JP's Golden Years - Edition 296 - Saturday, 09 May 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 09 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 1956
  
  

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.

Afrika Bambaataa and Family feat UB40

Reckless

Number 17 in Feb 1988

2.

Yello

Oh Yeah

1985

Number 8 in Australia

Number 36 in the USA

Number 47 in Germany

3.

Change

Searching

Number 11 in Sep 1980

4.

Cock Robin

The promise you made

Number 28 in May 1986

5.

Brenda Russell

Piano in the dark

Number 23 in Mar 1988

6.

Pop Tops

Mamy Blue

Number 35 in Oct 1971

7.

Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra

Strangers in the Night

Number 1 for Frank Sinatra in May 1966

From the soundtrack to 'A Man Could Get Killed'. 

Instrumental of the Week

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of May 1956

8.

Perry Como

Juke Box Baby

The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 22 in Apr 1956

9.

Dean Martin

Memories are made of this

The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Feb - Mar 1956

10.

Dave King with the Keynotes

Memories are made of this

The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 5 in Feb 1956

Number 11 in Feb 1967 by Val Doonican

11.

Nat 'King' Cole

Too young to go steady

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 8 in May 1956

12.

Mel Torme

Mountain Greenery

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 15 in Apr 1956

Number 4 in Jul 1956 (re-entry)

13.

Bill Haley and his Comets

See you later Alligator

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 7 in Mar 1956

Number 12 in Sep 1956 (re-entry)

14.

Don Robertson

The Happy Whistler

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 8 in May 1956

Number 22 in Jun 1956 by Cyril Stapleton Orchestra

15.

Dave King and the Keynotes

You can't be true to two

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 11 in Apr 1956

16.

Elvis Presley

Heartbreak Hotel

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 2 in May 1956

Number 23 in Oct 1956 (re-entry)

Number 10 in Jul 1971 (re-issue) / Hound Dog

Original by Carl Perkins (1956)

Hour 2

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of May 1956 (ctd)

1.

Louis Armstrong with his All-Stars

A Theme from "The Threepenny Opera" Mack the knife

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 8 in Apr 1956

2.

Billy May

Main Title Theme from "The Man with the Golden Arm"

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 9 in Apr 1956

3.

The Hilltoppers

Only You

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 3 in Jan 1956

Number 24 in Aug 1956 (re-entry)

4.

David Whitfield

My September Love

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 3 in Apr 1956

Number 25 in Sep 1956

5.

The Dreamweavers

It's almost tomorrow

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 1 for 2 weeks in Mar 1956

Number 12 in Nov 1963 for Mark Wynter

6.

Pat Boone

I'll be home

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 1 for 5 weeks in Jun - Jul 1956

Number 19 in Jan 1957 (re-entry)

7.

Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group

Lost John / Stewball

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 2 in Apr 1956

8.

Kay Starr

Rock and Roll Waltz

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 1 for 1 week in Apr 1956

9.

Teresa Brewer

A Tear fell

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 2 in Apr 1956

10.

Winifred Atwell

The poor people of Paris

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Apr - May 1956

11.

Ronnie Hilton

No other love

The UK's Bestselling Single of May 1956

Number 1 for 6 weeks in May - Jun 1956

12.

A-Ha

Take on me

Number 2 in Sep 1985

13.

A1

Take on me

Number 1 for 1 week in Sep 2000

14.

Whitney Houston

Saving all my love for you

Number 1 for 2 weeks in Dec 1985