PLAYLIST FROM APRIL 04
Que
sera Sera/Doris Day (Philips, 1956)
Along
came Jones/Coasters (Atco-US, 1959)
Runaway/Del
Shannon (London, 1961)
Peppermint
Twist/Joey Dee & Starlighters (Roulette-US, 1961)
TV
THEME:Coronation Street/Geoff Love Orchestra (Columbia, 1961)
Venus
in blue Jeans/Mark Wynter (Pye, 1962)
Night
has a thousand Eyes/Bobby Vee (Liberty, 1963)
Remember.../The
Shangri-Las (Red Bird-US, 1964)
Downtown/Petula
Clark (Pye, 1964)
Message
to Martha/Adam Faith (Parlophone, 1964)
Everybody
loves Somebody/Dean Martin (Reprise, 1964)
My
kind of Girl/Sammy Davis Jr (Reprise, 1964 from the LP 'London
Palladium')
How
insensitive/Astrud Gilberto (Verve, 1965)
All
over the World/Francoise Hardy (Pye, 1965)
Little
Things/Dave Berry (Decca, 1965)
London
Boys/David Bowie (Decca, 1966)
Single
Girl/Sandy Posey (MGM, 1966)
Neon
Rainbow/Box Tops (Arista, 1967)
Yesterday's
Dreams/Four Tops (Tamla Motown, 1968)
London
social Degree/Billy Nicholls (Immediate, 1968 from the LP 'Would You
Believe')
For
what it's Worth/Cher (Atco, 1969 from the LP '3614 Jackson Highway')
The
Universal/Small Faces (Immediate, 1969)
Apeman/The
Kinks (Pye, 1970)
HAVE
YOU HEARD THIS ONE:Spirit in the Sky/Pick of the Pops featuring Elton
John (RPM Productions, 1970 this was a world-wide hit for Normal
Greenbaum)
They
don't give Medals../Dionne Warwick (Scepter-US, 1970)
Say
a little Prayer-Time I get to Phoenix/Anne Murray & Glen Campbell
(Capitol, 1971)
Living
for the City/Stevie Wonder (Tamla Motown, 1974)
I
never will Marry/Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton ((Asylum, 1977
from 'Simple Dreams')
Going in with both eyes Open/David Soul (Private Stock, 1977)
Going in with both eyes Open/David Soul (Private Stock, 1977)
Parisienne
Walkways/Thin Lizzy featuring Gary Moore (MCA, 1978)
Dancing
on the Ceiling/Lionel Ritchie (Motown, 1986)
Don't
get me Wrong/The Pretenders (Real, 1986)
Something
in your Eyes/Richard Carpenter & Dusty Springfield (A&M,
1987)
Jasmine Records have issued a CD that salutes the work of Lionel Bart. Remembered for his work on musicals, this set features tracks from Tommy Steele, Anthony Newley, Shirley Bassey, Max Bygraves, Russ Conway and Bruce Forsyth in the show last week. . Also, from the same label comes a collection of the early hits from Kenny Ball - and there were a lot of them! 'Singles Collection 1960-1962' is out now. See http://www.jasmine-records.co.uk/store/ for more information.
Esoteric Records have re-issued the Alan Price album 'Between Today and Yesterday'. First issued in 1974 this includes the excellent 'Jarrow Song' and now features some bonus tracks including the single version of 'In Times Like These'.
A new CD comes from Ace Records - 'AMERICAN TUNES - SONGS BY PAUL SIMON'. This includes tracks by Harper's Bizarre, the Tremeloes, Aretha Franklin and Paul Simon joins Annie Lennox on the duet 'Something So Right'.
Every effort is being made by radio stations to broadcast the show in line with the details below at this difficult time. It is broadcast (BST from Sunday) on ABC Oldies- http://www.abcoldiesradio.uk/ - on Saturdays at 0700, Sundays at Midday, Wednesdays at 1300 and Thursdays at 0200 & 2000. You can also tune in via any smart speaker. Then we are on Isles FM - http://www.islesfm.com/- on Monday mornings at 1000 and Thursday afternoons and there's a mid-week overnight broadcast as well. Replay Radio broadcast the show at 1000 on Sundays - https://tunein.com/radio/Replay-Radio-Classic-Charts-s287334/
Beverley FM presents the show on Sundays at 2200 - http://beverleyfm.com/ You can hear the programme on Miskin Radio - http://www.miskinradio.co.uk/ - each Saturday at 1800. There is then Soul Beat Radio - at 1100 Wednesday, see https://internetradiouk.com/soulbeat/ Then there is Kalypso Gold - see https://internetradiouk.com/#kalypso-gold on Saturday at 0800, Sunday at 1700 and Thursday at 2000. If you have Alexa, first ask it to "enable Kalypso Gold Radio'; after that just say 'Alexa, play Kalypso Gold Radio'.Now to Wigan FM Gold - https://tunein.com/radio/Wigan-FM-s154836/ - you can hear the show on Saturday at 0800 (just after Gene Pitney & Friends). Then we have WNR - West Norfolk Radio - they play the show on Mondays at 1900, Tuesday at 0100 and on Thursdays at 1300; they are available on Alexa too. Find them at http://www,westnorfolkradio.co.uk and Vulcan Sound Radio on Wednesdays at 1900 - http://www.vulcansoundradio.com/. Bullseye Radio based in the US play the programme on Saturday at 1900 - https://tunein.com/radio/BullsEye-Radio-s116511/ . This station is licensed by BMI-ASCAP, but the broadcast may not be available in certain territories.
The Gene Pitney & Friends Show is broadcast as follows -
https://www.perfectunefm.com/ on Saturday at 2100 (local time Connecticut) - this broadcast is available world-wide as are all of those listed below.
http://www.abcoldiesradio.uk/listen-live/ Monday night into Tuesday morning Midnight until 0100 and 0300 Friday
https://tunein.com/radio/Replay-Radio-Classic-Charts-s287334/ on Sundays at 0900
https://internetradiouk.com/#kalypso-gold Saturday at 0700 and on Wednesdays and Fridays at 2000
http://www.islesfm.com/ at 2100 on Tuesday & 2300 Friday
http://www.westnorfolkradio.co.uk/ on Tuesday at 1500 & Wednesday at 0100
https://tunein.com/radio/Wigan-FM-s154836/ on Saturday at 0700.
You can also hear GENE PITNEY - FROM THE ARCHIVES on Saturday at 1900 on
WIGAN FM and on KALYPSO GOLD on Sundays and Thursdays, too.
I have been in the media business now for more than 50 years starting out with local newspapers in Surrey and then Record Mirror and Music Week, part of the Billboard group. I then joined Pye Records/ATV and Stoll-Moss Theatres at the end of the 60’s. In 1971 I moved to BBC Radios 1 & 2 in the early 70’s and then worked for Radio Luxembourg/Atlantic 252 in a management capacity and then ran local commercial stations in Glasgow, London and the Isles of Man and Lewis. My programme is currently broadcast by a mix of FM and internet stations and I am now Chairman of Isles FM and a Board consultant to another. In 2002 we had a world exclusive on Frank Sinatra on Isles FM - see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1790935.stm
