60s it was produced by Joe Meek. It was Leyton's third crack at the charts. His first was supposed to be Tell Laura I Love Her, but he was beaten to it by Ricky Vallance's version.
Tuesday:
Gordon MacQuarrie has come up with a great suggestion for tonight’s show: Opposites. I'm looking for you to nominate two tracks each, but the key is that the songs should have opposite meanings. Gordon’s favourites are Love Will Tear Us Apart vs Love Will Keep Us Together and Sunshine on Leith vs Rainy Night In Georgia. I'm looking forward to this one tonight, but if I get stressed when I can only play 12 people's requests, I don't know how I'll cope with only six.
Wednesday:
"One hopes that people don't ask for that dreadful Bob The Builder song..."
We gets lots of great themes suggested for the show and I'll put some of the new ones on the blog this week as I'd be interested in your comments. It's not just The Get It On listeners who send them in. DIY is the theme for tonight and it was e-mailed to me this week by one of Tom Morton's team. Some suggestions to get you started for tonight: Painter Man, White Ladder or something by The Scaffold.
Thursday:
This week in 1983, Culture Club’s Karma Chameleon ( the biggest selling song of the year) got to number one. Some of the biggest names of the '80s scored big this year so get in touch tonight with your 1983 favourites.
As usual you can text in or call during the show, or why not post a comment below and let me know what you want to hear?
