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07/11/2015

Billy Sloan highlights the career of musician Billy Preston and plays tracks written by Gregg Alexander in Classic Songwriters.

Billy Sloan plays the very best in pop and rock music from Scotland's greats as well as the rest of the world with regular features Spin The Globe and Early Morning Soul. This weekend's Musical Chairs highlights the career of musician Billy Preston, solo career and associated with many artists including Joe Cocker, The Beatles, Stephen Stills, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones. In Movie Moment Billy's playing 'The End' by The Doors from the movie Apocalypse Now, the Live and Dangerous tracks come from The Rezillos ('Top of the Pops' and 'Ballroom Blitz') and in Classic Songwriters, Billy plays tracks from the pen of American singer/songwriter and producer Gregg Alexander (best known as the frontman of The New Radicals).

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sat 7 Nov 2015 22:00
成人快手 Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

    • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
    • Hits Album.

  • U2

    Gloria

    • Gloria.
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Alanis Morissette

    Hand In My Pocket

    • Jagged Little Pill Acoustic.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Little Big Town

    Girl Crush

    • Pain Killer.
    • Capitol.
    • 5.

  • Eurythmics

    Adrian

    • Be Yourself Tonight.
    • SONY BMG.
    • 006.

  • T. Rex

    New York City

    • The Ultimate Collection.
    • Telstar.
    • 005.

  • Leon Bridges

    Better Man

    • CD Single.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Iggy Pop

    Lust For Life

    • Best Anthems...Ever!.
    • Virgin / EMI.
    • 4 / 2.

  • Loretta Lynn & Jack White

    Portland Oregon

    • Van Lear Rose.
    • Interscope.
    • 2.

  • Washington Irving

    We Are All Going To Die

  • The Jam

    Pretty Green

    • Beat Surrender.
    • Spectrum.
    • 3.

  • The Pastels

    Speeding Motorcycle

    • Truck Load Of Trouble.
    • Paperhouse Records.
    • 013.

  • Paul Quinn & Edwyn Collins

    Pale Blue Eyes

    • Driving For Pearls.
    • Dino.
    • 3.

  • The Velvet Underground

    Sweet Jane (Matrix Tapes)

    • The Complete Matrix Tapes.
    • Polydor.
    • 010.

  • Courtney Barnett

    Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party

    • Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.
    • House Anxiety/Marathon Artists.
    • 8.

  • The Beatles

    Getting Better

    • Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Apple.
    • 4.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Can't You Hear Me Knocking

    • Sticky Fingers.
    • Rollling Stones Records.
    • 001.

  • Simple Minds

    Changeling

    • Celebration.
    • Virgin.
    • 007.

  • The Rezillos

    Top of the Pops (live)

    • Can't Stand The Rezillos: The (Almost) Complete Rezillos.
    • London-Sire Records.
    • 016.

  • The Rezillos

    Ballroom Blitz (live)

    • Can't Stand The Rezillos: The (Almost) Complete Rezillos.
    • London-Sire Records.
    • 027.

  • Kraftwerk

    Trans-Europe Express

    • The Best Album Tracks ...Ever! (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Dave Gahan & Soulsavers

    All This And Nothing

  • Don Covay

    It's Better To Have (And Don't Need)

    • It's Better To Have (And Don't Need).
    • Mercury.
    • 001.

  • Aretha Franklin

    (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.

  • Memory Man

    Taking Back The Flag

    • Lost Lovers.
    • Black Ditto Recordings.
    • 001.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Spitfire

    • Inform Educate Entertain.
    • Test Card Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Keane

    Somewhere Only We Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • New Radicals

    You Get What You Give

    • Capital Gold: Just Great Songs.
    • Priority.
    • 6 / 1.

  • Santana & Michelle Branch

    The Game Of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.

  • Tear Gas

    Love Story

    • Tear Gas.
    • Second Harvest.
    • 002.

  • Anderson, Ian, Martin Barre, Clive Bunker, Glenn Cornick, John Evan & Jethro Tull

    Teacher

    • M.U.: The Best of Jethro Tull.
    • Chrysalis.
    • 001.

  • Gary Lucas & Jeff Buckley

    Grace

    • So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley.
    • Columbia.
    • 012.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Nov 2015 22:00
    成人快手 Radio Scotland