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Paul presents tracks from this week's US charts, embracing singles, albums, R&B, country and rock hits, as well as those from the last six decades.

In the feature Headline News, we hear In My Life by The Beatles from their LP Rubber Soul. It was number one on 8th January 1966 when Ken Kesey conducted the first large scale Acid Test at the Fillmore in San Francisco. We also hear the title track of Home Before Dark by Neil Diamond. It was number one on 20th May 2008 - the day Hillary Clinton won the Kentucky Democratic Primary as she challenged Barack Obama for the party's nomination as Presidential candidate. In the regular feature The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, tracks are played from LPs by Buck Owens and Joss Stone.

In A Matter Of Life And Death Paul celebrates the birthday of Phil Everly by playing the Everly Brothers' hit Take A Message To Mary. We also hear The Walk by Jimmy McCracklin, who has recently died. It's Not The Same Old Song highlights Only You by The Platters and a different song with the same title by Yazoo. Paul continues his countdown of the Top 100 list of songwriters based on success in the American chart from 1955 - 2005. We hear songs written by Maurice Gibb (42) and Brian Wilson (41).

Our R&B Number Ones are from 2002 - Love Of My Life by Erykah Badu with Common - and this week - Adorn by Miguel. We hear Country number ones from 1971 and now by Lyn Anderson and Florida Georgia Line. This week's featured past and present Rock number ones are by Duran Duran and The Lumineers. The Les Miserables soundtrack is the week's number one album. I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift is the best-selling song of the week.