JP's Golden Years - Edition 287 - Saturday, 07 Mar 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 07 Mar 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 Mar 1954
  
  

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.

Michael Jackson

The way you make me feel

Number 3 in Dec 1987

Number 17 in Apr 2006 (re-issue)

Number 32 in Jul 2009 (re-emergence)

2.

Erasure 

Stop (Crackers International EP)

Number 2 in Dec 1988

3.

Whitney Houston

Love will save the day

Number 10 in May 1988

4.

Roger Whittaker and Des O'Connor

The Skye Boat Song

Number 10 in Nov 1986

5.

Blue Haze

Smoke gets in your eyes

Number 32 in Mar 1972

6.

Jessie Wear

I can get used to this

2026

7.
New Symphonics

A Rocking Affair

Mid 80s - Italy Disco
Theme Tune of the Week - German TV Movie Request Time

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Mar 1954

9.

Ted Heath and his Music

Dragnet

The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 12 in Oct 1953

Number 9 in Nov 1954 (re-entry)

Number 11 in Dec 1953 (re-entry)

Number 11 in Jan 1954 (re-entry)

Number 12 in Feb 1954 (re-entry)

10.

Rosemary Clonney and Jose Ferrer

Man / Woman

The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 7 in Feb 1954 

Double A side with Jose Ferrer's 'Woman (Uh-Huh)'. 

11.

Glenn Miller

Moonlight Serenade

The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 12 in Mar 1954

Number 13 in Jan 1976

12.

Frankie Laine

Granada

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 10 in Mar 1954

Number 9 in Apr 1954 (re-entry)

13.

Bing Crosby

Changing Partners

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 10 in Mar 1954

Number 9 in Apr 1954 (re-entry)

Hour 2

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Mar 1954 (ctd)

1.

Doris Day

Secret Love

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 1 for 9 weeks in Apr - May 1954

2.

Eddie Fisher

Oh my Papa

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 9 in Jan 1954

re-entered three more times in Feb and Mar 1954

3.

Lys Assia

Oh mein Papa

1964

4.

David Whitfield

Rags to Riches

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 12 in Dec 1953

Number 3 in Jan 1954 (re-entry)

5.

Kay Starr

Changing Partners

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Njumber 4 in Mar 1954

6.

Alma Cogan

Bell Bottom Blues

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 4 in Mar 1954

7.

Duke Ellington

Skin Deep

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 7 in Mar 1954

8.

Frenkie Laine

Blowing Wild

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 2 in Jan 1954

9.

Guy Mitchell

Cloud Lucky Seven

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 2 in Dec 1953

10.

David Whitfield

The Book

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 5 in Feb 1954

Number 10 in May 1954 (re-entry)

11.

Dean Martin

That's Amore

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 2 in Jan 1954

12.

Norman Wisdom

Don't laugh at me ('cause I'm a Fool)

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 3 in Feb 1954

13.

Bonnie Lou

Tennessee Wig Walk

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 4 in Feb 1954

14.

Obernkirchen Children's Choir

The Happy Wanderer

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 2 in Jan 1954 

Number 8 in Jul 1954 (re-entry)

15.

Eddie Calvert

Oh Mein Papa

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 1 for 9 weeks Jan - Mar 1954

16.

The Stargazers

I see the Moon

The UK's Bestselling Single of Mar 1954

Number 1 for 6 weeks in Mar - Apr 1954