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Johnnie's Jukebox Celebrates Its 400th Entry!

It's another superb two hour playlist of the decade鈥檚 finest music chosen by Johnnie.

One of the best-loved and most recognisable songs of the '70s enters our virtual jukebox.

It's another superb two hour playlist of the decade鈥檚 finest music chosen by Johnnie.

One of the best-loved and most recognisable songs of the '70s enters our virtual jukebox. To mark this very special occasion, not one but two listeners will be telling us why this 400th record means so much to them. And you'll probably end up singing along to every single word.

We're in the archives revisiting Johnnie's 2020 pre-lockdown studio chat with David Essex. This week in 1973, the film That'll Be The Day received its premiere in London. It became one of that year's biggest box-office successes, with the soundtrack album dominating at the top of the chart for almost two months, helping to launch a parallel acting and pop career for its breakout star.

This Week In Music features birthdays for music's most famous preacher, a Welsh pop legend, and the evocative 1979 no.1 that soundtracked the story of some animated rabbits!

All this plus lots of your stories, mentions, dedications and song requests.

We'd love you to get in touch for any of our future shows: walker@bbc.co.uk

1 hour, 54 minutes

Music Played

  • New York City

    I'm Doin' Fine Now

    • Single - RCA 2351.
  • Orleans

    Dance With Me

    • Single - Asylum AYM 544.
  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Arrival.
  • Dave Edmunds

    Queen Of Hearts

    • Single - Swansong SSK 19419.
  • Hot Chocolate

    Love Is Life

    • Single - RAK 103.
  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Single - Warner Brothers K16690.
  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX ENTRY NO.400

    • Queen

      Bohemian Rhapsody

      • Single - EMI 2375.
  • Cher

    Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves

    • Single - MCA MU 1142.
  • Art Garfunkel

    Bright Eyes

    • Single - CBS 6947.
  • The Doobie Brothers

    Minute By Minute

    • Single - Warner Brothers K 17411.
  • Renaissance

    Northern Lights

    • A Song For All Seasons.
  • The Kinks

    Lola

    • Single - Pye 7N 17961.
  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

    • Single - United Artists UP 36015.
  • Neil Sedaka

    Laughter In The Rain

    • Laughter In The Rain.
  • Al Green

    Tired Of Being Alone

    • Single - London HL 10337.
  • Rod Stewart

    Reason To Believe

    • Every Picture Tells A Story.
  • ARCHIVE INTERVIEW GUEST: DAVID ESSEX

    • David Essex

      Lamplight

      • Single - CBS 1902.
    • David Essex

      Rock On

      • Single - CBS 1693.
  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • City To City.
  • John Prine

    Paradise

    • John Prine.
  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Only Living Boy In New York

    • Bridge Over Troubled Water.
  • Free

    Wishing Well

    • Heartbreaker.
  • Stevie Wonder

    You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

    • Single - Tamla Motown TMG 852.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 May 2021 04:00