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Kid Rock, Paul Evans and Ray Davies

Steve, Tim and Janey chat to musicans Kid Rock & Ray Davies and travel expert Paul Evans. Plus, more amazing Factoids to impress your friends with and some top notch Talkie bits.

It's the mid-point of this week's Big Shows. On this afternoon's show, Steve, Tim and Janey chat to Kinks frontman Ray Davies about why he's re-recorded a whole album of Kinks classics alongside some of pop and rock's finest including Paloma Faith and Bruce Springsteen, travel expert Paul Evans discusses the boom in cruising and what to do if your travel agency goes bust and American musician Kid Rock vents his frustrations about American Idol.

In this afternoon's Talkies, find out what strange items Alice Cooper packs for a trip abroad, why 1 in 7 people no longer wear a watch and how many days a year women spend in front of the mirror.

In the fascinating Factoids today, discover which animal you can teach to hum, where the highest ever temperature was recorded and enjoy some of comedian Peter Kay's 'universal truths'.

The Oldies are chosen by Gareth Mithan from the Rhondda in South Wales. Gareth swerves effortlessly from Chas and Dave to Britney Spears in his selections.

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Wed 27 Oct 2010 14:00
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Music Played

  • Cass Elliot

    It's Getting Better

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Annie I'm Not Your Daddy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Shirley Ellis

    The Clapping Song

    • The Complete Congress Recordings.
    • Connoisseur.

  • 贬颈鈥怗濒辞蝉蝉

    You'll Never Know

    • Golden Love Songs Top 100 - Volume 2 (Various Artists).
    • Arcade.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Coming Up Easy

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Talking Heads

    Once In A Lifetime

    • Talking Heads - Remain In Light.
    • Sire.

  • Jamiroquai

    Blue Skies

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Take That

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 16.

  • The Kinks

    Waterloo Sunset

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 13.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    Long Train Runnin'

    • The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Rumer

    Aretha

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Kid Rock

    All Summer Long

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Billy Idol

    White Wedding

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Fat Larry鈥檚 Band

    Zoom

    • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Britney Spears

    Baby One More Time

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Foundations

    Build Me Up Buttercup

    • Million Sellers Vol.12 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • The Police

    Don't Stand So Close To Me

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Chas & Dave

    Rabbit

    • All The Best From Chas & Dave.
    • K-Tel.

  • Tom Jones

    It's Not Unusual

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • The Drifters

    Under The Boardwalk

    • We Gotta Sing: The Soul Years 1962-1971.
    • Strawberry.

  • Pete Lawrie

    In The End

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Ray Davies ft Jackson Browne

    Waterloo Sunset (2010)

    • See My Friends.

  • Ray Davies ft Bruce Springsteen

    Better Things (2010)

  • Ray Davies ft Metallica

    You Really Got Me (2010)

  • Ray Davies ft Mumford & Sons

    Days/This Time Tomorrow (2010)

    • See My Friends3.
    • Universal.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Hollywood

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Bobby Hebb

    Sunny

    • Rediscover The 60's & 70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Four Seasons

    Silver Star

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • Alesha Dixon

    Radio

    • The Entertainer.
    • Asylum/Atlantic/Warner Music UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Barbra Streisand

    Stoney End

    • Barbra Streisand Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Eric Clapton

    Promises

    • The Cream Of Eric Clapton.
    • Polydor.

  • Fontella Bass

    Rescue Me

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Kid Rock

    Born Free

    • Born Free.
    • Phantom.
    • 1.

  • Pretenders

    Talk Of The Town

    • The Pretenders - The Singles.
    • WEA.

  • Taylor Swift

    Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Oct 2010 14:00
    成人快手 Radio 2

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