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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 tracks by The Clash and Jimmy Cliff. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday on this date in 1972 of Rob Thomas by featuring a hit by his band Matchbox 20. Paul also pays tribute to the founder of The Swingle Singers, Ward Swingle, who has recently died. We hear the group's vocal interpretation of J. S. Bach's 'Bouree from English Suite No. 2'. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'Automatic' by The Pointer Sisters and a different song with the same title by Miranda Lambert.

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 Free and the Bee Gees. 'The Other Number Ones' highlights records that reached the top of the American chart in 'Cashbox' magazine, but not in the 'Billboard' Hot 100. This week's examples are by Mason Williams and Elvis Presley.

Our R&B hits are from 1963 and and now by The Miracles and Avery Sunshine. We hear Country number ones from 1971 and this week by Sammi Smith and Sam Hunt. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by The Wallflowers and Hozier. '1989' by Taylor Swift returns to the top of American album chart and the best selling song of the week is 'Uptown Funk!' by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars.