
Today’s playlist reflected that it is Good Friday. For Christians this is the day that the crucifixion of Jesus is remembered. On Easter Sunday, the resurrection of Jesus is celebrated. These two days are the most important for Christians and are central to understanding Christianity.
Playlist
Jools Holland & The Blind Boys of Alabama – Rock me
Photograph of Radio Caroline in 1964.
Fortunes – Caroline. Yesterday was the 6oth anniversary of the opening of Radio Caroline.
Martyn Joseph – Here come the young.
Kath & Kristyn Getty – Immigrant song
Kygo featuring Whitney Houston – Higher love
Jon Batiste – Tell the truth
Iam Son – Slow down
Carrie Underwood – Something in the water
Easter message from Bishop Guli, Bishop of Chelmsford. She was a studio guest on the 10th of November last year.
The Chosen – Come to the table
Birthdays competition
Corrs – So young – 1998 UK no 6, Spain no 1, Ireland no 29. Singer and drummer in the siblings band, Caroline Corr is fifty one years old.
Go West – King of wishful thinking – 1990 UK no 18, Canada no 3, Australia no 6, USA no 18. From the soundtrack of the film – Pretty woman. The film grossed over $420 million.
Guitarist, vocalist and one of the founder members of the band, Richard Drummie is 65 years old.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Fanfare for the common man – 1977 UK no 2, Australia no 5. Drummer Carl Palmer is 74 years old.
Thanks to Chris and Bob in Harlow and Chris in Guildford for taking part today. The winner with three points was Chris in Guildford.
Zac Williams – Less like me
Stormzy ft MNEK – Blinded by your grace – 2017 UK no 7, over 1.2 credited unit sales. Over 38 million views on Youtube.
Lauren Diagle – Valuable
Ellie Button – After all
Chart this week in 1975
No 12 – Average White Band – Pick up the pieces – UK no 6, USA no 1 selling over a million copies.
No 15 Elton John Band – Philadelphia freedom – UK no 12, USA no 1, selling over a million copies, Canada no 1.
No 17 Supertramp – Dreamer – UK no 13, USA liver version no 15, Canada no 1.
Murray Head – Superstar 1969-1972 released in various countries – Top 10 New Zealand, Belgium and Canada. UK no 14. From the original concept album – Jesus Chris Superstar.
Graham Kendrick – Crucified man – requested by regular listener Chris in Guildford to be played leading up to 3 p.m.
Next week my studio guest is Tony Stringer.
He will be talking about the charity https://www.friendsofnamuncha.org
They work with Masai people and Tony has regularly visited the charity over the years.