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Travelling back in time to 1959 and playing Two 'fab 5' selections

Late night music with the mystery year and Fab 5. Call 0845 30 50 007 (local rate).

The 'mystery year' tonight is 1959,do you know who started travelling the globe, compliments of the BBC in the first programme of a brand new TV series.

Our 'tenuous tunes' tonight are anything to do with reading or librarys linked to on this day in 1994 when The British library announced it was to stop its practice of collecting a copy of every book, magazine and journal printed in Britain because of lack of space.

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Fri 20 Aug 201022:00
BBC Radio Norfolk, BBC Essex, BBC Radio Northampton, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Three Counties Radio & 1 more

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Music Played

  • FAB 5 ONE

    • Little River Band

      Lonesome loser

    • Cliff Richard

      Some people

    • Queen

      A kind of magic

    • Barry Ryan

      Eloise

    • Eric Clapton

      Knockin' on heavens door

  • FAB 5 TWO

    • Genesis

      Follow You Follow Me

    • Johnny Cash

      Hurt

    • Untitled

      Billy Preston & Syreeta -With you I’m born again

    • The Chi‐Lites

      Have you seen her

    • Untitled

      Johny Nash- I can see clearly now

  • NOVELTY SONG

    • The Wurzels

      Combine harvester

  • MIDNIGHT LOVE

    • Patrick Swayze

      She's like the wind

    • Billy Joel

      The River Of Dreams

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 Aug 201022:00
    BBC Radio Norfolk, BBC Essex, BBC Radio Northampton, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Three Counties Radio & 1 more