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Cyndi Lauper & Kelly Hoppen - singing & designing

Native New Yorker Cyndi Lauper and designer Kelly Hoppen are Graham's guests in this first of two shows coming live from the Big Apple.

Graham was up early to present the first of two shows direct from the Big Apple. He took all the essentials with him: a producer, a microphone, a pair of headphones, lots of New York inspired music, and Maria McErlane.

Graham's first guest was native New Yorker Cyndi Lauper, who talked about her amazing career, her latest album 'Memphis Blues' and her new live DVD, 'To Memphis, With Love'. Meanwhile back in London top designer Kelly Hoppen was in the Radio 2 studio, and spoke about her new television show 'Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen', and how she tackles people with bad taste, while providing her unique and classic style. Kelly also revealed how thrilled she was to discover that her wallpaper is on the walls in Phil Mitchell's kitchen in Albert Square.

This week's 'I Can't Believe It's Not Better' song - Sweet People's 'And The Birds Were Singing' - was suggested by Neil Roberts in Birmingham. Amazingly it reached No. 4 in 1980! And in Grill Graham, after accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal Kerry in Birmingham began to realise that he might be the last man she'll ever be intimate with. Should she go through with the wedding with such thoughts? And bonding with step-children was the dilemma of Anna in Wolverhampton.

In 'Tune With A Tale', Rachel Morrish chose one of Graham's favourite songs, Peter Sarstedt's 1969 No. 1, 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely?'. They also discussed her fancy decking in her garden.

Bobbie had all the travel news from around the United Kingdom, as well as few traffic hot spots in New York and a reference to Tony Blackburn's cheek...

3 hours

Music Played

  • Paloma Faith

    New York

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.
  • Kelly Clarkson

    Mr. Know It All

  • Frank Sinatra

    Theme From New York, New York

    • Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
    • Reprise.
  • 'I Can't Believe It's Not Better' as chosen by Neil Roberts in Birmingham

    • Sweet People

      And The Birds Were Singing

      • Summer Dream.
      • Polydor.
  • Smoove & Turrell

    Hard Work

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    The Only Living Boy In New York

    • Bridge Over Troubled Water.
    • Columbia.
  • Danny & The Champions of the World

    Every Beat Of My Heart

  • Prefab Sprout

    Hey Manhattan!

    • (CD Single).
    • Kitchenware Records.
  • Elbow Bones & The Racketeers

    A Night In New York

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.
  • Dum Dum Girls

    Bedroom Eyes

  • Gerard Kenny

    New York, New York

    • Time Between The Time.
    • Westmoor Music.
  • Cyndi Lauper

    I Drove All Night

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Cyndi Lauper and Charlie Musselwhite

    Just Your Fool

  • The song choice of Cyndi Lauper

    • John Lennon

      Imagine

      • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
      • Calderstone.
  • 10cc

    Wall Street Shuffle

    • Million Sellers Vol.13 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Patsy Gallant

    From New York To L.A.

    • (Single).
    • EMI.
  • One Direction

    What Makes You Beautiful

    • CD Single.
    • Sony Music/Syco Music.
  • 'Tune With A Tale' as chosen by Rachel Morrish in Balham, South London

    • Peter Sarstedt

      Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?

      • The Ivor Novello Winners.
      • EMI.
  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.
  • Erasure

    Fill Us With Fire

  • As chosen by Kelly Hoppen

    • Marvin Gaye

      Let's Get It On

      • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
      • Polygram Tv.
  • Bee Gees

    Nights On Broadway

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Oct 2011 10:00