26/12/2008
With his usual mix of music and banter for Boxing Day.
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The Teardrop Explodes
Reward
- The Teardrop Explodes - Greatest Hits.
- Mercury.
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The Crystals
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
- A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
- Phil Spector Int.
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Girls Aloud
The Loving Kind
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
- 1.
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Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
- Now 1986 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Cher
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
- Cher - The Greatest Hits.
- Wea/Universal.
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Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The True Loves
Am I Wasting My Time?
- (CD Single).
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Kate Bush
December Will Be Magic Again
- It's Christmas Time (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Dire Straits
Money For Nothing
- Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
- Vertigo.
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Keane
Perfect Symmetry
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 1.
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Beverley Knight
Shoulda Woulda Coulda
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Saint Etienne
I Was Born On Christmas Day
- (CD Single).
- Heavenly.
- 17.
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Oasis
I'm Outta Time
- (CD Single).
- Big Brother Recordings.
- 1.
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Band Aid
Do They Know It's Christmas?
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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The Supremes
You Keep Me Hangin' On
- Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
- Polygram Tv.
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Jools Holland & Ruby Turner
The Informer
- (CD Single).
- Rhino.
- 1.
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Lenny Kravitz
Fly Away
- 21st Century Rock (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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Pulp
Common People
- (CD Single).
- Island.
- 5.
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Snow Patrol
Crack The Shutters
- (CD Single).
- Fiction.
- 1.
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Lennie Niehaus
It's A Marshmallow World
- The Perfect Christmas: Holiday Music 2006 (Various Artists).
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Meat Loaf
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
- Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
- Castle.
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Madonna
Miles Away
- (CD Single).
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Heart
All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
- Absolute Gold (Various Artists).
- Capitol.
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Billy Joel
The River Of Dreams
- Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume III.
- Columbia.
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Average White Band
Let's Go Round Again
- The Best Of.
- Rhino.
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Wizzard
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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James Ingram & Michael McDonald
Yah Mo B There
- Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
- Telstar.
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Darlene Love
All Alone On Christmas
- BMG.
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George Michael
December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)
- (CD Single).
- Aegean Records.
- 1.
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Estelle
American Boy
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
- 3.
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Bryan Ferry
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- The Best Of Bryan Ferry.
- Virgin.
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Alexandra Burke
Hallelujah
- (CD Single).
- Sony BMG.
- 1.
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U2
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
- A Very Special Christmas (Various).
- A&M.
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Haircut One Hundred
Love Plus One
- Pelican West - Deluxe Edition.
- Cherry Pop.
- 002.
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Pretenders
Talk Of The Town
- The Pretenders - The Singles.
- WEA.
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Slade
Cum On Feel The Noize
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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The Beach Boys
Good Vibrations
- Smiley Smile (Stereo Version).
- EMI.
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Amy Macdonald
Mr. Rock & Roll
- (CD Single).
- Vertigo.
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Glen Campbell
Grow Old With Me
- Meet Glen Campbell.
- Capitol.
- 1.
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Bananarama
Robert De Niro's Waiting
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (feat. The Harlem Community Choir)
- GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
- EMI.
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Gabriella Cilmi
Warm This Winter
- (CD Single).
- Universal.
- 1.
Broadcast
- Boxing Day 200804:00BBC Radio 2
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