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Geoff marks the birthday anniversary of one of the original rock 'n' roll legends, born this week in 1935. With archive sessions recorded for BBC radio in the 1960s and tracks from a newly-released tribute album.

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Sat 10 Feb 201818:00
BBC Radio Jersey, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Cornwall, BBC Radio Somerset, BBC Radio Wiltshire & 1 more

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Music Played

  • Part 1

    • Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

      Cruisin

    • Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

      Lotta lovin

    • Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

      Who slapped John

    • Bill Haley and His Comets

      Birth of the boogie

    • Tennessee Ernie Ford

      Catfish boogie

    • The start to the Finnish

      The mighty flyers

    • Kalin Twins

      When

    • Jerry Lee Lewis

      Great Balls of Fire

    • The Ventures

      No trespassin

    • Gene Vincent & The Wild Angels

      Rocky road blues

    • Gene Vincent & The Echoes

      Mr Lonliness

    • The Test Piots

      Post apocalyptic serenade

    • Cliff Richard & The Shadows

      Choppin and changin

    • The Kentucky Headhunters

      The ballad of Davy Crockett

    • Ral Donner

      I got burned

    • Delta 88

      88 Boogie

    • Johnny Devlin

      6-5 hand jive

    • The Waterboarders

      What`d I surf

  • Part 2

    • Steve Aynsley

      Gégéne

    • Gene Vincent & The Outlaws

      Rip it up

    • Gene Vincent & The Outlaws

      Dance to the bop

    • The Comets

      The house is rockin

    • The Jodimars

      Dance the bop

    • Dion

      The wanderer

    • The Everly Brothers

      The sun is shining

    • The Crickets

      Oh boy

    • Linda Ronstadt

      It`s so easy

    • Los Lobos

      La Bamba

    • Jerry Lee Lewis

      Chantilly lace

    • The Scorpions

      Ghost riders in the sky

    • Helen Shapiro

      Don`t treat me like a child

    • Webb Wilder

      Big time

    • The Ventures

      Walk don’t run

    • Ral Donner

      You don`t know what you`ve got

    • Gene Vincent

      A piece at a time

    • Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

      Baby blue

Broadcasts

  • Sat 10 Feb 201818:00
    BBC Radio Jersey, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Cornwall, BBC Radio Somerset, BBC Radio Wiltshire & 1 more
  • Sat 10 Feb 201818:05
    BBC Radio Gloucestershire