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30/06/2012

Duration:: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast:: Saturday 30 June 2012

This week we feature requests from Chubby Checker, Lee Diamond & The Cherokees, Elvis, Sam Cooke, Fleetwood Mac and The Ohio Express.

And there are big hits from The Beach Boys, Manfred Mann, The Beatles, The Who, Aretha, Wilson Pickett and the great Pete & Dud close the show with their scatty jazz version of 'Goodbye'.

However, for real music fans everywhere there's a track from Tony Blackburn. He had a couple of hits in the Sixties (not exactly chart toppers) so there's no reason why we shouldn't all suffer together!

Connie Francis Robot Man
The Singles Collection, Polygram, +2
The Fortunes Is It Really Worth Your While
You’ve Got Your Troubles, Deram, 820 920-2
Request
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Tears Of A Clown
  The Tracks Of My Tears, Tamla Motown, 530 794 – 2
The BBC Sessions
- Family I Sing ‘Um The Way I Feel
  Family, Hux, HUX057
Fontella Bass Safe and Sound
The Very Best Of Fontella Bass, Chess, 983 521-2
Roy Orbison Borne On The Wind
Roy Orbison, Monument, 741555 2
Request
- Ohio Express Chewy Chewy
  The Best Of…, Buddah Records, 74465 998002
Loose Connections
- The Beatles with Billy Preston Get Back
  1, Apple, 7243 5 29970 2 2
- The Who Substitute
  Then & Now, Polydor, 1732918
- Small Faces Here Comes The Nice
  The Small Faces, Castle Communications, CCSCD 108
Gerry & The Pacemakers I’ll Be There
Best Of The Sixites, Disky, SI 250732
Playing Hard To Get
- Love Sculpture River To Another Day
  Blues Helping, Esoteric Records, ECLEC 2015
Tony Blackburn Blessed Are The Lonely
Blessed Are The Lonely, Polydor, 56360
Manfred Mann Ragamuffin Man
The Very Best Of The Fontana Years, Spectrum, 552 375-2
Request
- Sam Cooke Change Is Gonna Come
  Portrait Of A Legend, ABKCO, 0602498074466
- Fleetwood Mac Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
  The Collection, Castle Communications, CCSCD 157
The Beach Boys I Can Hear Music
The Very Best Of The Beach Boys, EMI, 7243 5 32615 2 8
Anita Harris The Playground
The Playground, CBS, 2991
Request
- Elvis Presley I Feel So Bad
  Hit Story, RCA, 82876739352
The Parade Sunshine Girl
San Francisco Daze: 18 American Psychedelic Classics, Debutante, 553 672-2
Answers & Sequels
- Ben E. King I’m Standing By
  Seven Letters, ATCO, 33-174
David Garrick Dear Mrs Applebee
200 Fab Sixties Favourites, Castle Pulse, PBXCD900X/3
Roy Young & The Hunters Plenty of Love
Rock ‘Em Young, Angel Air, SJPCD399
Request
- Lee Diamond & The Cherokees I’ll Step Down
  I’ll Step Down, Fontana, 267152TF
Wilson Pickett In The Midnight Hour
The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett, Rhino, 8122-71212-2
Three In A Row
- Captain Beefheart Plastic Factory
  Safe As Milk, BMG, 74321 691752
- Spirit Girl In Your Eye
  Spirit, Repertoire, RES 2323
- Roy Harper Forever
  Sophisticated Beggar, Music Avenue, 250183
Aretha Franklin I Say A Little Prayer
Greatest Hits, Motown, 530 015-2
Billy Fury That’s Love
The Best Of Billy Fury, Decca, 882 963-2
Gene McDaniels It’s A Lonely Town (Lonely Without You)
A Hundred Pounds Of Clay: The Best Of Gene McDaniels, Collectables, COL-5646 S21-18546
Request
- Chubby Checker Everything’s Wrong
  Everything’s Wrong, unknown, unknown
The Searchers When You Walk In The Room
The Pye Anthology: 1963 – 1967, Sequel Records, NNECD 381
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Goodbye-ee
The Essential Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Sound Entertainment, TLCD104
The Shadows Foot Tapper
More Hits!, EMI, 744 744
The Pretenders Don't Get Me Wrong
Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists), Sony Tv/Columbia
Train 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
Cailfornia 37, Sony, 5