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This Week's Guest:
George Davies
Sunday 11 June
Repeated
Friday 16 June |
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George's Choice |
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the retail legend George Davies.
In the 1980s he changed the shape of our high streets with his chain Next. In the 1990s he made supermarket clothes fashionable with his George range for Asda and in 2001 he launched his Per Una collection in Marks and Spencer - it's credited with helping the store find renewed financial success.
He was brought up in Liverpool and showed early promise as a footballer - he was talent spotted by the legendary Bill Shankly, but wasn't good enough to play at the highest level. Then he nearly became a dentist but, after dropping out of university, found a job with Littlewoods as stock controller in charge of children's ankle socks. From the day he started he says he never looked back - he knew his future lay in retail.
His trick is knowing his market – and he does that by carefully studying the details of how his clothes sell. Each week he analyses sales figures for every garment, in every store up and down the country – the result, he says, is that he not only knows what women like, he knows what they think. |
1. Do You Want to Know a Secret
Performer The Beatles
Composer McCartney/Lennon
Publisher Northern Songs
CD Title Please Please Me
Track 11
Label Parlophone
Rec No: CDP7464352
2. Rock Island Line
Performer Lonnie Donegan
Composer Donegan
Publisher Pye Records
CD Title The Hits of Lonnie Donegan
Track Side 2 trk 1
Label Music for Pleasure
Rec No: MFP 50389
3. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
Performer Frankie Laine
Composer D Tiomkin-N Washington
Publisher CBS
CD Title Hollywood Magic: The 1950's
Track 9
Label Columbia
Rec No: CK44374
4. You'll Never Walk Alone
Performer Gerry and the Pacemakers
Composer Rogers & Hammerstein
Publisher Williams Music
CD Title Bringing On Back the Good Times
Track 17
Label The Collection
Rec No: S001
5. Success
Performer The Weather Girls
Composer P Jabara/B Esty
Publisher Chappell
CD Title Weather Girls:Success
Track 3
Label CBS
Rec No: 25719
6. Money, Money, Money
Performer Abba
Composer Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus
Publisher Union Songs
CD Title Abba: The Singles (the first 10 years)
Track 9
Label Epic
Rec No: Abbacd10
7. Caruso
Performer Luciano Pavarotti
Composer L Dalla
Publisher BMG Music
CD Title The Essential Pavarotti
Track 10
Label Decca
Rec No: 4302102
8. Believe
Performer Cher
Composer Higgins/Barry/Torch/Gray/McLennen/Powell
Publisher Rive Droite Music/Warner Chappell
CD Title Cher:Believe
Track 1
Label WEA
Rec No: WEA 175CD1
Record:You'll Never Walk Alone
Book: A book about learning to paint
Luxury: A Cannondale Bike
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