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Celebrating more Retro Sunday memories

Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties.

Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties.

This week James Brown; Boy Meets Girl; Captain & Tennille and Sparks all feature.

We remember significant anniversaries for Procol Harum; Deniece Williams and The Beatles, plus celebrate musical birthdays this weekend for Paul Weller; Patti Labelle; Stevie Nicks and octogenarian Dave Peacock.

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Sun 25 May 202514:00
BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC Radio WM

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Music Played

  • Madness

    Our House

    • Now Yearbook 1982.
    • Now! Music.
    • 09.

  • Blondie

    One Way Or Another

    • Parallel Lines.
    • Chrysalis.
    • 01.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Celebration - Best Of Kool & The Gang.
    • MERCURY.
    • 01.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Listen To The Music

    • Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 01.

  • Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

    Third Finger Left Hand

    • Martha Reeves & The Vandellas.
    • HITSVILLE.
    • 01.

  • Level 42

    Something About You

    • The Very Best Of Level 42.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 01.

  • Elton John

    Your Song

    • Diamonds.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 20.

  • Lipps, Inc.

    Funkytown

    • Now That's What I Call An Era - Disco 1973-1980.
    • Now! Music.
    • 16.

  • The Jam

    The Eton Rifles

    • THE VERY BEST OF THE JAM.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 10.

  • James Brown

    I Got You (I Feel Good)

    • James Brown, Very Best Of.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 06.

  • Howard Jones

    What Is Love?

    • The Very Best Of Howard Jones.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 01.

  • Silver Convention

    Get Up & Boogie

    • The Best Disco Album In The World...Ever.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 01.

  • Bee Gees

    You Win Again

    • The Ultimate Bee Gees.
    • Bee Gees Catalog.
    • 14.

  • Free

    All Right Now

    • The Island Story.
    • ISLAND.
    • 04.

  • Donna Summer

    Hot Stuff

    • Funky Divas 2.
    • GLOBAL TELEVISION.
    • 01.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Heart

    • DISCOGRAPHY: THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 09.

  • Clout

    Substitute

    • Clout - Greatest Hits.
    • Universal Music S.A..
    • 02.

  • Chas & Dave

    Ain't No Pleasing You

    • GREATEST HITS.
    • Demon Digital.
    • 04.

  • The Foundations

    Build Me Up Buttercup

    • Hit Love Songs Of The 60s.
    • PICKWICK.
    • 16.

  • Don McLean

    American Pie

    • Easy Moods.
    • EMI.
    • 01.

  • Boy Meets Girl

    Waiting For A Star To Fall

    • Now 100 Hits - Even More Forgotten 80s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • The Osmonds

    Love Me For A Reason

    • Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 10.

  • Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald

    On My Own

    • Now '86.
    • NOW.
    • 14.

  • Diana Ross & The Supremes

    Love Child

    • The Story Of The Supremes.
    • UNI/MOTOWN.
    • 01.

  • Mud

    Tiger Feet

    • The Ultimate Party!.
    • THE HIT LABEL LTD.
    • 07.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • A Hard Day's Night - History Of Stiff Re.
    • MCA.
    • 07.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Rich Girl

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.
    • 01.

  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    If You Let Me Stay

    • Massive Hits! Eighties.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 05.

  • Queen & David Bowie

    Under Pressure 

    • Queen's Greatest Hits 2 (Remastered 2011).
    • EMI.
    • 02.

  • Jim Gilstrap

    Swing Your Daddy

    • THE 70s ALBUM.
    • CASTLE PULSE.
    • 09.

  • Kim Wilde

    You Keep Me Hangin' On

    • SINGLES COLLECTION: 1981-1993.
    • MCA.
    • 10.

  • The Beatles

    The Long and Winding Road

    • Let It Be.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 19.

  • Jimmy Ruffin

    What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

    • From Motown With Love.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 18.

  • Michael Jackson

    Beat It

    • HIStory: Past, Present And Future Book 1.
    • EPIC.
    • 10.

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polar Music International.
    • 20.

  • John Mellencamp

    Jack And Diane

    • THE BEST THAT I COULD DO 1978-1988.
    • MERCURY.
    • 04.

  • Captain & Tennille

    Love Will Keep Us Together

    • Captain & Tennille's Greatest Hits.
    • A&M.
    • 01.

  • Procol Harum

    A Whiter Shade Of Pale

    • Sixties Number Ones, Vol.2.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 14.

  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

    • Synchronicity (Remastered 2023).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 01.

  • Amii Stewart

    Knock On Wood

    • Now Yearbook 1979.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call The 80s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Shine A Little Love

    • TELSTAR.

  • Bill Withers

    Lovely Day

    • Pure...Legends.
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
    • 01.

  • Madonna

    La Isla Bonita

    • True Blue.
    • Warner Records.
    • 01.

  • Sparks

    This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us

    • SONY.

  • Deniece Williams

    Let's Hear It For The Boy

    • Now That's What I Call The 80s USA.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • The Hollies

    Carrie Anne

    • Pop Legends, The Hollies.
    • READER'S DIGEST.
    • 06.

  • Gladys Knight & The Pips

    Come Back And Finish What You Started

    • The Singles Album.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 13.

  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts

    • Phil Collins: The Singles (2016 Remaster).
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • Commodores

    Easy

    • Back To Front.
    • Motown.
    • 01.

  • Stevie Nicks

    Edge Of Seventeen

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
    • 04.

  • The Rolling Stones

    It's All Over Now

    • Rolling Stones - Big Hits.
    • LONDON.
    • 05.

  • Eurythmics

    There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)

    • Now That's What I Call 40 Years.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Ace

    How Long

    • The Best Of Ace.
    • SEE FOR MILES.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 May 202514:00
    BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC Radio WM