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The Great Gambo presents this week’s chart from 1981 - a year that Elvis Costello thought was a ‘Good Year For The Roses’. Including chart hits from Soft Cell, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and more.

57 minutes

Last on

Fri 27 Nov 202003:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • B.A. Robertson & Maggie Bell

    Hold Me

  • Diana Ross

    Why Do Fools Fall In Love

  • Kool & the Gang

    Steppin' Out

  • Modern Romance

    Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey

  • Elvis Costello

    A Good Year For The Roses

  • Soft Cell

    Bedsitter

  • Pretenders

    I Go To Sleep

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Let's Groove

  • Rod Stewart

    Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)

  • Olivia Newton‐John

    Physical

  • Four Tops

    When She Was My Girl

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Joan Of Arc

  • Haircut One Hundred

    Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)

  • Julio Iglesias

    Volver A Empezar (Begin The Beguine)

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

  • Queen & David Bowie

    Under Pressure

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 Nov 202013:00
    BBC Radio 2
  • Fri 27 Nov 202003:00
    BBC Radio 2