JP's Golden Years - Edition 239 - Saturday, 05 Apr 2025 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 05 Apr 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 1969
  
  

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.
Pulp
Disco 2000
Number 7 in Dec 1995

2.
Madness
House of Fun
Number 1 for 2 weeks in May 1982

3.
George Benson
Shiver
Number 19 in Nov 1986
His final Top 40 hit

4.
Dazz Band
Let it all blow
Number 12 in Nov 1984

5.
Duran Duran
Planet Earth
Number 12 in Feb 1981

6.
O'Jays
Back Stabbers
Number 14 in Sep 1972

7.
Dionne Warwick
The Love Boat (The Pacific Princess Mix)
TV Theme of the Week


The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of 1969

8.
Fleetwood Mac
Oh Well
The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 2 in Oct 1969

9.
Mary Hopkin
Goodbye
The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 2 in Apr 1969

10.
Thunderclap Newman
Something in the Air
The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Jul 1969

11.
Robin Gibb
Saved by the Bell
The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 2 in Jul 1969

12.
Tommy Roe
Dizzy
The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 1 week in Jun 1969

13.
The Beatles
The Ballad of John and Yoko
The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Jun - Jul 1969


Hour 2
The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of 1969 - ctd

1.
Marmalade
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Jan 1969 (Interrupted)

2.
Elvis Presley
In the Ghetto
The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 2 in Jun 1969 (Written, and first performed, by Mac Davis)
Number 13 in Nov 2007 (re-issue) (Re-issued as part of a series to mark 30 years since Elvis' death)

3.
Zager and Evans
In the Year 2525
The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Aug - Sep 1969

4.
Dean Martin
Gentle on my mind
The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 2 in Feb 1969

5.
Bobbie Gentry
I'll never fall in love again
The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 1 week in Oct 1969

6.
Frank Sinatra
My Way
The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of 1969
The biggest-selling single of 1969. Longest stay on the chart by any single (in six runs). Co-written/originally recorded (in French) by Claude Francois as 'Comme d'habitude'(1968). Paul Anka wrote the English lyrics.
Number 5 in Apr 1969
re-entering charts various times in 1970 and 1971

7.
Fleetwood Mac
Albatross
The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 1 week in Feb 1969

8.
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Bad Moon Rising
The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Sep - Oct 1969

9.
Marvin Gaye
I heard it through the Grapevine
The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 3 weeks in Mar - Apr 1969

10.
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
Je t'aime ...moi non plus
The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 1 week in Oct 1969

11.
Peter Sarstedt
Where do you go to (My Lovely)
The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 4 weeks in Mar 1969

12.
The Rolling Stones
Honky Tonk Women
The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 5 weeks in Jul - Aug 1969

13.
Beatles with Billy Preston
Get Back
The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 6 weeks in Apr - Jun 1969

14.
Archies
Sugar Sugar
The UK's Bestselling Single of 1969
Number 1 for 8 weeks in Oct - Dec 1969

15.
Boyzone
Picture of You
Number 2 in Aug 1997