John Illsley
Dire Straits bassist John Illsley remembers a pivotal decade in his career. Plus there's a new record for the Jukebox and Johnnie hears the stories from This Week In Music.
Dire Straits bassist John Illsley remembers a pivotal decade in his career. Illsley formed Dire Straits in 1977 with Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler and Pick Withers. Their first single "Sultans of Swing" reached the top ten in the US chart in 1978 and became a top ten hit in the UK the following year. The band would go on to become one of the world's best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million.
Also on the show, Johnnie's Jukebox welcomes a new record and we hear all the stories from This Week In Music in the 70s.
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Music Played
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The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Troglodyte (Cave Man)
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Pratt & McClain
Happy Days
- Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
- Silva Screen Records Ltd.
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Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
- Jazz.
- Island.
- 12.
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David Bowie
Fame
- David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
- EMI.
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Electric Light Orchestra
Mr. Blue Sky
- The Very Best Of.
- Frontiers Records.
- T1.
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KC and the Sunshine Band
That's the Way (I Like It)
- Disco Fever (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Born To Run
- Born To Run.
- CBS.
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The Rolling Stones
Miss You
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
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Rod Stewart
Twistin' the Night Away
- The Very Best Of Rod Stewart.
- Mercury Records Limited.
- 8.
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Rachel Sweet
B-A-B-Y
- Stiff Records.
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Jimmy Buffett
Margaritaville
- Country Roads (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv.
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Melanie
Ruby Tuesday
- Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Andrew Gold
Lonely Boy
- Super Hits Of The '70s - Have A Nice Day, Vol. 19 (Various Artists).
- Rhino Records.
- 1.
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Dr. Hook
Sylvia's Mother
- Completely Hooked.
- Capitol.
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Skids
Into The Valley
- Greatest Hits Of Big Country & Skids.
- Universal.
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R. Dean Taylor
There's A Ghost In My House
- And They Danced The Night Away.
- Debutante.
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The Clash
London Calling
- Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
- Polydor.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Carry On
- Deja Vu.
- 1.
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James Taylor
Your Smiling Face
- James Taylor - Classic Songs.
- CBS.
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Dire Straits
Angel Of Mercy
- Communique.
- Mercury Records Limited.
- 6.
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J.J. Cale
Same Ole Blues
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Van Morrison
And It Stoned Me
- Polydor.
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Dire Straits
Sultans Of Swing
- (Single).
- Vertigo.
- 5.
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Limmie & Family Cookin’
You Can Do Magic
- Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
- Universal Music Tv.
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Fleetwood Mac
Landslide
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John Williams
Superman (Main Title)
- Greatest Hits 1969-1999.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Jun 2019 15:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2
- Tue 11 Jun 2019 03:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2