The Only One
Henry Ayrton, with the help of Little Richard and Peggy Lee, reveals why eight is the lucky number this weekend.
8 Hits A Month: first of a new series looking at US number eight hits - this time from 1956 to 1958 with Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Peggy Lee among the hit makers.
The A-Z of R&B Number Fives: studying the letter "H", which will stand for the likes of Roy Hamilton, The Heartbeats, and Bobby Hendricks.
The Only One: as experienced by Ricky Nelson, Etta James and others.
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper are remembered in The Day The Music Died - an event that took place exactly sixty-years ago.
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Lonnie Donegan
Rock Island Line
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Nervous Norvus
Transfusion
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Fats Domino
Valley Of Tears
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Johnnie & Joe
Over The Mountain, Across The Sea
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Little Richard
Keep A-Knockin'
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Chuck Berry
Rock And Roll Music
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Jan & Arnie
Jennie Lee
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Peggy Lee
Fever
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Roy Hamilton
Ebb Tide
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Lionel Hampton Septet
Blow Top Blues
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Wynonie Harris
I Like My Baby's Pudding
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Erskine Hawkins Orchestra
Bicycle Bounce
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The Heartbeats
A Thousand Miles Away
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Bobby Hendricks
Itchy Twitchy Feeling
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Little Schoolgirl
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The Champs
El Rancho Rock
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Barbara McNair
It Happens Every Time
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Maori Blues
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Mitty Collier
You're The Only One
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Candy Rivers
You Are The Only One
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Rick Nelson
You Are The Only One
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David Houston
One And Only
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Etta James
My One And Only
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Buddy Holly
Heartbeat
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The Big Bopper
Little Red Riding Hood
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Ritchie Valens
That's My Little Suzie
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Buddy Holly
Blue Days, Black Nights
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Buddy Holly
Raining In My Heart
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The Crickets
Oh Boy!
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The Crickets
Maybe Baby
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Lou Donaldson
Strollin' In
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- Sun 3 Feb 201920:00BBC Radio York, BBC Radio Lincolnshire & BBC Radio Humberside
