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Paul Gambaccini blends digital tracks from this week's US charts of songs, albums, R&B, country and rock hits 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 Headline News, we hear tracks from two number one albums released on noteworthy days. In the regular feature The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, songs are featured from the debut chart LPs by two artists. While It's Not The Same Old Song highlights two different songs with the same title.

In A Matter Of Life And Death Paul celebrates the birth of a musician born on this date. We also hear a track played in tribute to a recently deceased artist.

In the feature called 'Both Sides Now' Paul plays a single by an American artist that was a hit in the UK but not in the US plus an American hit by a British artist that was not a hit in the UK.

There are R&B, country and rock number ones from this date in history, which are played alongside the current number ones in those genres. Then there's a track from the top of the US album charts and the week's best-selling single concludes Paul's survey of America's Greatest Hits.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Oct 2013 20:00

Music Played

  • Lonnie Donegan

    DOES YOUR CHEWING GUM LOSE ITS FLAVOUR (On The Bedpost Overnight)

    This day in 1901: President Theodore Roosevelt renamed the Executive Mansion ‘The White House’

  • Lorde

    Team

    New Hit

  • Elton John

    The Diving Board

    New Entry in the Top Five of the Album Chart: Diving Board

  • Beastie Boys

    (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)

    The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame: The Beastie Boys (Best-selling album: Licensed To Ill - 9 million sales)

  • Cher

    I Hope You Find It

    New Entry in the Top Three of the Album Chart: Closer To The Truth

  • Sam & Dave

    When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

    Born 1935: Sam Moore

  • Marvin Rainwater

    Gonna Find Me A Bluebird

    Marvin Rainwater - born 2nd July 1925; died 17th September 2013

  • Justin Moore

    Old Back In The New School

    Last week’s Number Two in the Album Chart - still Top Ten: Off The Beaten Path

  • Phil Phillips & The Twilights

    Sea Of Love

    R&B Number One this date in 1959

  • Robin Thicke

    BLURRED LINES (featuring Pharrell)

    Adult R&B Number One: eighth week

  • Katy Perry

    Walking On Air

    New Hit

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Shining Star

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number One in 1975

  • The Manhattans

    Shining Star

    It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Five in 1980

  • Kings of Leon

    Wait For Me

    New Entry at Number Two in the Album Chart: Mechanical Bull

  • Dinah Washington

    What A Diff'rence A Day Made

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) What A Diff’rence A Day Makes! - Dinah Washington (1st February 1960)

  • Sting

    WHAT HAVE WE GOT? (featuring Jimmy Nail)

    New Entry in the Top Twenty of the Album Chart: The Last Ship

  • Dean Martin

    Gentle On My Mind

    Both Sides Now: not a hit in the US; Number Two in the UK in 1969

  • Supertramp

    Take The Long Way Home

    Both Sides Now: not a hit in the UK; Number Ten in the US in 1979

  • Jack Johnson

    I Got You

    Last week’s Number One Album: From Here To Now To You

  • The Beatles

    While My Guitar Gently Weeps

    The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame: The Beatles (Best selling album: The Beatles - 19 million sales)

  • Ernie Ashworth

    Talk Back Trembling Lips

    Country Number One this date in 1963

  • Luke Bryan

    That's My Kind Of Night

    Current Country Sales Number One: seventh week

  • Muse

    Uprising

    Rock Number One this date in 2009

  • Capital Cities

    Safe And Sound

    Current Rock Number Three [‘Royals’ by Lorde is Rock number one for a seventh week]

  • Dwight Yoakam

    Guitars, Cadillacs

    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. - Dwight Yoakam (19th April 1986)

  • Drake

    Hold On, We're Going Home (feat. Majid Jordan)

    New Entry at Number One in the Album Chart: Nothing Was The Same

  • Ready for the World

    Oh Sheila

    Number One this date in 1985

  • George Michael

    Praying For Time

    Number One this date in 1990

  • Lorde

    Royals

    Current Number One: second week

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Oct 2013 20:00