JP's Golden Years - Edition 236 - Saturday, 15 Mar Jan 2025 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 15 Mar 2025 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 1953
  
  

The Show is available at:

• South Norfolk Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Saturdays 0700 - 0900 hours CET)
• Venture Radio, United Kingdom (Wednesdays 1700 - 1900 hours CET)
  
• Go Go Radio Gibraltar (Wednesdays from 2200 - 2359 hours CET)
  
• Bradley Stoke Radio FM103.4 (Mondays from 2300 - 0100 hours CET)
• Malta's Sunshine Radio Malta's Sunshine Radio
  (Monday to Friday from 1000 - 1200 hours CET and repeated from 1600 - 1800 hours CET)
• on the website of www.radiointernational.tv
• Mixcloud Channel of Radio International
• ILR (Indenpendent Local Radio Network), UK and Tenerife (Sundays 0100 - 0300 hours CET)
  
• PODBEAN, Itunes, Spotify and various PODCAST Channel (see above players)
  

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THE PLAY LIST

Hour 1

1.
Tight Fit
Fantasy Islands
Number 5 in May 1982

2.
Michael Sembello
Maniac (from OST: Flashdance)
1983

3.
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
The way it is
Number 15 in Aug 1986

4.
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Mandolin Rain
Number 70 in 1986

5.
Change
Searching
Number 11 in Sep 1980

6.
Enya
Orinoco Flow
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Oct - Nov 1988

7.
Enya
Only Time
Number 32 in Nov 2000

8.
Loose Ends
Don't be a fool
Number 13 in Aug 1990

9.
Split Enz
I got you
Number 12 in Aug 1980

10.
Hart to Hart Theme Music
(Full Version - The Freeway Mix)
TV Theme of the Week



The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of 1953

11.
Al Martino
Here is my heart
The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of 1953
The First UK Number 1 for 9 weeks in Nov 1952 - Jan 1953

12.
Doris Day and Johnnie Ray
Leg's walk that-a-way
The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 4 in Jul 1953

13.
Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra
Downhearted
The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 3 in May 1953


Hour 2
The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of 1953 - ctd

1.
Lita Roza
(How much is that) Doggie in the window
The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 1 week in Apr 1953

2.
Jo Stafford
You belong to me
The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 1 week in Jan 1953 (second UK's Number 1)

3
Kay Starr
Comes a-long-a-love
The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 1 week in Jan 1953 (third UK's Number 1)

4.
Mario Lanza
Because you're mine
The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 3 in Nov 1952

5.
Muriel Smith
Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me
The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 3 in May 1953

6.
David Whitfield
Answer me
The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 2 weeks in Nov 1953
Number 12 in Jan 1954 (re-entry)
Number 1 for 8 weeks in Nov - Dec 1953 Frankie Laine
Number 9 in Jan 1976 by Barbara Dickson

7.
Ron Goodwin
Terry's Theme (From "Limelight")
The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 3 in May 1953

8.
Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland
I'm walking behind you
The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 1 week in Jun 1953
Number 12 in Jun 1953 by Dorothy Squires

9.
Nat'King'Cole
Pretend
The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 2 in Apr 1953

10.
Frankie Laine
Answer me
The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 8 weeks in Nov - Dec 1953
Number 1 for 2 weeks in Nov 1953 by David Whitfield

11.
Eddie Fisher
Outside Heaven
The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 1 week in Jan 1953

12.
Guy Mitchell
Look at that Girl
The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 6 weeks in Sep - Oct 1953

13.
Perry Como and the Ramblers
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 5 weeks in Feb - Mar 1953

14.
Guy Mitchell
She wears red feathers
The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 4 weeks in Mar - Apr 1953

15.
Mantovani
The Song from the Moulin Rouge
The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 1 week in Aug 1953

16.
Frank Chacksfield
Terry's Theme (Frpm "Limelight")
The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 2 in May 1953

17.
Frankie Laine
I believe
The UK's Bestselling Single of 1953
Number 1 for 18 weeks in Apr - Sep 1953 with interruptions

18.
Pat Boone
A Wonderful Time up There
Number 2 in Apr 1958