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24/09/2011

Duration:: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast:: Saturday 24 September 2011

Tracks this week include: Tommy Quickly, Jose Feliciano, The Animals, Jeannie C Riley, Pet Clark, Marvin Gaye, Little Milton, Millie Small, Lenny Welch and a Double-A-Side USA from Chubby Checker. There is also the B side of the Beatles' From Me To You - but what was that?

The Sixties Chronicles looks back at events this week during the decade and marks the deaths of Harpo Marx, Sylvia Pankhurst and Billy Smart; there's a new tv series called Stranger On The Shore (and its theme tune), BBC TV invents the spinning globe as its symbol, The Prisoner begins an enigmatic run on television, a cartoon series featuring the Beatles (though not their voices) starts on American television and nudity comes to the London stage as the Lord Chamberlain's office loses its censorship role.

Johnny Burnette You’re Sixteen
25 Greatest Hits, EMI Gold, 7243 5 71445 2 0
Tommy Quickly & the Remo Four Wild Side Of Love
200 Fab Sixties Favourites, Castle Pulse, PBXCD900X/10
The Beatles Thank You Girl
From Me To You Single, Apple Corps/Parlophone, CDR 5015
José Feliciano Rain
The Best Of Jose Feliciano, BMG, ND 89561
Double 'A' Side U.S.A.
- Chubby Checker Popeye (The Hitchhiker)
  The Best Of Chubby Checker, ABKCO Records, 18771-92252
Chubby Checker Limbo Rock
The Best Of Chubby Checker, ABKCO Records, 18771-92252
The Animals Baby Let Me Take You Home
Hits & Rarities, Disky Communications, SI 901609
Simon & Garfunkel Patterns
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, Columbia, LC 00162
Roy Orbison Oh Pretty Woman
Golden Days, Monument, 471555 2
Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore
Hits with Strings and Things, Ace Records, CDCHD 1210
The Beach Boys I Get Around
Sights and Sounds of Summer, Capitol, 72435-77694-0-2
The Rascals How Can I Be Sure
The Very Best Of, Rhino, R2 71277
Jeannie C. Riley Harper Valley P.T.A
The Very Best Of, Varese Sarabande, 302 066 343 2
The Kinks David Watts
Something Else, Sanctuary Records, SMRCD029
Tony Allen There’s Always the First Time
The UK Teen Sound Rarities, A Rare Rockin’ Records Production, RRR 1015
Chad & Jeremy Yesterday’s Gone
A Summer Song, El Records, ACMEM55CD
Elvis Presley Rubberneckin’
Suspicious Minds – The Memphis 1969 Anthology, RCA, 07863 67677 2
Playing Hard To Get
- Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra Route 66
  All Time Top T.V. Themes, Vocalion, CDLK 4366
Petula Clark My Love
The Ultimate Collection, Sanctuary Records, SANDD111
Double Feature Handbags and Gladrags
Handbags and Gladrags 7” Single, Deram, 45-DEM-85025
Marvin Gaye How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
the Love Collection, Universal, 9838401
The Rolling Stones Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadow
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in the Shadow Single, ABKCO Records, 0602498209929
I Write The Songs
- Pino Donaggio Io Che Non Vivo Senza Te
  You Heard It Here First Vol.2, Ace Records, CDCHD 1250
Dusty Springfield Losing You
The Look of Love, Universal Music TV, 9816495
Little Milton Who’s Cheating Who
Chess Chartbusters Vol.5, Chess/Spectrum Music, 531 354-3
Millie Chilly Kisses
My Boy Lollipop, Spectrum Music, SPEC2030
Glen Campbell Witchita Lineman
Southern Nights – His Greatest Hits, Woodford Music, WM 860012
Three In A Row
- Jimmy Hughes Steal Away
  Steal Away – The Early Fame Recordings, Kent Soul/Ace Records, CDKEND 324
Shorty Long Function at the Junction
Tamla Motown – Big Hits & Hard to Find Classics, Spectru Music, 544 273-2
Georgie Fame Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
Mod Classics: 1964-1966, Ace Records, CDBGPD 206
Bobby Darin You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby
Splish Splash – The Best Of Bobby Darin Vol.1, Atco, 7567-91794-2
Betty Harris Cry To Me
Radio Gold 4, Ace Records, CDCHD 810
Del Shannon The Swiss Maid
The Best Of, Repertoire Records, REP 4828-WG
Lenny Welch Since I Fell For You
A Taste of Honey, Ace Records, CDCHD 1139
The Creation Painter Man
We Are Paintermen, Repertoire Records, REP 4735-WY
The Shadows Foot Tapper
More Hits!, EMI, 744744