Listen :
Availability:
Sorry, this programme is not available to listen again . (why?)
Last broadcast on Sat, 16 Jan 2010, 08:05 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
Brian Matthew presents the programme for all fans of the music of the 1960s.
With facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities, instrumentals and album tracks, the selection sweeps right across the most important decade for popular music from beginning to end. Weekly features include: The A-Z of The Beatles which works its way through their entire catalogue playing every one of their recordings and reaches 'What Goes On'; 'The One Before The Hit' and 'The EP Collection' looking at the 4-track vinyl releases which featured in the dedicated EP charts - this week Billy Fury. Including records by The Temptations, The Animals, Gene Pitney, Freddie Cannon, Lonnie Mack, Bob Dylan and a tribute to the late Clinton Ford.
Sounds Of The Sixties began in 1983 and Brian has been at helm since 1990, bringing to the programme his distinctive voice and unmatchable experience of sixties pop shows.
Music played
-
The Allisons — Are You Sure
25 Years Of Rock'N'Roll, - 1961 -
Freddy Cannon — Buzz Buzz a Diddle It
The Best Of Freddy Boom Boom Cannon, Rhino -
The Temptations
— I Could Never Love Another (After Loving -
Bob Dylan
— Lay Lady LayThe Best Of Bob Dylan, COLUMBIA -
The Ian Campbell Folk Group — The Times They Are A Changin'
The Songs Of Bob Dylan, SEQUEL -
The One Before The Hit
-
Kathy Kirby — Big Man
More Rarities & Lipgloss!, EMI
-
-
Kathy Kirby — Dance On
The Complete Collection, Spectrum -
Small Faces
— I Can't Make ItThe Very Best Of The Small Faces, METRO -
The Animals
— You're On My MindDon't Bring Me Down, Castle -
Youngblood — The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
Brumbeat - The Story Of the 60s Midlands Sanctuary -
A-Z Of the Beatles
-
The Beatles
— What Goes OnRubber Soul, EMI
-
-
Desmond Dekker
— IsraelitesDancing On Sunshine, VIRGIN/POLYGRAM TV -
Playing Hard To Get
-
Gerry & The Pacemakers
— It's Gonna Be AlrightA's B's & Eps, EMI
-
-
Jimmy Breedlove — You're Following Me
Rare Bacharach - The Early Years, Songwriter Masters -
Patty Michaels — Mrs Johnny
The Girls of Hideaway Heaven Vol 3, Columbia -
Mac Kissoon — 1000 Ways Of Loving You
Rare Mod Vol 2, Acid Jazz -
Lonnie Mack — Wham!
Crusin Instrumentals, ACE -
News
-
Cliff Richard
— It'll Be MeThe Hit List, EMI
-
-
Four Tops
— I'll Turn To StoneSoul Legends, Universal -
Clinton Ford — Run To the Door
Run To The Door: The Pye Anthology, Castle -
Manfred Mann
— Pretty FlamingoThe Greatest Hits Of 1966, PREMIER -
EP Corner
-
Billy Fury
— Keep AwayThe Ep Collection, SEE FOR MILES
-
-
The Radiants — Father Knows Best
Birth of Soul, Kent -
The Move
— Blackberry WayThe Best Of The Move, MUSIC CLUB -
Gene Pitney
— Cara MiaSings Great Ballads, Castle -
The Turtles
— She'd Rather Be With MeMillion Sellers Vol.12 - The Sixtie, Disky -
Three In A Row
-
Brenda Lee — The Grass is Greener
Anthology 1956-1980, MCA
-
-
Connie Francis — Second Hand Love
Who's Sorry Now, Spectrum -
Dionne Warwick
— You'Ve Lost That Lovin' FeelinThe Definitive Dionne Warwick Collection Warner -
The Avons — Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat
The Hits Of 1960, (Various Artists) -
The Brand — I'm A Lover Not A Fighter
Maximum R&B Doin' The Mod Vol.3, SANCTUARY -
Jackie De Shannon — Ain't That Love Enough
You Won't Forget Me, Kent -
The Scaffold
— 2 Day's MondayThe Best Of ....., EMI -
Cilla Black
— Love's Just A Broken HeartThe Hits Of 1966, MFP -
The Glass Family — House Of Glass
Nuggets, Rhino -
The Shadows
— Foot TapperAt Their Very Best, POLYDOR
Broadcast
-
Sat 16 Jan 201008:05
~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~23~RS~){kind=small}