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Music's Most Important Moments

What do you consider to be music's most important moments - from a landmark album, a seminal track or something that stopped you in your tracks. Music's most important moments.

It’s 60 years this week since Roy Orbison hit the top of the UK charts with Only The Lonely. It was a seen as one of rock n roll’s seminal tracks. So 60 years on we want to know what you think are music’s most important moments. Maybe it’s the first time you heard a piece of music that stopped you in your tracks, do you think the first appearance on TV for the Beatles is still the turning point in British music, was it Live Aid, perhaps it was the release of Nirvana’s album in the 90s…. Let us know what you believe is a seminal moment in music.

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Last on

Thu 30 Jul 2020 18:00

Music Played

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rock Around The Clock

    • That's Rock'n'Roll.
    • EMI.
  • The Associates

    Party Fears Two

    • John Peel Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977-1987.
    • WMTV.
    • 5.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Rehab

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • James Taylor

    Sweet Baby James

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.
  • Adam and the Ants

    Kings Of The Wild Frontier

    • Adam & The Ants - Hits.
    • CBS.
  • The Stone Roses

    Fools Gold

    • Precious - Various Artists.
    • Dino.
  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.
    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Queen

    Now I'm Here

    • Queen - Greatest Hits.
    • Parlophone.
    • 6.
  • Kate Bush

    Wuthering Heights

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal.
  • Culture Club

    Do You Really Want To Hurt Me

    • Culture Club - Kissing To Be Clever.
    • Virgin.
  • The Jam

    Going Underground

  • Prince

    I Wanna Be Your Lover

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

    This Charming Man

    • The Smiths - The Very Best Of.
    • WEA.
    • 2.
  • The Kinks

    You Really Got Me

    • The Kinks (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sanctuary.
    • 7.
  • Thin Lizzy

    The Boys Are Back In Town

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 10.
  • U2

    Bad

    • The Unforgettable Fire.
    • Island.
    • 006.
  • Paul Simon

    Late in the Evening

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.
  • Bob Dylan

    Blowin' In The Wind

    • The Best Of Bob Dylan.
    • Columbia.
  • David Bowie

    Starman

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
  • Elvis Presley

    Heartbreak Hotel

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Thu 30 Jul 2020 18:00