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17/09/2010

While Alex Lester is away Tim Smith will be taking you through the night with great music choices and chat. Record and Album of the Week included, plus Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

Tim Smith is in for Alex and he will be keeping you going through the night with his unique blend of chat and top tunes. From the Smith Family Archive there are tracks from Oasis and Sugar Ray, the Listener's Library track comes from The Mamas and the Papas, the TV Ad Track is from Blur, Fifth Dimension get a spin for Celebrity Birthdays, plus there is a final track from Album of the Week from Robert Plant's Band of Joy, and Record of the Week from Michael Buble. There is more Pause for Thought at 3.20am and another 'What Do They All Have in Common?' challenge to tease the brain cells.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 17 Sep 2010 02:00

Music Played

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Get Down Tonight

    • Billboard Top Hits 1975.
    • Rhino.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    Mary's Place

    • Bruce Springsteen - The Rising.
    • Columbia.
  • Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow

    Shame

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.
  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.
  • FM

    Bring Back Yesterday

    • (CD Single).
  • The 5th Dimension

    Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1969.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "CRAZY LOVE: HOLLYWOOD EDITION" (Warners)

    • Michael Bubl茅

      Hollywood

      • (CD Single).
      • Reprise.
      • 1.
  • DNA

    Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega)

    • Best Of Suzanne Vega - Tried & True.
    • A&M.
  • MUSIC FROM THE SMITH FAMILY ARCHIVE from the CD, "14:59" (Warner)

    • Sugar Ray

      Someday

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Heartbeat (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 2.
  • Phil Collins

    Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me For A Little While)

    • Going Back.
  • The Human League

    (Keep Feeling) Fascination

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.
  • Seal

    Secret

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Iron Lion Zion

    • (CD Single).
    • Tuff Gong.
  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Commodores

    Brick House

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • LISTENERS' LIBRARY from the CD, "CALIFORNIA DREAMIN': THE BEST OF..." (Island) suggested by Gavin from Berkshire

    • The Mamas & the Papas

      Creeque Alley

      • The Mamas & The Papas - 20 Greatest H.
      • MFP.
  • Amy Macdonald

    Love Love

    • A Curious Thing.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Kansas

    Dust In The Wind

    • The Best Of Kansas.
    • Epic.
  • Blur

    The Universal

    • (CD Single).
    • Food.
  • Fyfe Dangerfield

    Barricades

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Talk Talk

    Life's What You Make It

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • 10cc

    Life Is a Minestrone

    • The Singles.
    • Mercury.
  • Nik Kershaw

    The Riddle

    • The Essential Nik Kershaw.
    • Spectrum.
  • Harper Simon

    Berkeley Girl

    • New York.
    • Tulsi Records.
    • 10.
  • Gloria Jones

    Tainted Love

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "BAND OF JOY" (Decca)

    • Robert Plant

      The Only Sound That Matters

      • Band of Joy.
  • Change

    A Lover's Holiday

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
  • Keith Michell

    Captain Beaky

  • MUSIC FROM THE SMITH FAMILY ARCHIVE

    • Oasis

      Round Are Way

  • Fats Domino

    Ain't That A Shame

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Imelda May

    Mayhem

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Johnny Hates Jazz

    Shattered Dreams

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Black

    Wonderful Life

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Sep 2010 02:00

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