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More Retro Sunday memories and this weekend's musical celebrations

Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties

Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties

This week The Specials, Boz Scaggs, A Taste of Honey and The Lotus Eaters all feature

We remember significant anniversaries for Brotherhood of Man, Falco and Blondie. Paula celebrates musical birthdays with a zero for Eric Clapton and Herb Alpert, but we won't forget Toto's Bobby Kimball, Terry Jacks and Tracy Chapman who have special days this weekend too

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Sun 30 Mar 202514:00
BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC CWR

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Music Played

  • Level 42

    Something About You

    • The Very Best Of Level 42.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 01.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • Oh What A Night - 70s Classics (2021 Remaster).
    • WM UK.
    • 01.

  • Wham!

    The Edge Of Heaven

    • Wham - The Final.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 13.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • Neil Diamond: All Time Greatest Hits.
    • Neil Diamond.
    • 16.

  • Wilson Pickett

    In The Midnight Hour

    • Simply The Best Classic Soul.
    • WARNER E.S.P..
    • 01.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Atomic - The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • Chrysalis/EMI Records.
    • 01.

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

    • Legacy (The Very Best Of David Bowie).
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Purple Rain

    • THE QUIET STORM.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 04.

  • The Specials

    Gangsters

    • Best Of The Specials.
    • EMI.
    • 01.

  • The Supremes

    Stop In The Name Of Love

    • Motown Collection.
    • Motown.
    • 08.

  • Falco

    Rock Me Amadeus

    • A&M.

  • The Stylistics

    Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

    • Our Tune.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 07.

  • Phil Collins

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Phil Collins: The Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • Anita Ward

    Ring My Bell

    • Funky Grooves.
    • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
    • 10.

  • ABBA

    The Name Of The Game

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polar Music International.
    • 01.

  • Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

    • GREATEST.
    • EMI.
    • 01.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • The Final Countdown.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 07.

  • Toto

    Rosanna

    • TELSTAR.

  • Mary Wells

    My Guy

    • Sixties Mania 2.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 12.

  • Roxy Music

    Love Is the Drug

    • Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music: The Ultimate Collection.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 01.

  • Erasure

    Ship of Fools

    • POP! - THE FIRST 20 HITS.
    • MUTE RECORDS.
    • 08.

  • Terry Jacks

    Seasons In The Sun

    • Old Gold 70s Number Ones Vol.1.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 05.

  • Altered Images

    Happy Birthday

    • Reflected Images - The Best Of Altered Images.
    • Epic.
    • 01.

  • Brotherhood of Man

    Save Your Kisses For Me

    • 40 Years Of Top Ten Hits.
    • READER'S DIGEST.
    • 03.

  • The Foundations

    Build Me Up Buttercup

    • Hit Love Songs Of The 60s.
    • PICKWICK.
    • 16.

  • Mike Oldfield

    Moonlight Shadow

    • Best Of Mike Oldfield.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 01.

  • Boz Scaggs

    Lido Shuffle

    • Silk Degrees (2023 Remaster).
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 09.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Messages

    • THE BEST OF OMD.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 02.

  • George Harrison

    Got My Mind Set on You

    • Let It Roll - Songs Of George Harrison (2009 Remaster).
    • BMG Rights Management (US) LLC.
    • 07.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Say You Love Me

    • Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits.
    • WARNER SPECIAL PRODUCTS.
    • 01.

  • Simple Minds

    Don't You (Forget About Me)

    • The No. 1 Eighties Album.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 01.

  • The Trammps

    Disco Inferno

    • Trammps - Disco Inferno.
    • EAST WEST RECORDS.
    • 01.

  • The Turtles

    Elenore

    • Sound Of The Sixties, Part 5.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 09.

  • Tracy Chapman

    Baby Can I Hold You

    • Tracy Chapman Collection.
    • ELEKTRA.
    • 01.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Listen To The Music

    • Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 01.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Pop Art: The Hits (2001 Remaster).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 01.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Waiting In Vain

    • Legend - Bob Marley.
    • TUFF GONG.
    • 01.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

    • Motown - The Hits Collection.
    • HITSVILLE.
    • 01.

  • Eric Clapton

    Behind The Mask

    • SOFT ROCK: 16 ROCK CLASSICS.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 03.

  • A Taste of Honey

    Boogie Oogie Oogie

    • Disco Fever Volume 2.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 06.

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson Number Ones.
    • EPIC.
    • 01.

  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

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

  • Don McLean

    American Pie

    • Easy Moods.
    • EMI.
    • 01.

  • Madonna

    True Blue

    • True Blue.
    • Warner Records.
    • 05.

  • The Real Thing

    You To Me Are Everything

    • Now That's What I Call A Massive 70s Party.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

    • The Best Of Men At Work.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 06.

  • Herb Alpert

    This Guy's In Love With You

    • Very Best Of Herb Alpert.
    • A&M.
    • 12.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • On The Radio: Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury Records.
    • 01.

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Best...Anthems...Ever!.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 18.

  • Eagles

    Life In The Fast Lane

    • The Very Best Of The Eagles.
    • ELEKTRA.
    • 01.

  • Enya

    Orinoco Flow

    • Orinoco Flow (Single Version).
    • Rhino.
    • 01.

  • Harry Nilsson

    Everybody's Talkin'

    • The Essential Nilsson.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 04.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Watching The Detectives

    • The Best Of The First 10 Years.
    • UMe/Elvis Costello.
    • 01.

  • Kylie Minogue

    I Should Be So Lucky

    • ULTIMATE KYLIE.
    • PARLOPHONE.
    • 03.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Mar 202514:00
    BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Stoke & BBC CWR
  • Sun 30 Mar 202516:00
    BBC Radio WM