JP's Golden Years - Edition 279 - Saturday, 10 Jan 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

  

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 10 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 1969
  
  

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• 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
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• ILR (Indenpendent Local Radio Network), UK and Tenerife (Sundays 0100 - 0300 hours CET)
  
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THE PLAY LIST

Hour 1

1.

Starship

We built this city

Number 12 in Nov 1985

2.

Duran Duran

Girls on Film

Number 5 in Jul 1981

3.

Eurythmics

Sweet Dreams (are made of this)

Number 2 in Feb 1983

The first single by Eurythmics

4.

George Benson

In Your Eyes

Number 7 in Sep 1983

5.

Control

Dance with me

Number 17 in Nov 1991

6.

Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keely (with The St Thomas More School Choir)

If I Had Words

Number 3 in Jan 1978

Used in the movie "Babe"

7.

LUV

My Man

1977

Best of Europop

8.

George Benson

Breezin'

1976  - - Album "Breezin'"

Instrumental / Theme Tune of the Week

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Jan 1969 

9.

Tom Jones

A Minute of your Time

The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 14 in Nov 1968

10.

GUN

Race with the devil

The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 8 in Nov 1968

11.

Hugo Montenegro

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

The UK's 18h Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Nov - Dec 1968

12.

Lulu

I'm a Tiger

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 9 in Nov 1968

13.

Diana Ross and the Supremes

Love Child

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 15 in Nov 1968

Hour 2

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Jan 1969 (ctd)

1.

Edwin Starr

Stop her on Sight (SOS) / Headline News

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 11 in Dec 1968 (re-issue)

Number 35 in May 1966

2.

Des O'Connor

1-2-3 O'Leary

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 4 in Nov 1968

3.

Manfred Mann

Fox on the run

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 5 in Dec 1968

Number 2 in Mar 1975 by the Sweet

4.

Dusty Springfield

Son of a Preacher Man

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 9 in Dec 1968

5.

Nina Simone

Ain't got no (/ I got Life / Do what you gotta do)

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 2 in Oct 1968

Number 30 in May 2006 (re-issue)

6.

Judy Clay and William Bell

Private Number

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 8 in Nov 1968

7.

Love Sculpture

Sabre Dance

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 5 in Nov 1968

8.

The Move

Blackberry Way

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 1 for 1 week in Feb 1969

9.

Hermann's Hermits

Something's Happening

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 6 in Dec 1968

10.

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

I'm the Urban Spaceman

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 5 in Nov 1968

11.

Stevie Woner

For once in my life

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 3 in Dec 1968

12.

Foundations

Build me up Buttercup

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 2 in Nov 1968

13.

The Scaffold

Lily the Pink

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Dec 1968 - Jan 1969

14.

Fleetwood Mac

Albatross

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 1 for 1 week in Feb 1969

15.

Marmalade

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

The UK's Bestselling Single of Jan 1969

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Jan 1969

16.

Scott Fitzgerald

Go

Eurovision 1988, United Kingdom, Number 2