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Richard Green hosts a countdown of the official chart for this very week in 1971 and 1986.

Should you wish to email Richard on the Vintage Chart show, then use: RG@BBC.CO.UK

Richard Green hosts a countdown of the official chart for this very week in 1971 and 1986.

71 was a year when Classic crooners were vying with the new wave of Glam Rockers. But who would win out in the chart battle?

86 saw the power of the media coming to the fore, with songs featured in TV commercials and a well known "face" from The Sun enjoying high profile visits to the Top 40.

Should you wish to email Richard on the Vintage Chart show, then use: RG@BBC.CO.UK

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Sat 9 Apr 201613:00
BBC Radio Guernsey

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Music Played

  • Hour 1 - 1971

    • Gilbert O’Sullivan

      Underneath The Blanket Go

    • Glen Campbell

      Dream Baby

    • Marmalade

      My Little One

    • Creedence Clearwater Revival

      Have You Ever the Seen The Rain

    • Frank Sinatra

      My Way

    • Dave & Ansel Collins

      Double Barrel

    • Andy Williams

      Home Lovin' Man

    • Olivia Newton‐John

      If Not for You

    • Deep Purple

      Strange Kind of Woman

    • C.C.S

      Walkin'

    • Elvis Presley

      There Goes My Everything

    • John Lennon

      Power to the People

    • Clodagh Rodgers

      Jack in the Box

    • Lynn Anderson

      Rose Garden

    • T. Rex

      Hot Love

  • Hour 2 - 1986

    • Big Audio Dynamite

      E=MC2

    • Falco

      Rock Me Amadeus

    • Stevie Wonder

      Overjoyed

    • Atlantic Starr

      Secret Lovers

    • Dire Straits

      Brothers in Arms

    • Pet Shop Boys

      Love Comes Quickly

    • Queen

      A Kind of Magic

    • Art of Noise

      Peter Gunn

    • Mr. Mister

      Kyrie

    • The Real Thing

      You to Me Are Everything

    • Sam Cooke

      Wonderful World

    • Madonna

      Like a Prayer

    • Samantha Fox

      Touch Me

    • Cliff Richard and The Young Ones

      Living Doll

Broadcasts

  • Sun 3 Apr 201613:00
    BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire & BBC Radio Somerset
  • Sun 3 Apr 201617:00
    BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Guernsey & BBC Radio Jersey
  • Sat 9 Apr 201613:00
    BBC Radio Guernsey