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Bitter Dill

The Dark Lord hosts his very own 'Gobbledygook Club' celebrating the written word...when it makes no sense whatsoever!

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Thu 18 Jul 201302:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • James Brown

      Living in America

      • 40th Anniversary Collection.
      • Polydor.
      • 4.

  • Dion

    Runaround Sue

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sequel Records.

  • Agnetha Fältskog

    Dance Your Pain Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 7.

  • Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

    What Have I Done To Deserve This?

    • Goin' Back - Best Of Dusty Springfiel.
    • Philips.

  • Derek and the Dominos

    Layla

    • American Dreams II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    This Is Gonna Hurt

    • Rocks And Honey.
    • ZYX Music.
    • 1.

  • Amy Macdonald

    This Is The Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Gut.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE CONVERSATION" (PIAS) out 12th August

    • Texas

      Detroit City

      • The Conversation.
      • Pias.
      • 1.

  • The Human League

    Mirror Man

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Dean Martin

    Mambo Italiano

    • Best Of The Capitol Years - Dean Mart.
    • Capitol.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD Single "RED FOX" (Hissing Duck Music) out 22ND July

    • Henry Parker

      Red Fox

  • Beverley Knight

    Shoulda Woulda Coulda

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Jack Johnson

    I Got You

    • (CD Single).
    • Brushfire Records.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Bryan Adams

      Summer Of '69

      • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
      • Mercury.

  • Nu Shooz

    I Can't Wait

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Taylor Swift

    Everything Has Changed (feat. Ed Sheeran)

    • Red.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Get Off Of My Cloud

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Thea Gilmore

    Start As We Mean To Go On

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

  • Chic

    I Want Your Love

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis

    • Kirsty Maccoll - Galore.
    • Virgin.

  • Jake Bugg

    Broken

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD Single "THE BAD TOUCH" (Geffen) suggested by Dave in Southampton

    • Bloodhound Gang

      The Bad Touch

      • The Bad Touch (Single).
      • Geffen.

  • Annie Lennox

    Little Bird

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/RCA.
    • 2.

  • The Whispers

    It's A Love Thing

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • HOUR 3

    • Manfred Mann

      Do Wah Diddy Diddy

      • Ages Of Mann.
      • Polygram Tv.

  • Belinda Carlisle

    I Get Weak

    • Belinda Carlisle - Heaven On Earth.
    • Virgin.

  • Lissie

    Further Away (Romance Police)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Led Zeppelin

    D'Yer Mak'er

    • Mothership.
    • Atlantic.

  • Nat King Cole

    Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer

    • Nat King Cole - 20 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.

  • Josh Groban

    False Alarms

    • All That Echoes.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "UNCAGED" (Atlantic) out now

    • Zac Brown Band

      Lance's Song

      • Uncaged.
      • Southern Ground/Atlantic.
      • 9.

  • Train

    Mermaid

    • California 37.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Tracy Chapman

    Talkin' Bout A Revolution

    • Tracy Chapman.
    • Elektra.

  • Stealers Wheel

    Stuck In The Middle With You

    • (Single).
    • A&M.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD Single "IN/OUT" (Turn First Records) out 2nd September

    • Dan Croll

      In/Out

      • CD Single.
      • Turn First Records.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Could You Be Loved

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • Rod Stewart

    She Makes Me Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Jul 201302:00
    BBC Radio 2

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