JP's Golden Years - Edition 290 - Saturday, 28 Mar 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 28 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 1987
  
  

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.

Modern Talking

Brother Louie

Number 4 in Aug 1986

2.

Paul Young

Come back and stay

Number 4 in Sep 1983

3.

Georgio Moroder feat Paul Engemann

Reach out

1984

The official theme for the Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Number 81 in the US Billboard Hot 100

Number 21 in Swizterland

Charting in the Netherlands

4.

Koreana

Hand in Hand

1988

The official song of the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics

5.

Victor Lazlo

Ansiedad

1990

Number 56 in Germany

Number 18 in Belgium

6.

Marvin Gaye and Artists against Aids Worldwide

What's going on

Number 6 in Nov 2001

7.

James Last Orchestra

Trompeten Muckel

Instrumental Of the Week

1971

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Mar 1987 

8.

Prince

Sign 'o' The Times

The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 10 in Mar 1987

9.

Simply Red

The Right Thing

The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 11 in Feb 1987

10.

Ferry Aid

Let it be

The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Apr 1987

11.

U2

With or without you

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 4 in Mar 1987

12.

Janet Jackson

Let's wait a while

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 3 in Mar 1987

Hour 2

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Mar 1987 (ctd)

1.

Beastie Boys

(You gotta) Fight for your right (to Party)

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 11 in Feb 1987 (Debut Single)

2.

Erasure

It doesn't have to be this way

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 12 in Feb 1987

3.

Bruce Willis

Respect Yourself

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 7 in Mar 1987 

Debut UK hit for Bruce Willis (born on a U.S. base in Idar-Oberstein, Germany on 19 Mar 1955).

This track originally a US no. 12 for The Staple Singers (1971). 

Number 21 in Nov 1984 (Kane Gang)

4.

Al Jarreau

Moonlighting Theme

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 8 in Mar 1987

5.

Level 42

Running in the Family

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 6 in Feb 1987

6.

The Jets

Crush on you

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 5 in Jan 1987

7.

Alison Moyet

Weak in the Presence of Beauty

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 6 in Mar 1987

8.

Man 2 Man meets Man Parrish

Male Stripper

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 4 in Feb 1987

9.

Persy Sledge

When a man loves a woman

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 2 in Feb 1987 (re-issue)

Number 4 in May 1966

10.

Freddie Mercury

The Great Pretender

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 4 in Mar 1987

Number 29 in Feb 1993 (re-issue)

Number 5 in Sep 1956 (Pretenders)

Number 21 in Dec 1956 (Pretenders)(re-entry)

11.

Mental as Anything

Live it up

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 3 in Feb 1987

12.

Jackie Wilson

I get the sweetest feeling

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 3 in Feb 1987 (re-issue)

Number 9 in Jul 1972

Number 25 in May 1975 (re-issue)

13.

Ben E King

Stand by me

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Feb - Mar 1987

Number 27 in Jul 1961

14.

Mel & Kim

Respectable

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 1 for 1 week in Mar 1987

15.

Boy George

Everything I own

The UK's Bestselling Single of Mar 1987

Number 1 for 2 weeks in Mar 1987