
All my studio guests choose three music tracks. A selection of these tracks comprise most of today’s playlist. We also had an exclusive track recorded by Ollie Lincoln, former Brentwood resident and member of the band ECHO. Full recordings of all the referenced shows can be found on the website under my name, Patrick Sherring.
Playlist
Lauren Diagle – Valuable – track from my Presenter Pick album of the year, Lauren’s self-titled album.
Joby Fox – Falling – my Presenter Pick track of the year. https://www.jobyfox.com
Fleetwood Mac – Gold dust woman – My first guest of the year was Nicholas Henshaw, at the time Dean of Chelmsford Cathedral. He told us he had always loved the album Rumours and still had a vinyl copy even though he no longer has a player. From the album he chose this track.
Joni Mitchell – A case of you – Helen Wilkinson from from Chelmsford based community project supporting rough sleepers Cool to be kind, https://www.c2bk.co.uk said she had always loved this track.
Bluebells – Young at heart – Bell ringer Helen Saddleton said this track always reminded her of Listening every morning in the 80s and 90s to Terry Wogan.
Coldplay – Paradise – Robb Saggs CEO of Chess https://chesshomeless.org said this track always makes him smile.
Matt Redman – 10,000 reasons – was chosen by Lisa Whymark from https://www.huttonparish.com/dailybread She loves singing this song in church.
Birthdays quiz.
Thin Lizzy – The boys are back in town – Darren Wharton played keyboard on the band’s albums Chinatown and Renegade. He recently celebrated his 62nd birthday.
McFly – I’ll be OK – born in Chelmsford, Harry Judd is drummer with the band . He is 38 years old.
Focus – Sylvia – Jan Akkerman was guitarist with the band. In 1973 readers of Melody Maker voted him the Best guitarist in the world. He is 77 years old.
Thanks to Chris and Bob in Harlow, and Chris in Guildford for taking part. As we had no correct answers today, the winner with two points was Chris in Harlow.
Fat Boy Slim – Praise you – Track chosen by Tim Goodbody, Diocesan Director of Ordinands in the Diocese of Chelmsford came and talked about the continuing relevance of Lent.
Above, Ollie Lincoln is on the extreme right in the picture of ECHO at a gig.
Ollie Lincoln – Mary did you know ? – exclusive recording by the keyboard player and singer with the band ECHO. Ollie is a former resident of Brentwood.
https://www.facebook.com/EchoMusicUK/
Ellie Button – After all – Tim Button talked about his role with Made for More, an organisation working i Secondary schools in Chelmsford. His wife Ellie recoded this track when they were living in Moldova. https://www.facebook.com/elliebuttonmusic
Pet Shop Boys – It’s a sin – chosen by Julie Hardy from the Kelveden Hatch parishes when she came to talk about Lent.
Chart this week in 1965.
No 1 Beatles – Day Tripper/We can work it out. No 1 in 9 countries. Highest 7th best selling single in the UK in the 1960s.
No 11 Fontella Bass – Rescue me – UK no 11, USA no 4. Grammy nominated for the Best Female Vocal Performance.
No 15 Spencer Davis Group – Keep on running – UK no 1, Top 10 in four more countries.
D Cullen – Alright – Dan Pearce came in to talk about his co-authored book with Eleanor King – Prayer Gallery. He saw D Cullen performing live in Glasgow.
MercyMe – Dear younger self – Sid Thurlow from https://www.believersinrecovery.co.uk Sid often thinks about what he would have told his younger self.
Lionel Ritchie – Angel – Paul Carr, at the time from Emmanuel church Billericay, chose this song when talking about Easter.
Join me next week for another show of music selected by studio guests during 2023.