JP's Golden Years - Edition 311 - Saturday, 22 Aug 2026 - PODCAST AVAILABLE NOW

 

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This week's edition of the show aired on Saturday, 22 Aug 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 Aug 1982
  
  

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.

Thompson Twins

King for a day

Number 22 in Oct 1985

2.

Bonnie Tyler

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Number 1 for 2 weeks in Mar 1983

Number 5 in Feb 1995 for Nicki French

3.

Nicki French

Total eclipse of the heart

Number 5 in Feb 1995

4.

Pointer Sisters

Goldmine

Number 78 in Nov 1986

5.

Dante Thomas featuring Pras 

Miss California

Number 25 in Sep 2001

6.

Percy Faith

Lara's Theme

Somewhere my love

"Lara's Theme" is the name given to a leitmotif written for the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago by composer Maurice Jarre. Soon afterward, the leitmotif became the basis of the song "Somewhere, My Love".[1] Numerous versions, both orchestral and vocal, have been recorded; among the most popular was the version by Ray Conniff Singers.

7.

Ray Conniff Singers

Somewhere, my love (Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago)

1966

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Aug 1982

8.

Japan

I second that emotion

The UK's 20th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 9 in Jul 1982

9.

Kool and the Gang

Big Fun

The UK's 19th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 14 in Aug 1982

10.

Trio

Da Da Da

The UK's 18th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 2 in Jul 1982

11.

Bananarama

Shy Boy

The UK's 17th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 4 in Jul 1982

12.

The Kids from Fame feat Valerie Landsberg

Hi Fidelity

The UK's 16th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 5 in Aug 1982

13.

Toto Coelo

I eat Cannibals (Part 1)

The UK's 15th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 8 in Aug 1982

13.

The Belle Stars

The Clapping Song

The UK's 14th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 11 in Jul 1981

Hour 2

The UK Top 20 Selling Songs of Aug 1982

1.

Haysi Fantayzee

John Wayne is Big Leggy

The UK's 13th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 11 in Jul 1982

2.

Bad Manners

My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop)

The UK's 12th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 9 in Jul 1982

Their Final of nine singles

3.

Duran Duran

Save a Prayer

The UK's 11th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 2 in Aug 1982

4.

Soft Cell

What

The UK's 10th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 3 in Aug 1982

5.

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Stool Pigeon

The UK's 9th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 7 in Jul 1982

6.

The Stranglers

Strange Little Girl

The UK's 8th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 7 in Jul 1982

7.

Boys Town Gang

Can't take my eyes off you

The UK's 7th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 4 in Jul 1982

Originally a US no. 2 (sold a million in the USA) for Frankie Valli in 1967.

In the UK it was first a hit for Andy Williams in 1968. 

Number 5 in Mar 1968 (By Andy Willimas)

Number 23 in Jun 2002 (by Andy Williams and Denise van Outen)

8.

Madness

Driving in my car

The UK's 6th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 4 in Jul 1982

9.

Hot Chocolate

It started with a kiss

The UK's 5th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 5 in Jul 1982

Number 31 in Mar 1993 (re-issue)

Number 18 in Feb 1998 (re-issue)

10.

Yazoo

Don't go

The UK's 4th Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 3 in Jul 1982

11.

Irene Cara

Fame

The UK's 3rd Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 1 for 3 weeks in Jul - Aug 1982

The UK's 505th Number 1

12.

Survivor

Eye of the Tiger

The UK's 2nd Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Sep - Oct 1982

The UK's 507th Number 1

13.

Dexy's Midnight Runners with the Emerald Express

Come on Eileen

The UK's Bestselling Single of Aug 1982

Number 1 for 4 weeks in Aug - Sep 1982

The UK's 506th Number 1