2026-01-17

JP's Golden Years - Edition 280 - Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

  

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 from 1700 - 1900 hours CET (1600 - 1800 hours UKT) via South Norfolk Radio in the United Kingdom - click here to listen.  The show airs also on other stations. The detailed schedule is below.  But also a copy of the show will also be available on this website and uploaded to the the Radio International PODCAST server.

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Programme Segments are:

  • The Mad Half Hour to get you into the mood for the music of our life
  • The Best of Europop
  • A TV Theme Tune or Radio Theme Tune to remember
  • The UK Top 20 Best-Selling Singles of Jan 1957

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Hour 1

1.

Starship 

Nothing's gonna stop us now

Number 1 for 4 weeks in May - Jun 1987


2.

Stepahnie Mills

The Medicine Song

Number 29 in Sep 1984


3.

Art of Noise feat Max Headroom

Paranoimia

Number 12 in Jun 1986


4.

Cameo

Word up

Number 3 in Aug 1986


5.

Etta Cameron 

You Gotta Move

1977


6.

Tones and I

Dance Monkey 

2019 (Hit all over the World)


7.

Katie Melua

Nine Million Bicycles 

Number 5 in Oct 2005

Her best placing in the charts


8.

Norman Petty Trio

Little Black Samba

1960, Radio Veronica - Dutch Pirate Radio Ships

Theme Tune of the Week



The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Jan 1957


9.

Dick James

The Garden of Eden

The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 18 in Jan 1957


10.

Elvis Presley

Blue Moon

The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Nunber 9 in Nov 1956

Number 1 in Apr 1961 (Marcels)

Number 32 in Nov 1980 (Showaddywaddy)

Number 9 in May 1996 (John Alford)


11.

Gary Miller

The Garden of Eden

The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 14 in Jan 1957

Number 27 in Mar 1957 (re-entry)


12.

Lonnie Donegan

Don't you rock me Daddy-O

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 4 in Jan 1957

Number 10 in Jan 1957 (Viper Skiffle Group)


13.

Frankie Laine

A woman in love

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Oct - Nov 1956


14.

Ronnie Hilton

Two different Worlds

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 13 in Nov 1956


15.

Fats Domino

Blueberry Hill

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 26 in Nov 1956

Number 6 in Dec 1956 (re-entry)

Number 34 in Aug 1960 (John Barry Orchestra)


16.

Frankie Laine

Moonlight Gambler

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 13 in Dec 1956

Number 28 in Mar 1957 (re-entry)



Hour 2

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Jan 1957 (ctd)


1.

Elvis Presley

Love me Tender

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 11 in Dec 1956

Number 15 in Nov 1962 (Richard Chamberlain)

Number 32 in Apr 1984 (Roland Rat Superstar)

Title track from Elvis' first film; Love Me Tender.

Based on the poem 'Aura Lee' (1861); originally recorded by the Shelton Brothers (1937). 


2.

Bill Haley and his Comets

Rip it up

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 4 in Nov 1956


3.

Elvis Presley

Hound Dog

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 2 in Sep 1956

Number 14 in Sep 2007 (re-issue)

Originally recorded by Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton (1953). 


4.

Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Cindy oh Cindy

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 5 in Nov 1956 

Number 16 in Nov 1956 (Tony Brent)

Number 26 in Dec 1956 (Vince Martin and the Tarriers)

Number 30 in Feb 1957 (Tony Brent)(re-entry)


5.

Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly

True Love

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 4 in Nov 1956


6.

Frankie Vaughan

The Green Door

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 2 in Nov 1956

Number 2 in Nov 1956 (Frankie Vaughan)

Number 1 in Jul 1981 (Shakin'Stevens)


7.

Pat Boone

Friendly Percussion

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 3 in Nov 1956


8.

Johnnie Ray

Just walkin'in the rain

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 1 for 7 weeks in Nov 1956 - Jan 1957


9.

Malcolm Vaughan

St Therese of the Roses

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 27 in Oct 1956

Number 3 in Nov 1956 (re-entry)


10.

Frankie Vaughan

The Garden of Eden

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Jan 1957


11.

Tommy Steele and the Steelmen

Singing the Blues

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 1 for 1 week in Jan 1957


12.

Guy Mitchell

Singing the Blues

The UK's Bestselling Single of Jan 1957

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Jan - Feb 1957


13.

Maze feat Frankie Beverly

Joy and Pain (The Original)

Number 31 in 1980 (AS Album) in the USA


14.

Donna Allen

Joy and Pain

Number 10 in Jun 1989

 

 

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