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The 2017 Obit Show

From legends such as Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and Glen Campbell through to figures from the avant garde like Pierre Henry, via two members of Can - Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebzeit.

From legendary luminaries (Chuck Berry/Fats Domino/Glen Campbell) through to leading figures from the Avant Garde (Pierre Henry) via two members of Can (Holger Czukay/Jaki Liebzeit) alongside a host of other notable names including Sonny Burgess, Phil Cohran, Brian Matthew, Tom Petty, Grant Hart & Clyde Stubblefield.

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Thu 28 Dec 201721:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Bobby Freeman

    Do You Wanna Dance

  • The Contours

    Do You Love Me

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

  • Mott the Hoople

    The Moon Upstairs (Radio 1 Session, 8 Mar 1971)

  • The Banana Splits

    The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)

    • Television's Greatest Hits Vol. 5: In Living Color (Various Artists).
    • TVT Records.

  • The Chameleons

    Up The Down Escalator

    • Static Records.

  • Deke Leonard And Iceberg

    Big Hunk Of Love (Radio 1 Session, 15 Feb 1978)

  • Little Barrie

    Green Eyed Fool (6 Music Session, 26 Apr 2007)

  • Sister Sledge

    Thinking Of You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Guitar Gable

    Congo Mombo

  • The Johnny Johnson Orchestra

    Saturday Night

    • The Saturday Night Suit.
    • 1.

  • The Surfaris

    Point Panic

  • Johnny and the Hurricanes

    Crossfire

  • Mazzy Star

    Blue Flower

    • SHE HANGS BRIGHTLY.
    • Rough Trade.

  • Soundgarden

    Flower (Radio 1 Session, 15 May 1989)

  • The Beat

    Ackee 1-2-3

  • The Only Ones

    No Peace For The Wicked

  • Tom Waits

    Union Square

    • Rain Dogs.

  • Sonny Knight

    Keep A Walkin'

    • Confidential.
    • Master Classica Records.

  • Sonny Burgess

    Itchy

  • Belton Richard

    Laisser Le Cajuns Dancer

  • D. L. Menard

    The Back Door

  • Hüsker Dü

    Sorry Somehow

    • Candy Apple Grey.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 4.

  • Chuck Berry

    No Money Down

  • Chuck Berry

    Back in the U.S.A.

    • MCA.

  • Chuck Berry

    Promised Land

    • See For Miles.

  • James Brown

    Funky Drummer

    • Polydor.

  • Brian Cant/Freddie Phillips

    Fishing

  • Pierre Henry

    Machine Danse

    • Machine Danse.
    • Philips.

  • Can

    One More Night

    • Mute.

  • The Smithereens

    Strangers When We Meet

  • Charles Bradley

    Changes

  • The Allman Brothers Band

    Wasted Words

  • The Easybeats

    Can't Find Love

  • AC/DC

    High Voltage (Radio 1 Session, 6 Jun 1976)

  • Ry Cooder

    A Cancion Mixteca

  • Bruce Langhorne

    Leaving Del Norte

    • Hired Hand OST.
    • Scissor Tail Records.

  • L.C. Cooke

    Put Me Down Easy

  • Grandaddy

    Now It's On

    • V2.

  • Robert Knight

    Love On A Mountain Top

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.
    • 7.

  • Steely Dan

    Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)

    • Can't Buy A Thrill.
    • ABC Records.

  • Fats Domino

    The Fat Man

  • Fats Domino

    The Big Beat

  • Fats Domino

    Be My Guest

    • The Best Of Fats Domino.
    • Liberty.

  • Hatfield and the North

    Let's Eat (Real Soon) (Radio 1 Session, 21 Nov 1974)

  • Tim Hollier

    In This Room

    • Fontana.

  • Hawkwind

    Electronic No 1

    • Space Ritual.

  • Phil Cohran & Legacy

    White NIle

  • Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    • Capitol Records.

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Learning To Fly

    • MCA.

  • Third Ear Band

    Fleance

    • Harvest.

  • Dudley Simpson

    The Tomorrow People

    • The Man From UNCLE: Music From Cult TV Classics.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 10.

  • Arthur Blythe

    Lower Nile

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Dec 201721:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music