One 2 Three
Patrick Sherring
Paul Beasley-Murray is undertaking a seven mile sponsored walk for Essex Dementia Care, this year’s charity for the Chelmsford Rivermead Rotary Club. His motivation is having a close friend of many years who suffers from dementia. Along with his wife, he visits this friend regularly. She is now in a home. Paul spoke passionately about how important it is to keep visiting family or friends who suffer from dementia, however painful it is to visit. Paul talks regularly with her, recalling time past. Essex Dementia Care is a local charity founded in 2006 and brings activity based care to suit each individual. This can be a One2One service with a dedicated ‘Memory Companion’, or through joining a group. At the moment there are four groups in Chelmsford and one in Braintree. More information can be found at https://www.essexdementiacare.org.uk
To sponsor Paul in his seven mile walk, just before of his 80th birthday, please go to
https://www.justgiving.com/page/paul-beasley-murray-1705761322737
His target is £2,000.
Playlist
Lauren Diagle – Valuable – From her self-titled Grammy nominated 2023 album. USA no 23, USA Christian no 1, UK Christian no 4.
Byrds – Turn, turn, turn – 1965 USA and New Zealand no 1, UK no 26. Feature in 1994 film Forrest Gump.
Tom Jones – Thunderball – 1965 title track from the fourth James Bond film.
Judy Collins – Amazing Grace – 1970 UK no 5, Australia no 10 USA no 15. The song written by John Newton in 1772.
ABBA – Dancing Queen – 1976 no 1 in UK, USA and many more countries. 830 million views on YouTube and over a billion listens on Spotify. The album ABBA Gold is no 14 in the album charts this week after 1138 weeks in the charts.
Birthdays quiz
Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t it be good – 1983 UK no 4, charted in twelve more European countries. Nik recently celebrated his 66th birthday.
The Who – I can see for miles – 1967 no 4 in Canada and France, no 8 in USA no 10 in UK. No 262 in 2010 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest songs of all time. lead singer Roger Daltry is 80 years old.
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make me smile – 1975 UK and Ireland no 1, Netherlands and Belgium no 3. World-wide sales of over 1.5 million. Steve Harley is 73 years old.
Thanks to Chris ad Bob in Harlow, Chris in Guildford and Patrick in Ingatestone for taking part today. The winner with 4 points was Bob.
Patrick requested The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – I’m the Urban Spaceman – 1968 UK no 5. Produce by Paul McCartney under the pseudonym Apollo C. Vermouth.
Billy Joel – Still Rock & Roll to me – 1980 USA no 1, UK no 14. Album – Glass house – UK no 9 USA no 1 selling 7 million copies, Grammy and American music award winner. The Best of Billy Joel is no 63 in this week’s album chart.
Chris Stapleton – White Horse – winner of the 2024 Grammy award for Best Country song.
Nathaniel Bawden – Diamond in the rough. From the Phoenix FM A list.
Luke Combes – You found yours – from his 2023 album – Getting old – USA Country no 4, UK Country no 5. From the Phoenix FM A list. Check out our Country and American show, Night Shift, every Thursday 10 – midnight with Madeline Christy.
Chart this week in 1983
No 4 Toto – Africa – USA & Canada no 1, UK no 3, Top 10 in seven more countries. No 452 in 2021 Rolling Stone 500 Greatest songs of all time. Over 1.6 billion streams on Spotify.
No 9 Thompson Twins – Love on your side – UK no 9, New Zealand no 9, USA Dance no 6. On GR80s Sunday evening 8 – 10 pm Xanthe will be chatting to Tom Bailey from the Twins about the up-coming 40th anniversary tour and his new album, The Gap.
No 16 Belle Stars – Sign of the times – UK no 3 Belgium no 2, Netherlands no 3, Norway no 7, Sweden no 10.
Walk of the Earth – Happy.
Crowded House – Oh hi – new release from their up-coming album – Gravity stairs – to be released in June. From the Phoenix FM A list.
Mike Post – Hill Street Blues – theme from the USA TV series that aired 146 episodes originally between 1981 – 1984. The track was a USA no 10 and UK no 23.
New week my guest is Rt Revd. Adam Atkinson, since September 2023 the Bishop of Bradwell. His responsibilities cover south Essex.
