For tonight’s show I took you on a journey through the years in music, starting off in the 1940’s and ending up in 2009.

Here is the list of songs that took us on that journey and the year they were a hit in the UK singles chart:

1940’s

• Jon Anderson – Glenn Miller Medley

1950’s

• Bill Haley – Rock Around The Clock (1955)
• Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue (1957)
• Elvis Presley – (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (1957)
• Little Richard – Good Golly Miss Molly (1958)
• Coasters – Yakety Yak (1958)
• Bobby Darin – Dream Lover (1959)

1960’s

• Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack (1961)
• Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963)
• Mary Wells – My Guy (1964)
• Beach Boys – California Girls (1965)
• Wilson Picket – Land Of A Thousand Dances (1966)
• Monkees – I’m A Believer (1967)
• Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (1968)
• Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525 (1969)

1970’s

• Freda Payne – Band Of Gold (1970)
• T.Rex – Hot Love (1971)
• Alice Cooper – Elected (1972)
• Carly Simon – You’re So Vain (1973)
• 10CC – Good Morning Judge (1977)
• Sweet – Love Is Like Oxygen (1978)

1980’s

• Bad Manners – Special Brew (1980)
• Kool & The Gang – Get Down On It (1981)
• Toni Basil – Mickey (1982)
• Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (1985)
• S-Express – Superfly Guy (1988)

1990’s

• Beats International – Dub Be Good To Me (1990)
• Shanice – I Love Your Smile (1992)
• Prince – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (1994)
• Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans – I’ll Be Missing You (1997)
• All Saints – Never Ever (1998)

2000’s

• Sisqo – Thong Song (2000)
• Dj Otzi – Hey Baby (2001)
• Natasha Bedingfield – These Words (2005)
• Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling (2009)