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With music and features. Richard celebrates British songwriting with some classic songs, including archive live tracks from BBC Radio 2's Great British Songbook.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 21 Aug 201003:00

Music Played

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Gimme Some Lovin'

    • Eight Gigs A Week - The Steve Winwood Years.
    • Island.
    • 3.
  • Brandon Flowers

    Crossfire

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Santana

    Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
  • Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin

    Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.
  • Steely Dan

    Hey Nineteen

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.
  • Seal

    Secret

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.
  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • The Brothers Johnson

    Strawberry Letter 23

    • Pump.
  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.
  • Goldfrapp

    Believer

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 1.
  • Tears for Fears

    Pale Shelter

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

    For The First Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Slade

    Gudbuy T'Jane

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Rumer

    Slow

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.
  • Elbow

    The Bones Of You

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
  • Eurythmics

    Would I Lie To You?

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Going To A Go-Go

    • Supafunky II (Various Artists).
    • Universal.
  • Lissie

    Cuckoo

    • Catching A Tiger.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.
  • Take That

    Greatest Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Michael BublĂ©

    Haven't Met You Yet

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.
  • The Clash

    Rock The Casbah

    • The Singles.
    • Epic.
  • Biffy Clyro

    God & Satan

    • (CD Single).
    • 14th Floor Records.
    • 1.
  • Billy Joel

    All About Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Thea Gilmore

    You're the Radio

    • (CD Single).
    • Fullfill Records.
    • 1.
  • Heatwave

    Boogie Nights

    • Too Hot To Handle.
    • BBR.
    • 013.
  • Rox

    Rocksteady

    • (CD Single).
  • The Who

    Join Together

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 002.
  • Scouting for Girls

    Common People (Great British Songbook)

  • Robert Plant

    29 Palms

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana.
    • 5.
  • Eurythmics

    It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Jennifer Hudson

    Spotlight

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 71 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.
  • Kings of Leon

    Use Somebody

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • Doves

    There Goes The Fear

    • The Best Bands ...Ever! (Various).
    • B-Unique / Polydor.
  • Danny Wilson

    The Second Summer Of Love

    • The No.1 Summer Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Aug 201003:00