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Sharing Retro Sunday memories

Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties

Favourite tracks and a few surprises from the sixties, seventies and eighties

This week Lynyrd Skynyrd; Enya; Jimmy James & The Vagabonds and Sam Brown all feature.

We celebrate birthdays for XTC's Andy Partridge and Booker T. Jones.

Remember the 400th edition of Top of the Pops with a new chart entry back in 1971.

Plus there are anniversaries for Frankie Goes To Hollywood... and the artist formally known as Toby Tyler.

4 hours

Last on

Sun 12 Nov 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • The Album Of The Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 10.
  • Boz Scaggs

    Lido Shuffle

    • COLUMBIA.
  • Bananarama

    Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

    • Bananarama - Greatest Hits.
    • LONDON.
    • 01.
  • City Boy

    5-7-0-5

    • PICKWICK.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Tusk

    • Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

    Jimmy Mack

    • Ready Steady Go! 60s Sounds Of Motown.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 06.
  • Spandau Ballet

    To Cut A Long Story Short

    • GOLD: THE BEST OF SPANDAU BALLET.
    • EMI.
    • 08.
  • Blondie

    Picture This

    • Parallel Lines.
    • CAPITOL.
    • 03.
  • Madness

    Shut Up

    • Divine Madness.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 01.
  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Time Is Tight

    • Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas (s/T).
    • GEFFEN.
    • 05.
  • Rickie Lee Jones

    Chuck E's In Love

    • 100 HITS 70's.
    • DMG.
    • 07.
  • Chris Farlowe

    Out Of Time

    • Sound Of The 60s, Part 2.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 11.
  • Donna Summer

    MacArthur Park

    • Best of Donna Summer.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 01.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Sweet Home Alabama

    • Second Helping.
    • MCA.
    • 01.
  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Very Best Of Sister Sledge 1973-93.
    • RHINO.
    • 01.
  • Erasure

    It Doesn't Have to Be

    • Pop! 20 Greatest Hits.
    • Warner Music UK Ltd.
  • The Supremes

    The Happening

    • Motown, The Hits Collection.
    • HITSVILLE.
    • 02.
  • Cliff Richard

    Devil Woman

    • Cliff Richard Singles Collection.
    • EMI.
    • 01.
  • Champaign

    How 'Bout Us

    • Soul Desire.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 01.
  • Marc Bolan

    The Wizard

    • The Collection.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 1.
  • ABBA

    The Name Of The Game

    • Abba - The Album (2008 Remaster).
    • POLYDOR.
    • 01.
  • Genesis

    That's All

    • Turn It On Again - The Hits.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 01.
  • XTC

    Senses Working Overtime

    • Sound Of Today.
    • ARCADE RECORDS.
    • 13.
  • Enya

    Orinoco Flow

    • Moods.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 01.
  • Glen Campbell

    Wichita Lineman

    • Country Moods.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 16.
  • Hugo Montenegro

    The Good The Bad & The Ugly

    • Premier Coll'n Of Instrumental Hits V.
    • KENWEST.
    • 01.
  • Joe Walsh

    Life's Been Good

    • COLUMBIA.
  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • ELEKTRA.
  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Nights In Heaven.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 04.
  • Helen Reddy

    Angie Baby

    • Top 10 Hits Of The Seventies.
    • EMI.
    • 01.
  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell (Part Two)

    • The Power & The Glory.
    • PHONOGRAM.
    • 01.
  • Tami Lynn

    I'm Gonna Run Away From You

    • Soul Survivors.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 01.
  • The Beach Boys

    California Girls

    • Beach Boys 20 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers Band

    Buffalo Soldier

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 01.
  • Jimmy James & the Vagabonds

    I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me

    • Sound Of The 70s Part 2.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 08.
  • Princess

    Say I'm Your Number One

    • Hit Factory: Pete Waterman's... (Var).
    • UNIVERSAL MUSIC TV.
    • 01.
  • John Kongos

    Tokoloshe Man

    • Kongos.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 1.
  • Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    • Billy Joel's Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.
    • 01.
  • Dusty Springfield

    I Only Want To Be With You

    • And The Beat Goes On, Vol.1.
    • DEBUTANTE.
    • 01.
  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    • Now That's What I Call Music 13.
    • NOW.
    • 01.
  • Lindisfarne

    Run For Home

    • Rediscover The 70s & 80s.
    • OLD GOLD.
    • 17.
  • Hot Chocolate

    So You Win Again

    • Very Best Of Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 06.
  • Bucks Fizz

    My Camera Never Lies

    • Bucks Fizz - The Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 01.
  • The Foundations

    Baby Now That I've Found You

    • Hit Love Songs Of The 60s.
    • PICKWICK.
    • 18.
  • Marshall Hain

    Dancing In The City

    • The Rock Collection Volume 3.
    • BOOTS.
    • 01.
  • Brian Hyland

    Sealed With a Kiss

    • Rock & Roll.
    • PICKWICK.
    • 07.
  • Paul Young

    Love Of The Common People

    • From Time To Time, Singles Collection.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 01.
  • Janet Kay

    Silly Games

    • FANTASTIC 70's.
    • SONY MUSIC TV/COLUMBIA.
    • 17.
  • F.R. David

    Words

    • You Are So Beautiful, Vol.1.
    • ARCADE RECORDS.
    • 05.
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

    • SCHOOL REUNION: THE PARTY.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 09.
  • Carpenters

    Only Yesterday

    • Carpenters Gold.
    • A&M.
    • 01.
  • Double

    Captain Of Her Heart

    • The Love Cd.
    • TELSTAR.
    • 09.
  • Small Faces

    Itchycoo Park

    • Heartbeat 2.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 10.
  • Sweet

    Love Is Like Oxygen

    • SWEET ORIGINALS.
    • RCA.
    • 01.
  • Sam Brown

    Stop

    • All Women 2 (compilation).
    • QUALITY TELEVISION.
    • 01.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Nov 2023 14:00
  • Sun 12 Nov 2023 16:00