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Searching for Sugar Man

Johnnie meets Simon Chinn, the Oscar-winning producer of Searching for Sugarman, which brought the lost 70s musician Rodriguez to global attention.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the decade of Hartley Hare, Octavia the Ostrich and Topov the Monkey.

This week he's joined in conversation by the Oscar winning film producer Simon Chinn. After winning his first Academy Award for the 2009 film Man On Wire, he went on the bring the folk singer Rodriguez to global attention with the 2012 film Searching For Sugarman.

The film brought Chinn his second prize, and covered the story of what happened to the Detroit singer-songwriter and his unlikely rise to fame in South Africa. Together with Johnnie, Simon will cover the story of Rodriguez and how he became involved in his musical re-discovery.

Also on the show, Bob Marley's One Love Peace Concert will be revisited with sounds from the archive, the actor Keith Allen takes over the show with his musical choices in My 70s and another classic 45 gets added to Johnnie's Jukebox.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Apr 2013 15:00
成人论坛 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Peter Frampton

      Show Me The Way

  • Blondie

    Dreaming

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • The Kinks

    Victoria

    • Arthur (Deluxe Edition).
    • Sanctuary.
    • 1.

  • ARCHIVE: ONE LOVE PEACE CONCERT

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers

      One Love / People Get Ready

  • Peter, Paul and Mary

    Leaving On A Jet Plane

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Blinded By The Light

    • The Essential Bruce Springsteen.
    • Weton Wesgram.
    • 1.

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Steve Miller Band

      The Joker

      • Single.
      • Capitol Records Inc.

  • Pink Floyd

    Us And Them

  • MY70S: KEITH ALLEN

    • Dead Kennedys

      California Uber Alles

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

  • HOUR 2

    • Curtis Mayfield

      Move On Up

      • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
      • Global Television.

  • Limmie & Family Cookin鈥�

    You Can Do Magic

    • Afrodisiac (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Clifford T. Ward

    Gaye

    • Gaye & Other Short Stories.
    • Virgin.

  • The Jam

    The Eton Rifles

    • The Jam: The Singles 1977-1979.
    • Polydor.

  • INTERVIEW: SIMON CHINN

    • Rodriguez

      Sugarman

  • Rodriguez

    Crucify Your Mind

  • Rodriguez

    I Wonder

  • Marmalade

    Cousin Norman

    • The Definitive Collection.
    • Castle Communications.

  • Stevie Wright

    Evie (Part 1)

    • The Good Times: 25 Years Of Australian Hits.
    • BGO.
    • 16.

  • Arrival

    Friends

    • Alan Freeman's First Lesson (Various.
    • Decca.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Can't Get It Out Of My Head

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Apr 2013 15:00
    成人论坛 Radio 2