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Special Guest: David 'Kid' Jensen

Johnnie’s here with your weekly hand-picked playlist of Seventies favourites and rarities.

And he’s joined by a radio legend David ‘Kid’ Jensen for a chat about his new book.

Johnnie’s here with your weekly hand-picked playlist of Seventies favourites and rarities.

And he’s joined by a radio legend David ‘Kid’ Jensen for a chat about his new book.

For The Record tells of the Canadian DJ’s incredible career, including his time at Radio Luxembourg in the early 70s (where he began playing and championing album tracks from unknown bands), through to his days at Radio 1 and beyond. In the book, he also talks of his day to day life now with Parkinson’s Disease in amongst so many absorbing anecdotes and tales of his fascinating journey in the music business. And we’ll find out on the show if he still loves being known as ‘The Kid’ almost 50 years since he first earned the nickname!

Johnnie’s Jukebox is opening up for the first time in 2021, and it’s an iconic single from 1979 which finds its rightful place in there this week.

Billy Ocean and Paul Rodgers feature in our archive chats as we look at events and stories from This Week In Music.

And we’ll be playing more of the best tracks you’ve suggested via your requests, dedications and stories.

Get in touch anytime during the week: walker@bbc.co.uk

1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • T. Rex

    Get It On

    • Electric Warrior.
  • Supertramp

    Dreamer

    • Crime Of The Century.
  • Billy Ocean

    Love Really Hurts Without You

    • Single - GTO GT 52.
  • The Beatles

    Two Of Us

    • Let It Be.
  • Poco

    Rose Of Cimarron

    • Rose Of Cimarron.
  • Roxy Music

    Dance Away

    • Manifesto.
  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • The Sugarhill Gang

      Rapper's Delight

      • Single - Sugar Hill SHL 101.
  • The Band

    The Great Pretender

    • Moondog Matinee.
  • David Essex

    Gonna Make You A Star

    • David Essex.
  • Genesis

    Follow You, Follow Me

    • ...And Then There Were Three...
  • Joni Mitchell

    Help Me

    • Court And Spark.
  • Jim Gilstrap

    Swing Your Daddy

    • Single - Chelsea 2005 021.
  • Stephen Stills

    Love The One You're With

    • Stephen Stills.
  • Tavares

    More Than A Woman

    • Saturday Night Fever: Original Soundtrack.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Mr. Blue Sky

    • Out Of The Blue.
  • Dolly Parton

    My Tennessee Mountain ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ

    • My Tennessee Mountain ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
  • SPECIAL GUEST: DAVID 'KID' JENSEN

    • Faces

      Ooh-La-La

      • Ooh-La-La.
    • Thin Lizzy

      Whiskey In The Jar

      • Single - Decca F13355.
    • The Four Tops

      Still Water (Love)

      • Single - Tamla Motown TMG 752.
    • Pretenders

      Kid

      • Single - Real ARE 9.
  • Bad Company

    Feel Like Makin' Love

    • Straight Shooter.
  • Bob Seger

    Night Moves

    • Night Moves.
  • 10cc

    I'm Not In Love

    • The Original Soundtrack.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Jan 2021 15:00