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Johnnie meets Andy Scott, of The Sweet, to cover the band's string of glitter-dusted glam-rock seventies hits.

Johnnie Walker celebrates the decade of Lofty, Parky and Gunner Graham.
This week he's in conversation with Andy Scott, guitarist for glam-rock heroes The Sweet. Fuelled by the songwriting partnership of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, the band would have nearly twenty top forty hits during the seventies including Blockbuster, The Ballroom Blitz and Hell Raiser. Together with Johnny, Andy will cover how it felt to be in the middle of the glam whirlwind at the height of their success in the decade.
Also on the show, the very first edition of the Old Grey Whistle Test will be revisited with sounds from the BBC archive and another classic single will be loaded into Johnnie's Jukebox.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sun 15 Sep 201315:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • The Cars

      My Best Friend's Girl

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Boogie Shoes

  • Andrew Gold

    Never Let Her Slip Away

  • The Four Seasons

    The Night

  • ARCHIVE: THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST

    • Area Code 615

      Stone Fox Chase (Old Grey Whistle Test Theme)

  • Humble Pie

    Black Coffee

  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.

  • Elton John

    Tiny Dancer

  • Tarney-Spencer Band

    Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love

  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • Bobby Bloom

      Montego Bay

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From Shaft

  • Charlie Dore

    Pilot of the Airwaves

  • Meat Loaf

    Bat Out Of Hell

  • The Stranglers

    Peaches

  • Linda Ronstadt

    Blue Bayou

  • HOUR 2

    • The Motors

      Forget About You

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

  • Barry Manilow

    Mandy

  • Status Quo

    Break The Rules

  • INTERVIEW: ANDY SCOTT

    • Sweet

      Funny Funny

  • Sweet

    Hell Raiser

  • Sweet

    Fox On The Run

  • Sweet

    Love Is Like Oxygen

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

  • Peter Skellern

    You're A Lady

  • The Clash

    Train In Vain

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Sep 201315:00
    BBC Radio 2