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Great music from the decade that had everything

Great music from the decade that had everything.

All the hits and more from the decade that had everything. We hear classic songs by some of the greatest names ever to go into the recording studio and the stories of how the songs and recordings came to be along with an insight into the lives of the stars who made them. So with great voices, great songs the unique sound of Doo Wop, the emergence of Soul, the arrival of Rock and Roll and some of the most enduring musicals of all time from Hollywood and Broadway, what's not to like?

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Fri 2 Dec 2016 19:00
主播大秀 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • The Big Bopper

    Chantilly Lace

    • 1958 British Hit Parade Part 2: June - December CD4.
    • Acrobat.
    • 25.

  • Little Richard

    Tutti Frutti

    • Billboard Top R&B Hits - 1956.
    • Sanctuary Records Group.
    • 9.

  • Perry Como

    Catch A Falling Star

    • Perry Como: 20 Greatest Hits.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 3.

  • Jane Morgan

    The Day The Rains Came

    • 16 Original World Hits Of The '50s.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 3.

  • The Teenagers

    I Want You To Be My Girl

    • Why Do Fools Fall In Love.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 4.

  • Tommy Steele and the Steelmen

    Butterfly

    • The Decca Years 1956-1963 CD1.
    • Decca Music Group Limited.
    • 13.

  • Etta James

    Good Rockin' Daddy

    • Roll With Me Henry / Good Rockin' Daddy.
    • Kent.
    • 4.

  • Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson

    Love Is Here To Stay

    • Ella and Louis Again.

  • Louis Jordan

    Caldonia

    • Roots Of Rock: 1945-1956.
    • 3.

  • Doris Day

    Bewitched

    • Doris Day: The Hit Singles Collection.
    • Columbia.
    • 25.

  • Mickey & Sylvia

    Love Is Strange

    • Billboard Top R&B Hits - 1957.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Guy Mitchell

    Look At That Girl

    • The Number 1s Collection.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 3.

  • James Brown

    I'll Go Crazy

    • And I Write The Songs CD2.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 17.

  • Bobby Darin

    Some of These Days

    • That's All.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 10.

  • Johnny Burnette & The Rock 鈥檔鈥� Roll Trio

    Train Kept A' Rollin'

    • Great Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets CD2.
    • Just About as good as it gets.
    • 11.

  • Alma Cogan

    Dreamboat

    • 1955 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 4 Part 1 CD2.
    • Acrobat.
    • 25.

  • The Clovers

    Love Potion No 9 (Single Version)

    • The Best Of The Clovers.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Elvis Presley

    Hard Headed Woman

    • Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits - 1958.
    • Rhino Records.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Dec 2016 19:00
    主播大秀 Radio 2