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Easy Bag Sort

Each day Alex will be stretching his vocal chords in unimaginable fashion by attempting to recreate some of the oddest noises ever produced on record in 'Alex Gets Vocal'. Can he 'beatbox' better than Michael Jackson? Can he hit the Minnie Ripperton highnote? Probably not...but he's going to try!

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Apr 2013 02:00

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Michael Jackson

      Wanna Be Startin鈥 Somethin'

      • The Essential Michael Jackson.
      • Epic.
      • 7.
  • The Archies

    Sugar, Sugar

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.
  • P!nk

    Just Give Me A Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)

    • The Truth About Love.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute Records.
  • Caro Emerald

    You Don't Love Me (Live)

  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
  • Take That

    Rule The World

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "A" (Polydor) out May 13th

    • Agnetha F盲ltskog

      When You Really Loved Someone

      • (CD Single).
      • Polydor.
      • 1.
  • Albert Hammond

    Free Electric Band

    • The Very Best Of Albert Hammond.
    • CBS.
    • 10.
  • Aretha Franklin

    You're All I Need To Get By

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "OLD YELLOW MOON" (Nonesuch Records) out 13th May

    • Emmylou Harris

      Bluebird Wine

      • Old Yellow Moon.
      • Nonesuch.
  • Andy Burrows

    If I Had A Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Play It Again Sam UK.
    • 1.
  • HOUR 2

    • Lou Bega

      Mambo No. 5

      • Now 44 (Various Artists).
      • Virgin.
  • The Mamas & the Papas

    California Dreamin'

    • The Best Of.
    • MCA.
    • 2.
  • Jenn Bostic

    Not Yet

    • (CD Single).
    • Jenn Bostic Music.
    • 1.
  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Give It Up

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    When The Morning Comes

  • Alison Moyet

    When I Was Your Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 1.
  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.
  • Cat Stevens

    Wild World

    • The Very Best Of Cat Stevens.
    • Island.
  • The Mavericks

    Born To Be Blue

    • In Time.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Billy Idol

    Mony Mony

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Heat Wave

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the LP, "ERNIE K DOE" (Janus Records) suggested by Tina Elliott, Barnsley

    • Ernie K鈥怐oe

      Here Come The Girls

      • Here Come The Girls (Various Artists).
      • Universal Music TV.
  • David Bowie

    Modern Love

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • HOUR 3

    • Toto

      Hold The Line

      • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
      • Global Records & Tapes.
  • The Detroit Spinners

    Working My Way Back To You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.
  • Hurts

    Blind

    • Exile.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • R.E.M.

    Man on the Moon

    • Simply The Best Movie Album (Various).
    • Warner Strategic Market.
  • Marianne Faithfull

    As Tears Go By

    • The Very Best Of Marianne Faithfull.
    • London.
  • Tunde Baiyewu

    Diamond In A Rock

    • (CD Single).
    • Waking Dreams.
    • 1.
  • Prince & The Revolution

    Take Me With U

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "AMERICAN HEARTLAND" (Sony) out now

    • Eric Church

      Springsteen

      • American Heartland.
      • Sony.
  • Pilot

    Magic

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll Vol.2 (1974).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
  • Steve Arrington

    Feel So Real

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "THE LONDON INTL SKA FESTIVAL 2013: COLLECTORS EP" (Hot & Scorcher)

    • The Sidewalk Doctors

      All My Loving

      • The London Intl Ska Festival 2013: Collectors EP.
      • Hot & Scorcher.
  • k.d. lang

    Constant Craving

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Rod Stewart

    It's Over

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Apr 2013 02:00

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