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Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties

Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties

This week The Beach Boys, Peaches & Herb, Taffy and The Honeycombs all feature

We remember significant anniversaries for Terry Jacks, Michael Jackson, Slade, U2 and Nena, plus celebrate musical birthdays for one of the Osmond brothers, Jennifer Warnes, Nik Kershaw and The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey

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Music Played

  • Madness

    Our House

    • Now Yearbook 1982.
    • Now! Music.
    • 09.
  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White: The Ultimate Collection.
    • Mercury Records.
    • 12.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • Jump - Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.
    • 01.
  • Manfred Mann鈥檚 Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • THE BEST PUP ALBUM.
    • GUT MUSIC.
    • 18.
  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    (Love is Like A) Heatwave

    • Martha Reeves - The Definitive Collection.
    • ISLAND.
    • 01.
  • Michael Jackson

    Human Nature

    • Number Ones.
    • SONY BMG.
    • 06.
  • Leo Sayer

    Thunder In My Heart

    • Leo Sayer - All The Best.
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • 01.
  • Queen

    I Want To Break Free

    • Queen: Greatest Hits 2 (Remastered 2011).
    • EMI.
    • 18.
  • Peaches & Herb

    Shake Your Groove Thing

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 01.
  • The Righteous Brothers

    Unchained Melody

    • Summer Love Album, Vol.1.
    • ARCADE RECORDS.
    • 06.
  • U2

    New Year's Day

    • Sound Of Today.
    • ARCADE RECORDS.
    • 11.
  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Get Down Tonight

    • The Best Of Top Of The Pops 1970-1974.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 01.
  • Alison Moyet

    All Cried Out

    • Singles.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 06.
  • The Rubettes

    Sugar Baby Love

    • Glam Slam.
    • K-TEL.
    • 12.
  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Now That's What I Call A 60s & 70s Summer.
    • Now! Music.
    • 11.
  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    • George Michael - Twenty Five (Remastered).
    • Aegean/Epic.
    • 01.
  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Best Of Blondie.
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • 01.
  • Nik Kershaw

    Wide Boy

    • The Essential Nik Kershaw.
    • SPECTRUM.
    • 01.
  • The Beach Boys

    God Only Knows

    • The Beach Boys Classics.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 14.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    The Chain

    • Rumours (Remastered).
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
  • Madonna

    Express Yourself

    • Express Yourself (7" Remix).
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 16.
  • Rod Stewart

    Hot Legs

    • Greatest Hits.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 01.
  • Irene Cara

    Fame

    • Now That's What I Call The 80s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 04.
  • The Who

    My Generation

    • THEN AND NOW.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 02.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder Song Review Greatest Hits.
    • MOTOWN.
    • 04.
  • Kate Bush

    Hounds Of Love

    • The Whole Story.
    • EMI.
    • 01.
  • The Police

    Walking On The Moon

    • Now That's What I Call Legendary (Single Version).
    • Now! Music.
    • 16.
  • Blancmange

    Living on the Ceiling

    • CLUB FOR HEROES.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 11.
  • Prince

    1999

    • THE VERY BEST OF PRINCE.
    • RHINO.
    • 02.
  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • The Final Countdown.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 07.
  • 厂鈥椭虫辫谤别蝉蝉

    Theme From S-Express

    • I LOVE 80s.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 19.
  • Terry Jacks

    Seasons In The Sun

    • Old Gold 70s Number Ones Vol.1.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 05.
  • Sandie Shaw

    (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

    • Sound Of The 60s, Part 1.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 10.
  • Duran Duran

    Save A Prayer

    • Rio.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 08.
  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Essential Earth Wind & Fire.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 01.
  • UB40

    Sing Our Own Song

    • NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 1986.
    • EMI/VIRGIN/POLYGRAM.
    • 11.
  • The Osmonds

    Let Me In

    • ULTIMATE COLLECTION.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 03.
  • The Beatles

    Paperback Writer

    • Past Masters Vol.2.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 05.
  • Taffy

    I Love My Radio

    • NOW That's What I Call Music! 9.
    • Now! Music.
    • 6.
  • Nick Lowe

    Cruel To Be Kind

    • SONY.
  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call The 80s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.
  • Roxy Music

    Dance Away

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • EG Records.
    • 01.
  • Frankie Valli

    Grease

    • Working My Way Back To You - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (2006 Remaster).
    • Rhino.
    • 18.
  • The Housemartins

    Happy Hour

    • Best Of The Housemartins.
    • EMI.
    • 01.
  • Slade

    Cum On Feel The Noize

    • POLYDOR.
  • Cyndi Lauper

    Time After Time

    • True Colors: The Best Of Cyndi Lauper.
    • Legacy Recordings.
    • 05.
  • The Honeycombs

    Have I The Right?

    • Sound Of The Sixties (part 2).
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 20.
  • The Knack

    My Sharona

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll - 1979.
    • CONNOISSEUR COLLECTION.
    • 05.
  • Nena

    99 Red Balloons

    • FANTASTIC 80s!.
    • SONY MUSIC TV.
    • 16.
  • Bee Gees

    How Deep Is Your Love

    • Very Best Of The Bee Gees.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 01.
  • Phil Collins

    Another Day In Paradise

    • The Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 01.
  • The Supremes

    Stop In The Name Of Love

    • Motown Collection.
    • Motown.
    • 08.
  • Billy Joel

    Movin' Out

    • COLUMBIA.
  • Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

    Up Where We Belong

    • Love At The Movies, The Album.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • David Essex

    Gonna Make You A Star

    • Glam Slam.
    • K-TEL.
    • 14.
  • New Order

    True Faith

    • New Order: Singles (2016 Remaster).
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 20.

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