Tonight Jonty was back from holiday. The playlist was changed as I played a track by Joe Stilgoe, a surprising version of The Doors, People are strange. Jonty had never heard of The Doors. So we had Hello, I love you by The Doors. We also had a track from 2013 by Petual Clark. Jonty had never heard of her, so we had Downtown. We had a number of requests tonight that meant we were even wider in genre than usual, if that is possible! We heard that today is International Orang-utan Day, to draw attention to the plight of Orang-utans in the wild. Massimo Bottura runs the renowned Osteria Francesca restaurant in Modena, Italy. He decided there was a problem with wasted food at the Olympics. So he has set up a restaurant to use left over food to make meals for homeless people. This restaurant will continue in Rio when the Olympics end. What a great story.
Tonight’s playlist.
Miles Davis – Summertime
Seals and Croft – Summer breeze
Rick Astley – I like the sun
Joe Stilgoe – People are strange
The Doors – Hello, I love you
Ralph McTell – Streets of London – requested by Phyl
Petula Clark – Cut, copy me
Petula Clark – Downtown
Dion Dimucci – Sweet Surrender
Labi Siffre – It must be love
J.P. Taylor – Faces in the forest – for International Orang-utan day
Dust Springfield – Don’t forget about me – from Dusty in Memphis
Bing Crosby – Thanks for the memory – for Michael in Colchester Hospital
The theme from the Prisoner TV series 1967/8
Gregory Porter – Dream Day
Fairport Convention – Now be thankful – requested by Jackie
The Shires – Beat to the rhythm – from the new Phoenix98FM A list
MonaLisa Twins – While my guitar gently weeps
Elvis Presley – Bitter they are, the harder they fall
Marvin Gaye – Abraham, Martin & John
Dan + Shay – From the ground up
Brad Paisley – Beat the summer
Alison Krauss – Stay
Charles Keeley – Lovely girl
The Zombies – This will be our year
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Lucky man
George Martin – Theme One
Join me next week when I am joined by three teenagers from Ingatestone who are skydiving to raise money for Kids Inspire.
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