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Special Guest: Brian Protheroe, the voice of the hit TV series First Dates!

It’s your weekly playlist, stuffed full of great Seventies songs and fantastic memories.

And in 1974, Johnnie’s guest today recorded a song that later inspired Noel Gallagher!

It’s your weekly playlist, stuffed full of great Seventies songs and fantastic memories.

And in 1974, Johnnie’s guest today recorded a song that later inspired Noel Gallagher!

Brian Protheroe’s Pinball is one of those great records that just sounds cool whenever you hear it. It proved to be only a moderate hit at the time, but it’s grown in stature ever since. The man who wrote it and sung it is a highly-regarded actor, and he's been the voice of Channel 4’s hit TV series First Dates for the past seven years. And he still makes music to this day, with his brand new album Desert Road out this week. It features a superb demo version of that cult classic, so Johnnie will be chatting with him about the song, and finding out if its true that (so the story goes) Morrissey brought it to the attention of the Oasis songwriter in a Los Angeles bar one night, several years ago.

Emma Whittaker from West Sussex tells us why she’s chosen a 1978 song to go into Johnnie’s Jukebox, even though she was still in nappies when it was in the chart.

This Week In Music celebrates three notable milestone birthdays.

And you select the cream of the decade’s best tracks via your requests, dedications and stories.

Get in touch anytime during the week, especially if you want a song or a mention on our big pre-Christmas special on December 20th. The address is walker@bbc.co.uk

1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • Detroit Emeralds

    Feel The Need In Me

    • Single - Atlantic K 10945.
  • Albert Hammond

    It Never Rains In Southern California

    • It Never Rains In Southern California.
  • Eric Clapton

    Lay Down Sally

    • Slowhand.
  • Dionne Warwick & The Detroit Spinners

    Then Came You

    • Single - Atlantic K 10495.
  • The Hollies

    Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

    • Single - Parlophone R 5939.
  • Orleans

    Dance With Me

    • Single - Asylum AYM 544.
  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Sweet

      Love Is Like Oxygen

      • Single - Polydor POPSP 1.
  • Bread

    Baby I’m A-Want You

    • Baby I’m A-Want You.
  • Joan Armatrading

    Love And Affection

    • Joan Armatrading.
  • Van McCoy with The Soul City Symphony

    The Hustle

    • Disco Baby.
  • Bill Withers

    Lean On Me

    • Single - A&M AMS 7004.
  • Supertramp

    Breakfast In America

    • Breakfast In America.
  • Elvis Presley

    Burning Love

    • Single - RCA 2267.
  • Ace

    How Long

    • Single - Anchor ANC 1002.
  • Fanny

    Charity Ball

    • Single - Reprise K14109.
  • The Flying Lizards

    Money

    • Single - Virgin VS 276.
  • SPECIAL GUEST: BRIAN PROTHEROE

    • Brian Protheroe

      Pinball [Original Demo Version]

      • Desert Road [BRIANCD2020].
  • Flamin’ Groovies

    Shake Some Action

    • Single - Sire 6078 602.
  • Stevie Wonder

    I Wish

    • Songs In The Key Of Life.
  • The Jam

    The Modern World

    • This is The Modern World.
  • Status Quo

    Paper Plane

    • Piledriver.
  • Thin Lizzy

    Sarah

    • Single - Vertigo LIZZY 5.
  • Van Morrison

    Bright Side Of The Road

    • Into The Music.
  • White Plains

    When You Are A King

    • Single - Deram DM 333.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Dec 2020 15:00
  • Tue 8 Dec 2020 03:00