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This Week's Guest:
Charles Kennedy
Sunday 26 October
Repeated
Friday 31 October | | |  |
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| Charles's Choice |  | |
Sue Lawley’s castaway this week is the leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy.
Born in Inverness, Charles grew up on a croft near Fort William spending his early life learning how to shear sheep and milk cows on his grandfather’s neighbouring farm. Music was always a big part of life with his father playing the fiddle at home and at local events but Charles’s real passion was astronomy. He saved to buy a three inch refractor telescope from his pocket money inspired by the Apollo Moon Landings and encouraged by the clear Highlands skies.
Politics and current affairs were another early passion. He ran home from school to catch news of the Watergate hearings on television, he was a star of his school’s debating society and one friend recalls how he always dreamed of becoming prime minister.
His first political allegiance was to the Labour Party but at University he switched to the newly formed SDP – eventually taking a seat for them in 1983 General Election at the age of 23. Now twenty years later following various incarnations of the party, the Liberal Democrats hold a record number of seats in the House of Commons and are hoping to become the main party of opposition in Britain today.
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1. 'The Cameron Highlanders'
Performer Ian Kennedy
Composer Trad.
Publisher An Comunn Gardhealach
CD Title Sean or 66 Highland Gold
Track 8
Label An Comunn
Rec No: ACP 12A
2. 'Young Americans'
Performer David Bowie
Composer David Bowie
Publisher Jones Music America
CD Title Best of David Bowie
Track 15
Label EMI
Rec No: 5398212
3. 'Vissi d'arte' from Tosca
Performer Maria Callas with Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Composer Puccini
Publisher EMI
CD Title The Incomparable Callas
Track 6
Label EMI
Rec No: CDM 763182-2
4. 'Fly me to the Moon' (in other words)
Performer Frank Sinatra
Composer Bart Howard
Publisher Bristol Productions
CD Title A Fine Romance - the Love Songs of Frank
Track CD2 track 4
Label Reprise
Rec No: 8122 73589 2/A
5. 'Praise my Soul the King of Heaven'
Performer Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge
Composer Unknown
Publisher Unknown
CD Title The Essential Guide to Music & Hymns for Weddings
Track 4
Label Serin music
Rec No: Available from Serin Music only:- info@wedding.music.co.uk
6. 'Waiting on a Friend'
Performer Rolling Stones
Composer M.Jagger/K Richards
Publisher EMI Music
CD Title No Security
Track 8
Label Virgin
Rec No: CDV 2880
7. 'Nimrod' from Elgar's Enigma Variations
Performer Simon Rattle & the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Composer Elgar
Publisher EMI
CD Title The Soundtrack from the film Crush
Track 11
Label EMI
Rec No: 535786-2
8. 'Dancing in the Moonlight'
Performer Toploader
Composer Sherman Kelly
Publisher Sony Music
CD Title Dancing in the Moonlight
Track 1
Label S2
Rec No: 669985 2
Record: The Cameron Highlanders
Book: Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
Luxury: CD player
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