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Last broadcast on Sat, 28 Aug 2010, 20:00 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
This week's show reflects Radio 2's Bee Gees Bank Holiday, with tracks from the Bee Gees' four best selling albums in the USA - Saturday Night Fever, Spirits Having Flown, Bee Gees Greatest and the Staying Alive soundtrack LP.
In the regular feature A Matter Of Life And Death, Paul marks the forthcoming birthday on 1st September of Barry Gibb by playing his Top Ten duet with Barbra Streisand - What Kind Of Fool. The Bee Gees' US Number One on this date in 1971 - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - will also be heard. And the weekly feature, It's Not The Same Old Song, features Words by the Bee Gees and the similarly titled hit by the Monkees.
Paul also highlights two big American hit singles for the group that were not successful in the UK - I Started A Joke and Nights On Broadway - and finds a topical reason for playing (The Lights Went Out In) Massachusetts at the beginning of the programme.
Music played
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Bee Gees
— (The Lights Went Out In) MASSACHUSETTSToday: a total eclipse of the moon was visible from the West Coast of America
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Zac Brown Band — AS SHE’S WALKING AWAY (featuring Alan Jackson)
New Entry
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Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas — Wouldn’t Change A Thing
New Entry at Number Three in the Album Chart: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
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Bee Gees
— Someone Belonging To Someone
The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 4: Staying Alive soundtrack album (1983)
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Mike Posner
— Please Don’t GoNew Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: 31 Minutes To Takeoff
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Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb — What Kind Of Fool
Born on 1st September 1946: Barry Gibb
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Ray, Goodman & Brown — Special Lady
Born March 30th 1943; died July 26th, 2010: Al Goodman - - bass vocalist with The Moments and Ray, Goodman & Brown
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Blake Shelton — All About Tonight
New Entry in the Top Ten of the Album Chart: All About Tonight EP & Number One Country Airplay
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Gerald Levert
— CasanovaR&B Number One this date in 1987
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Fantasia — Bittersweet
Adult R&B Number One - NEW
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Nigel Godrich, Jason Falkner & Justin Meldal-Johnsen — Bass Battle
Top Thirty Album: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World soundtrack album
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The Monkees
— WordsIt’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Eleven in 1967
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Bee Gees
— Words
It’s Not The Same Old Song: Number Fifteen in 1968
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Eddie Vedder
— Better DaysTop Thirty Album: Eat Pray Love soundtrack album
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Bee Gees
— (Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away
The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 3: Bee Gees Greatest (1979)
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Katy Perry
— Teenage DreamTop Three
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Bee Gees
— I Started A Joke
A Bee Gees hit only in America: Number Six in 1969
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Bee Gees — Nights On Broadway
A Bee Gees hit only in America: Number Seven in 1975
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Lonestar
— What About NowCountry Number One this date in 2000
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Taylor Swift
— MineCurrent Country Number One - second week
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Bee Gees
— Spirits (Having Flown)
The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 2: Spirits Having Flown (1979)
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Soundgarden
— Black Hole SunRock Number One this date in 1994 Segue
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Cage the Elephant
— IN ONE EAR (Super Clean Edit)Current Rock Number One - fourth week
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Bee Gees
— Stayin’ Alive
The Bee Gees’ Top American Albums: 1: Saturday Night Fever soundtrack album (1977)
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Arcade Fire
— Ready To StartNumber One in the Internet Album Chart: The Suburbs
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Edwin Starr
— WarNumber One this date in 1970
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Bee Gees
— How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
Number One this date in 1971
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Eminem featuring Rihanna — Love The Way You Lie
Current Number One: seventh week
Broadcast
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Sat 28 Aug 201020:00
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