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#78 Songs with a point to make

Songs with a point to make, and tracks inspired by literary works.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 5 Oct 202520:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Supremes

    I Hear A Symphony

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Midge Ure

    If I Was

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

  • The Boomtown Rats

    I Don't Like Mondays

    • 25 Years Of Rock'NRoll: 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 15.

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Fortunate Son

    • The Singles Collection.
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 13.

  • Billie Holiday

    Strange Fruit

    • Carelessly, Vol. 2.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 12.

  • James Brown

    Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)

    • Polydor.

  • The Temptations

    Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)

    • The Temptations - Motown's Greatest H.
    • Motown.

  • Sam Cooke

    A Change Is Gonna Come

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Lisa Stansfield

    All Around The World

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Patti Page

    Old Cape Cod

    • Sampled (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Mercury.

  • Janet Jackson

    Again

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Unit 4+2

    Concrete & Clay

    • Leader Of The Pack-Sound Of The 60's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Purple Haze

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Elton John

    Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Mumford & Sons

    Sigh No More

    • Sigh No More.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Dire Straits

    Romeo and Juliet

    • The No.1 Love Album (Various Artists.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Kate Bush

    Wuthering Heights

    • EMI Records Limited.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Sympathy For The Devil

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Taylor Swift

    tolerate it

    • evermore.
    • Taylor Swift.
    • 5.

  • Pete Seeger

    Turn Turn Turn

    • The Smithsonian Folkways Collection.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Jefferson Airplane

    White Rabbit

    • Million Sellers Vol.9 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • The Beatles

    Love Me Do

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 001.

  • The Detroit Spinners

    One Of A Kind (Love Affair)

    • Essentials.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 4.

  • Woody Guthrie

    This Land Is Your Land

    • My Dusty Road.
    • Rounder Records.
    • 1.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Take Five

    • Rediscover The 50's - Here Comes Summ.
    • Old Gold.

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Oct 202520:00
    BBC Radio 2