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Sandie Shaw

Singer Sandie Shaw joins Kirsty Young to choose her eight Desert Island Discs.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer Sandie Shaw.

With her melodic, velvety voice, bare feet and Sassoon bob she was the epitome of everything that was swinging about the '60s.

She was just 17 when she first topped the charts with Always Something There to Remind Me and went on to become Britain's first Eurovision winner with Puppet on a String. She loathed the song at the time, but has recently come to terms with it after recording a new version which is, she says, rather forlorn.

Along with the highs have been terrible lows - years that she calls her dark ages, when, without money or creative freedom, she felt hopeless. It was Buddhism that turned her fortunes around and became central to her life. Now, she says, she cannot believe the journey life has taken her on and she is preparing for a final flourish as a performer.

Record: None of them!
Book: Lecture on The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
by Daisaku Ikeda
Luxury: Omamori Gohonzon

Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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45 minutes

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Fri 31 Dec 2010 09:00

Music Played

  • Sandie Shaw

    Coconut Grove

    Composer: Sebasian, Yanovsky

    • Reviewing the Situation.
    • EMI.
  • The Shangri鈥怢as

    Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)

    Composer: Moreton

    • The Shangri-Las Golden Hits.
    • Philips.
  • Guy Mitchell

    She Wears Red Feathers and a Huly Huly Skirt

    Composer: Bob Merrill

    • 20 All time Hits: Guy Mitchell.
    • EMI.
  • Georgie Fame

    Barefootin'

    Composer: Robert Parker

    • Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames.
    • Fat Boy Records.
  • Bob Marley

    Redemption Song

    Composer: B Marley

    • Bob Marley & the Wailers: Legend.
    • Tuff Gong.
  • The Beach Boys

    Good Vibrations

    Composer: Wilson/Love

    • Beach Boys: 20 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
  • Sandie Shaw (with Herbie Flowers & Roger Cook)

    Bananas

    Composer:

    • not commercially available.
  • The Beatles

    Here Comes The Sun

    Composer: George Harrison

    • The Beatles: 1967-1970.
    • Apple.
  • Book Choice

    • Lecture on The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life - Daisaku Ikeda

  • Luxury Choice

    • Omamori Gohonzon

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Sandie Shaw

Broadcasts

  • Boxing Day 2010 11:15
  • Fri 31 Dec 2010 09:00

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