Episode 1
Annie Nightingale looks back at her 50 years of broadcasting, sharing memories of hanging with the biggest stars in music, including John & Yoko, Keith Moon, Bowie and The Police.
Another chance to hear Annie Nightingale take us through the six decades of her broadcasting career, sharing memories of hanging out with the biggest stars in pop music, including Paul McCartney, Keith Moon, Bowie and The Police, and introducing clips of her most remarkable interviews from TV and radio. Annie will play her favourite songs, and take us on a wonderful musical journey from the Beatles to Ibiza, the Who to London Grammar. This will be Compulsory Listening for anyone who loves music.
In this episode Annie looks back at making the move from print to broadcasting, and how she overcame a sexist ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ to become the first female DJ.
It’s 1965 and music journo Annie gets her own national TV show That’s For Me. She champions The Who, The Yardbirds and Georgie Fame and the show is her intro to The Ad Lib club and Swinging London. 1965 was the kick off point, and then followed three zenith years of Super Sixties Britain – 1965-67. For Annie Nightingale, from being a local reporter in Brighton, writing about music and being a fan, 1965 was the year she felt she had something to contribute. ITV’s That’s For Me, sister show to Ready Steady Go! allowed Annie to choose the artists, some of whom were making their very first tv appearance: The Who, with the first ever pop video for I Can’t Explain; and The Yardbirds, which launched the careers of Britain’s most famous rock guitarists Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Other bands on the series included The Moody Blues, with Go Now, and Georgie Fame with Yeh Yeh.
First broadcast in 2015.
Last on
Clip
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Marc Bolan and the songs that got away
Duration: 01:33
Music Played
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Perfecto Allstarz
Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag)
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The Byrds
Mr Tambourine Man
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The Beatles
Day Tripper
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The Rolling Stones
The Last Time
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The Who
Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
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The Beatles
Twist and Shout
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Manfred Mann
5-4-3-2-1
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Quincy Jones
Soul Bossa Nova
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The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever
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The Beatles
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
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The Beatles
Within You Without You
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The Beatles
Revolution No.9
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George Harrison
Hear Me Lord
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The Beatles
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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The Byrds
Eight Miles High
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along The Watchtower
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The Who
WeÂ’re Not Gonna Take It
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King Crimson
21st Century Schizoid Man (incl. Mirrors)
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Ye
Power
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Fleetwood Mac
Oh Well
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Led Zeppelin
Black Dog
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Black Sabbath
Paranoid
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Alice Cooper
Schools Out
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David Bowie
Space Oddity
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T. Rex
20th Century Boy
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The Rolling Stones
Respectable
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The Rolling Stones
Star Star
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Jeff Beck
Dehind The Veil
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The Who
WonÂ’t Get Fooled Again
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The Who
Baba OÂ’Riley
Broadcasts
- Wed 15 Jul 2015 22:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2
- Sun 21 Jan 2024 04:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2
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