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Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades.

Each week, songs are played that are connected to members of 'The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame'. Working alphabetically through the list, tonight Paul plays a track by inductee Eric Clapton and an oldie associated with Dick Clark - the host of the TV show 'American Bandstand'. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this day in 1962 of Garth Brooks by featuring his country number one 'Friends In Low Places'. Paul also pays tribute to songwriter Ervin Drake, who has recently died, by playing his song 'It Was A Very Good Year' as recorded by Frank Sinatra. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights the 1932 number one version of 'All Of Me' by Louis Armstrong and a different song with the same title by John Legend.

In the feature called 'Beyond The Sea', Paul plays tracks from the biggest selling albums by UK artists in America. Tonight, we hear songs from LPs by Cat Stevens and Oasis. 'The Other Number Ones' highlights records that reached the top in the 'Cashbox' magazine American chart, but not in the 'Billboard' Hot 100. This week's examples are by Len Barry and Dickie Goodman.

Our R&B hits are from 1987 and and now by Cameo and Avery Sunshine. We hear Country number ones from 1983 and this week by Crystal Gayle and Sam Hunt. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by Bon Jovi and Hozier. 'American Beauty/American Psycho' by Fall Out Boy is the number album in America and the best selling song of the week is 'Uptown Funk!' by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars.