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Celebrating Robert 'Kool' Bell of Kool & The Gang's 75th birthday on the Mastermix, whilst Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory guests on My 80s ahead of the band's forthcoming UK tour.

Celebrating Robert 'Kool' Bell of Kool & The Gang's 75th birthday on the Mastermix, whilst Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory guests on My 80s ahead of the band's forthcoming UK tour.

Sounds Of The 80s - "If you were there, you'd know"... and if you weren't, pay attention!

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sat 4 Oct 202520:00
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Music Played

  • The Human League

    (Keep Feeling) Fascination

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • The Specials

    Enjoy Yourself

    • MORE SPECIALS.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Madness

    Embarrassment

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.

  • Van Halen

    Why Can't This Be Love

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • KOOL & THE GANG MASTERMIX

    • Kool & the Gang

      Cherish

      • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
      • Global Television.
      • 3.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Let's Go Dancin' (Ooh La, La, La)

      • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
      • Phonogram.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Joanna

      • In The Heart.
      • BBR.
      • 010.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Get Down On It

      • Classic Kool & The Gang.
      • Mercury.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Big Fun

      • The Dance Collection.
      • Mercury Records.
      • 004.

    • Kool & the Gang

      STEPPIN’ OUT

      • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
      • Phonogram.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Fresh

      • Soul (Various Artists).
      • Polygram Tv.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Take It To The Top

      • Celebrate!.
      • De‐Lite Records.
      • A3.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Straight Ahead

      • In The Heart.
      • BBR.
      • 006.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Misled

      • Ladies’ Night / Celebrate! / Something Special / As One / In The Heart / Emergen.
      • Beat Goes On Records.
      • 312.

    • Kool & the Gang

      Celebration

      • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
      • Phonogram.

  • Heaven 17

    (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

    • Virgin.

  • MY 80s: GLENN GREGORY

    • Spandau Ballet

      Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)

      • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
      • Disky.

    • Scritti Politti

      Absolute

      • Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85.
      • Rough Trade.

    • The Human League

      Don't You Want Me

      • Dare!.
      • Virgin.

    • Michael Jackson

      Thriller

      • Diana-Michael-Gladys-Stevie (Compilat.
      • Priority.

  • John Mellencamp

    Check It Out

    • Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits.
    • John Mellencamp 2023 (Island).
    • 7.

  • Aretha Franklin & Blues Brothers

    Think

    • The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Prince

    When You Were Mine

    • Dirty Mind.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 2.

  • Godley & Creme

    Cry

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.

  • LISTENER MY 80s: JIM SUTCLIFFE IN TETFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE

    • Enya

      Orinoco Flow

      • The Singer & The Song (Various Artis.
      • Stylus.

    • Kate Bush

      Cloudbusting

      • Remastered Part I.
      • Fish People.

    • David Bowie

      Let's Dance

      • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
      • EMI.

    • a-ha

      The Sun Always Shines on TV

      • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
      • Sony Tv/Columbia.
      • 1.

  • Shalamar

    Friends

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 8.

  • Jody Watley & Eric B. & Rakim

    Friends

    • Larger Than Life.
    • Geffen*.
    • 2.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    All I Need Is A Miracle

    • Mike & The Mechanics.
    • WEA.

  • Johnny Mathis

    Love Never Felt So Good

    • A Special Part of Me.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 6.

  • THE SLOPPY BIT

    • Jennifer Rush

      The Power Of Love

      • Now That's What I Call Love (Compilat.
      • Now.

  • Midge Ure

    If I Was

    • Soundtrack: 1978-2019.
    • Chrysalis Records.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Oct 202520:00
    BBC Radio 2