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Bryan Burnett with the Americanisms in pop songs.

We're discovering the Americanisms in pop tonight - could Aerosmith have made their hit sound just as good if they'd sung about Love in a Lift? While Rod was in Gasoline Alley and Dame Shirley was searching for an Apartment. Pavements to Sidewalks, Motorways or Highways - it's the best songs filled with Americanisms.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Tue 13 Aug 2019 18:30
大象传媒 Radio Scotland except Extra

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Music Played

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Raspberry Beret

    • Prince - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Stereophonics

    Have a Nice Day

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.

  • Nathaniel Rateliff

    SOB

    • (CD Single).
    • Stax Records.

  • The Drifters

    Under The Boardwalk

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.

  • Four Tops

    Reach Out I'll Be There

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • Hey Hey It's The Monkees Greatest Hit.
    • K-Tel.
    • 5.

  • Suzanne Vega & DNA

    Tom's Diner

    • Best Of Suzanne Vega - Tried & True.
    • A&M.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Candy

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Pretenders

    Kid

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Apartment

    • The Performance.
    • Geffen records.
    • 2.

  • Frankie Miller

    Darlin'

    • Greatest Hits Of 1978.
    • Premier.

  • Don McLean

    American Pie

    • Don McLean-American Pie/Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Freeway Of Love

    • Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits.
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Petula Clark

    Downtown

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • AC/DC

    Highway To Hell

    • AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
    • Albert.

  • Shakin鈥� Stevens

    This Ole House

    • The Hits Of Shakin' Stevens.
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Jonathan Richman

    Roadrunner

    • 100 Huge Hits Of The 60s And 70s.
    • Sanctuary.
    • 5 / 4.

  • Randy Edelman

    Uptown Uptempo Woman

    • Heart To Heart (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Nanci Griffith

    Love at the Five and Dime

    • Best Of Nanci Griffith: 20th Century Masters, The.
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 10.

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Nanci Griffith

    Love at the Five and Dime

    • The Last Of The True Believers.
    • Rounder Europa Records.
    • 2.

  • Tom Waits

    Ol' 55

    • Closing Time.
    • Elektra.
    • 1.

  • David Bowie

    Cat People (Putting Out Fire)

    • Cat People.
    • MCA.

  • Lucette

    Deluxe Hotel Room

    • Deluxe Hotel Room.
    • Thirty Tigers.
    • 001.

  • Tommy Tucker

    High Heel Sneakers

  • Talking Heads

    Once In A Lifetime

  • Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Aug 2019 18:30
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland except Extra