Featuring music from the 50's through to the 80's. A look at interesting aspects of the songs and the artists; their place in the social, cultural and political contexts of the day and the changes which took place in music during these times.
Like all good writers songwriters like to appeal to our senses when penning songs. So on today's program we are ...
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What’s in a name? We all have one, and a popular name across the music world is that of Brian ...
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In today's program we celebrate the talents of gamine looking, fringed, barefoot popular UK singer from the 60s, Sandie Shaw ...
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This week’s program centres around songs that relate to water and various activities associated with THE SEA. Endless Sleep, Please Don’t ...
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In this week's program we pay tribute to Jimmy Buffet and play his signature song Margaritaville. The theme is all about being ...
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This week’s playlist focuses mainly on artists who came from either Liverpool or Manchester during the fabulous Merseybeat 60’s era. The ...
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The program begins with the song that shot Helen Reddy to international fame (I Am Woman). Then follows a number of fairly ...
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MOTOWN, the American record label founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy Jr, is the focus of this week’s program. Motown and ...
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In the fifties, sixties and into the seventies INSTRUMENTALS took their place in charts all around the world. Now they ...
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It's probably the most important tool we humans have and it's become more diverse than ever. Songwriters have long written ...
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