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Stories Behind The Song

Alex digs in to the archive to hear how the biggest hits happened.

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Mon 19 Aug 201913:00
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Music Played

  • Blondie

    Maria

    • Greates Hits - Blondie.
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • 01.

  • Bryan Adams

    Heaven

    • Bryan Adams: Anthology.
    • A&M.
    • 11.

  • Wham!

    Young Guns (Go For It)

    • THE BEST OF WHAM!.
    • EPIC.
    • 10.

  • LÉON

    Falling

    • Falling.
    • BMG.
    • 01.

  • Millie

    My Boy Lollipop

    • MY BOY LOLLIPOP: THE BEST OF MILLIE.
    • SPECTRUM.
    • 01.

  • George Ezra

    Hold My Girl

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 01.

  • Elton John & Kiki Dee

    Don't Go Breaking My Heart

    • Songs, Elton John + Bernie Taupin 74-93.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 01.

  • Red Box

    For America

    • Sire.

  • The Flower Pot Men

    Let's Go To San Francisco

    • Sixties Summer Of Love.
    • PICKWICK.
    • 02.

  • Christopher Cross

    Ride Like The Wind

    • Smooth 70s.
    • Rhino.
    • 49.

  • Christopher Cross

    Never Be the Same

    • Warner Bros.

  • Christopher Cross

    Sailing

    • Romantic Pop Songs.
    • ARCADE RECORDS.
    • 14.

  • Blossoms

    Your Girlfriend

    • Your Girlfriend.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 01.

  • The Upsetters

    Dollar In The Teeth

    • Upsetter.

  • Jimmy Cliff

    Wonderful World Beautiful People

    • Celebration, Best Of Reggae.
    • QUALITY TELEVISION.
    • 02.

  • Dave & Ansel Collins

    Double Barrel

    • Techniques.

  • Take That

    Back For Good

    • Back For Good.
    • RCA.
    • 01.

  • Jax Jones & Years & Years

    Play

    • POLYDOR.

  • Natasha Bedingfield

    Kick It

    • We Are Hear.

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • The Very Best Of Billy Ocean.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 04.

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You

    • UNIVERSAL/CAPITOL/ATLANTIC.

  • Ray Stevens

    Misty

    • In The Summertime, Sound Of The 70s.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 01.

  • Johnny Nash

    Tears On My Pillow

    • Johnny Nash, I Can See Clearly Now.
    • EPIC.
    • 12.

  • Captain & Tennille

    Love Will Keep Us Together

    • Great Romantic Hits Of The 70s & 80s.
    • READER'S DIGEST.
    • 01.

  • Eagles

    One of These Nights

    • Eagles Greatest Hits.
    • ASYLUM.
    • 06.

  • David Bowie

    Fame

    • Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 16.

  • Gladys Knight & The Pips

    Come Back And Finish What You Started

    • The Singles Album.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 13.

  • Gladys Knight & The Pips

    Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me

    • The Singles Album.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 03.

  • The Merseybeats

    I Think Of You

    • And The Beat Goes On Volume 1 CD1.
    • MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED.
    • 04.

  • Billy Fury

    Halfway to Paradise

    • Here Comes Summer Rediscover The 50s&60s.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 03.

  • Bay City Rollers

    Give A Little Love

    • Absolute Rollers.
    • Arista.
    • 19.

  • Bee Gees

    Jive Talkin'

    • Sound Of Hit Music Vol. 2.
    • ARCADE RECORDS.
    • 01.

  • Smokie

    If You Think You Know How To Love Me

    • ARIOLA.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Aug 201913:00
    BBC Radio Solent