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16/12/2008

With his mix of music and banter, Alex Lester makes weekday mornings the best time of the day.

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Tue 16 Dec 200803:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Roxy Music

    Love Is the Drug

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • The Jacksons

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.
    • 17.

  • Alesha Dixon

    The Boy Does Nothing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • Small Faces

    Sha-La-La-La-Lee

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1966.
    • Premier.

  • Kate Bush

    December Will Be Magic Again

    • It's Christmas Time (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Seal

    It's A Man's Man's Man's World

    • Soul.

  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Rod Stewart

    Downtown Train

    • Ultimate Hits.
    • Rhino.

  • Jools Holland & Ruby Turner

    The Informer

    • (CD Single).
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • Lemmy

    Run Rudolph Run

    • We Wish You A Metal Xmas.

  • The Bangles

    If She Knew What She Wants

    • Best Of The Bangles.
    • Columbia.

  • Glen Campbell

    Grow Old With Me

    • Meet Glen Campbell.
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Jingle Bells

    • 20 Motown Christmas Classics (Variou.
    • Hitsville.

  • Blur

    Girls & Boys

    • Now 28 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Let's Groove

    • 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Leon Jackson

    Creative

    • Right Now.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 1.

  • The Verve

    The Drugs Don't Work

    • Universal.

  • Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters

    It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

    • Greatest Christmas Songs.
    • RCA.

  • Dave & Ansel Collins

    Monkey Spanner

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Keane

    Perfect Symmetry

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Donald Fagen

    I.G.Y

    • Donald Fagen - The Nightfly.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Bon Jovi

    Please Come Home For Christmas

    • A Very Special Christmas 2 (Various).
    • A&M.

  • The Jam

    A Town Called Malice

    • Jam Story.
    • Universal.

  • James Morrison

    Broken Strings (feat. Nelly Furtado)

    • Polydor.

  • Scott McKenzie

    San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

    • NOW That's What I Call A 60s & 70s Summer: Seasons In The Sun (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Temptations

    I Can't Get Next to You

    • The Temptations - The Ultimate Collec.
    • Motown.

  • T. Rex

    Christmas Bop

    • Christmas Hits (Various Artists).
    • BMG.

  • Snow Patrol

    Crack The Shutters

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Dazz Band

    Let It All Blow

    • Motown In Motion (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • Moloko

    The Time Is Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Echo.

  • Freiheit

    Keeping The Dream Alive

    • The Best Christmas... Ever! (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Sugababes

    No Can Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Onka's Big Moka - Toploader.
    • Sony Soho Square.

  • Tears for Fears

    Pale Shelter

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Hungry Heart

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It's Christmas?

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Dec 200803:00
    BBC Radio 2

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