06/08/2011
Paul Gambaccini blends this week's US hits from the digital songs, albums, country, R'n'B and rock charts with LP and singles classics from the last six decades.
Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades. In the feature Baby What a Big Surprise [they really were Number One albums] we hear Desafinado from Jazz Samba by Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. We also hear Who Can It Be Now from Business As Usual by Men At Work - the first Australian group to have a number one album in the USA.
Songs are featured from the debut hit LPs by George Jones and Grace Jones in the regular feature The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. It's Not the Same Old Song highlights The Look of Love by Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 and a different song with the same title by ABC.
In A Matter of Life and Death, Paul celebrates the birth of Randy DeBarge and pays tribute to the recently deceased Alex Steinweiss - the inventor of the album cover and album art. We hear This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie and Till the End of Time by Perry Como, in the weekly presentation of two songs from the Grammy Hall of Fame Singles.
There are past and present R'n'B Number Ones from Bobby Darin and Jill Scott, past and present Country Number Ones from Johnny Cash and Jason Aldean, and Rock Number Ones from 1985 and now by Dire Straits and Foo Fighters.
Adele's album 21 returns to Number One in the US Album Chart. On the singles side, LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and Goon Rock is still Number One with Party Rock Anthem.
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Music Played
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Nat King Cole
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
This day in 1909: Four female friends became the first women to drive across America
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Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
Re-Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: Back To Black
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
Top Three in the Rock Chart
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Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
Desafinado
Baby What A Big Surprise [they really were Number One albums] Jazz Samba - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (1963)
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Kidz Bop
The Lazy Song
New Entry at Number Two in the Album Chart: Kidz Bop 20
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DeBarge
I Like It
Born 1958: Randy DeBarge (bass and co-lead vocal)
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Paul Robeson
Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen
The inventor of the album cover and album art: Alex Steinweiss - born 24th March 1917; died 17th July 2011 - designer of Paul Robeson’s Spirituals
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The Band Perry
If I Die Young
New Chart Peak of Number Thirteen after two million sales
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Bobby Darin
Splish Splash
R&B Number One this date in 1958
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Jill Scott
SO IN LOVE (featuring Anthony Hamilton)
Adult R&B Number One: sixth week
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Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66
The Look Of Love
It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Four in 1968
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ABC
The Look Of Love
It’s Not The Same Old Song: released in 1982 - reached Number Eighteen
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3 Doors Down
Every Time You Go
New Entry in the Top Three of the Album Chart: Time Of My Life
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George Jones
I'VE GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT (with Gene Pitney)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) (20 March 1965) George Jones & Gene Pitney - George Jones
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OneRepublic
Good Life
Top Ten
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Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land
Grammy Hall Of Fame Single from 1947
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Perry Como
Till The End Of Time
Grammy Hall Of Fame Single: Number One in 1945 (10 weeks)
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311
Sunset In July
New Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: Universal Pulse
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Men at Work
Who Can It Be Now?
Baby What A Big Surprise [they really were Number One albums] Business As Usual - Men At Work (1982)
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Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Country Number One this date in 1968
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Jason Aldean
Dirt Road Anthem
Current Country Number One - eighth week
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Dire Straits
Money For Nothing
Rock Number One this date in 1985
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Foo Fighters
Walk
Current Rock Number One - NEW
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Grace Jones
I Need A Man
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (debut hit albums) Portfolio - Grace Jones (22 October 1977)
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Adele
Someone Like You
Number One in the Album Chart: 21
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The Troggs
Wild Thing
Number One this date in 1966
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Boyz II Men
The End Of The Road
Number One this date in 1992
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LMFAO
PARTY ROCK ANTHEM (featuring Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock)
Current Number One: fourth week
Broadcast
- Sat 6 Aug 2011 20:00³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 2