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

Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades. In the feature Baby What a Big Surprise [they really were Number One albums] we hear Desafinado from Jazz Samba by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. We also hear Who Can It Be Now from Business As Usual by Men At Work - the first Australian group to have a number one album in the USA.

Songs are featured from the debut hit LPs by George Jones and Grace Jones in the regular feature The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. It's Not the Same Old Song highlights The Look of Love by Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 and a different song with the same title by ABC.

In A Matter of Life and Death, Paul celebrates the birth of Randy DeBarge and pays tribute to the recently deceased Alex Steinweiss - the inventor of the album cover and album art. We hear This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie and Till the End of Time by Perry Como, in the weekly presentation of two songs from the Grammy Hall of Fame Singles.

There are past and present R'n'B Number Ones from Bobby Darin and Jill Scott, past and present Country Number Ones from Johnny Cash and Jason Aldean, and Rock Number Ones from 1985 and now by Dire Straits and Foo Fighters.

Adele's album 21 returns to Number One in the US Album Chart. On the singles side, LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and Goon Rock is still Number One with Party Rock Anthem.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 6 Aug 2011 20:00

Music Played

  • Nat King Cole

    (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

    This day in 1909: Four female friends became the first women to drive across America

  • Amy Winehouse

    Back To Black

    Re-Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: Back To Black

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie

    Top Three in the Rock Chart

  • Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

    Desafinado

    Baby What A Big Surprise [they really were Number One albums] Jazz Samba - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (1963)

  • Kidz Bop

    The Lazy Song

    New Entry at Number Two in the Album Chart: Kidz Bop 20

  • DeBarge

    I Like It

    Born 1958: Randy DeBarge (bass and co-lead vocal)

  • Paul Robeson

    Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen

    The inventor of the album cover and album art: Alex Steinweiss - born 24th March 1917; died 17th July 2011 - designer of Paul Robeson’s Spirituals

  • The Band Perry

    If I Die Young

    New Chart Peak of Number Thirteen after two million sales

  • Bobby Darin

    Splish Splash

    R&B Number One this date in 1958

  • Jill Scott

    SO IN LOVE (featuring Anthony Hamilton)

    Adult R&B Number One: sixth week

  • Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66

    The Look Of Love

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Four in 1968

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: released in 1982 - reached Number Eighteen

  • 3 Doors Down

    Every Time You Go

    New Entry in the Top Three of the Album Chart: Time Of My Life

  • George Jones

    I'VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT (with Gene Pitney)

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) (20 March 1965) George Jones & Gene Pitney - George Jones

  • OneRepublic

    Good Life

    Top Ten

  • Woody Guthrie

    This Land Is Your Land

    Grammy Hall Of Fame Single from 1947

  • Perry Como

    Till The End Of Time

    Grammy Hall Of Fame Single: Number One in 1945 (10 weeks)

  • 311

    Sunset In July

    New Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: Universal Pulse

  • Men at Work

    Who Can It Be Now?

    Baby What A Big Surprise [they really were Number One albums] Business As Usual - Men At Work (1982)

  • Johnny Cash

    Folsom Prison Blues

    Country Number One this date in 1968

  • Jason Aldean

    Dirt Road Anthem

    Current Country Number One - eighth week

  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    Rock Number One this date in 1985

  • Foo Fighters

    Walk

    Current Rock Number One - NEW

  • Grace Jones

    I Need A Man

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) Portfolio - Grace Jones (22 October 1977)

  • Adele

    Someone Like You

    Number One in the Album Chart: 21

  • The Troggs

    Wild Thing

    Number One this date in 1966

  • Boyz II Men

    The End Of The Road

    Number One this date in 1992

  • LMFAO

    PARTY ROCK ANTHEM (featuring Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock)

    Current Number One: fourth week

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Aug 2011 20:00