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09/07/2020 'Was it about a real boxer?'

Sean plays Frankie Laine's record 'The Kid's Last Fight' and has a question.
Dessie in Belfast wonders if anyone else has their foot going up and down in time to the records.

Sean plays Frankie Laine singing 'The Kid's Last Fight' and has a question.
Cahal in Omagh says it was about a boxer called Jimmy Dolan and there was a film made about it but then he says he meant Kid McCoy. Sean wonders if it was a typing error.
Dessie in Belfast wonders if anyone else has their foot going up and down in time to the records. Joan in Ballyrobert says her favourite Byrds song is 'Turn! Turn! Turn!' and is based on words from the bible. So Brian D'Arcy said on the radio on Sunday, anyway.
Muhammad Ali was the answer to the question about the boxer paid three hundred thousand dollars to announce his retirement.
David in Dungannon can hear the show on DAB in the company van but can't get it on the FM radio at home. "Bring the van home?" suggests Sean.
Music from Brad Paisley, Tom Jones, The Byrds, Bay City Rollers and more.

56 minutes

Last on

Thu 9 Jul 2020 15:04

Music Played

  • Paul Carrack

    When My Little Girl Is Smiling

  • Buck Owens

    Let The World Keep Turning

  • Imelda May

    Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

  • Brad Paisley

    Mona Lisa

  • Tom Jones

    Just Out Of Reach

  • The Byrds

    Turn, Turn, Turn

  • The Clancy Brothers

    Will Ye Go Lassie Go

  • Van Morrison

    There Stands The Glass

  • Frankie Laine

    The Kid's Last Fight

  • Bay City Rollers

    I Only Want To Be With You

  • Johnny Nash

    There Are More Questions Than Answers

  • Guy Mitchell

    There's A Pawn shop On The Corner

  • Paddy Cole

    Blueberry Hill

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Jul 2020 15:04