JP's Golden Years - Edition 295 - Saturday, 02 May 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

  

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 02 May 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 May 1989
  
  

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.

Big Audio Dynamite

E=MC2

Number 11 in Mar 1986

2.

Terri Wells

You make it happen

Number 53 in 1983

3.

Terri Wells

I'll be around

Number 17 in May 1984

4.

Detroit Spinners

I'll be around

Number 1 in the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles

Number 1 in the US Cashbox Top 100

Number 3 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972

Number 61 in the Year EndChart of Canada

5.

Sister Sledge

American Girls

Number 13 in the US R&B Charts in 1981

Number 42 in the US Hot 100 Charts

Number 31 in the Netherlands

6.

Huey Lewis and the News

Stuck with you

Number 12 in Aug 1986

7.

Young-Holt Unlimited 

Soulful Strut 

1969

Theme Tune of the Week

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of May 1989

8.

Poison

Your mama don't dance

The UK 20th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 13 in Apr 1989

9.

Cappella

Helyom Halib

The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 11 in May 1989

10.

Bobby Brown

Every little step

The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 6 in May 1989

Number 25 in Feb 1996 (remix)

11.

Neneh Cherry 

Manchild

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 5 in May 1989

12.

Debbie Gibson

Electric Youth

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 14 in Aug 1989

Hour 2

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of May 1989 (ctd)

1.

Lynne Hamilton

On the inside

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 3 in Apr 1989

2.

Beatmasters with Merlin

Who's in the House

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 8 in Apr 1989

3.

Holly Johnson

Americanos

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 4 in Apr 1989

4.

Simply Red

If you don't know me by now

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 2 in Apr 1989

Number 9 in jan 1974 by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes

5.

Roxette

The Look

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 7 in Apr 1989

Number 28 in Nov 1995 (remix)

6.

Chaka Khan

I'm every woman (remix)

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 8 in May 1989

Number 11 in Dec 1978

Number 4 in Feb 1993 by whitney Houston 

(Jeanie Tracy of The Weather Girls performs backing vocals on Whitney's version. From the soundtrack to the film 'The Bodyguard').

7.

Transvision Vamp

Baby I don't care

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 3 in Apr 1989

8.

Midnight Oil

Beds are burning

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 6 in Mar 1989

9.

Queen

I want it all

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 3 in May 1989

10.

Edelweiss

Bring me Edelweiss

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 5 in Apr 1989

11.

London Boys

Requiem

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 4 in Apr 1989

12.

Bangles

Eternal Flame

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Apr - May 1989

13.

Natalie Cole

Miss you like crazy

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 2 in Apr 1989

14.

Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman

Ferry cross the Mersey

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 1 for 3 weeks in May - Jun 1989

15.

Kylie Minogue

Hand on your heart

The UK's Bestselling Single of May 1989

Number 1 for 1 week in May 1989