Wednesday, May 22, 2013

For Friday 24th. May, back to 1964!

What a year this was - the first full year since the commenement of the "Top Forty" during which the Australian airwaves and the record stores featured more British artists than American.
The British Invasion had finally arrived and the predominantly American influence diminished almost overnight.

Today I am featuring a cross-section of artists and their songs from 1964 and the playlist will be made up of the following (listed in alphabetical order by song name):-
  • A Fool Never Learns - Andy Williams
  • Ain't That Good News - Sam Cooke
  • All My Loving - the Beatles
  • Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
  • Baby I Love You - the Ronettes
  • Bits & Pieces - the Dave Clark Five
  • James Bond theme - John Barry
  • Bread & Butter - the Newbeats
  • Dawn (Go Away) - the Four Seasons
  • Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
  • Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
  • Have I The Right - the Honeycombs
  • Hawaii Tattoo - the Waikikis
  • How Do You Do It - Gerry & the Pacemakers
  • I Want To Love Him So Bad - the Jellybeans
  • I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
  • In The Misty Moonlight - Jerry Wallace
  • Juliet - the Four Pennies
  • Just Like Romeo & Juliet - the Reflections
  • Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan & Dean
  • Memphis (Tennessee) - Johnny Rivers
  • No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
  • Nobody I Know - Peter & Gordon
  • Reet Petite - Dinah Lee
  • Ringo - Lorne Green
  • She Wears My Ring - Johnny O'Keefe
  • She's A Mod - Ray Columbus & the Invaders
  • Such A Night - Elvis Presley
  • Talkin' About My Baby - the Impressions
  • Tell Me Why - Bobby Vinton
  • That's The Way Boys Are - Lesley Gore
  • Time Is On My Side - the Rolling Stones
  • White Rabbit - Peter Posa
  • Willow Weep For Me - Chad & Jeremy
The Comedy Spot which follows the 3:00 PM news & weather update is another in the classic Hancock's Half-hour radio series.
Today's show comes from the 13th. January 1957 and is entitled "Almost A Gentleman".
It features the "full" cast - Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

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