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Special guest: Elkie Brooks

Two hours packed with hits and forgotten gems from an incredible decade of music.

Johnnie鈥檚 joined this week by Elkie Brooks, one of the UK鈥檚 most distinctive voices.

Two hours packed with hits and forgotten gems from an incredible decade of music.

Johnnie鈥檚 joined this week by Elkie Brooks, one of the UK鈥檚 most distinctive voices.

Elkie鈥檚 career in the 70s saw her fronting the fantastic band Vinegar Joe, alongside the late-great Robert Palmer, and a new boxed set of their first three albums released between 1972 and 鈥73 is just out. After they split, both her and Robert achieved huge solo success, and Elkie鈥檚 run of memorable hits began with Pearl鈥檚 A Singer in 1977 followed by Sunshine After The Rain that same year. When all of her best-loved songs were collected together for the compilation Pearls in 1981, she sold more albums over the next two years than any other British solo female musician. Elkie鈥檚 touring this Autumn and into 2022, so she鈥檒l be chatting about being back on the road and reminiscing about her life in the Seventies.

All the usual features are popping up throughout the show, with our look at This Week In Music, plus the latest addition to Johnnie鈥檚 Jukebox, and your choice of something that stood out from the rest of the other chart hits that surrounded it at the time in our One Of A Kind slot.

Get in touch anytime for a mention on one of our future shows. The email address is walker@bbc.co.uk

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • The Cars

    Just What I Needed

    • The Cars - Greatest Hits.
    • Elektra.
  • Lulu

    The Man Who Sold the World

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Sound Your Funky Horn

    • Very Best Of KC & The Sunshine Band.
    • EMI.
  • George McCrae

    Rock Your Baby

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Blue Mink

    Good Morning Freedom

    • The Best Of.
    • Music Club.
  • Gilbert O鈥橲ullivan

    Clair

    • The Essential Collection.
    • BMG.
    • 003.
  • Player

    Baby Come Back

    • Soul Years 1977 (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
  • JOHNNIE'S JUKEBOX

    • The Osmonds

      Crazy Horses

      • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
      • Polydor.
  • Prince

    I Feel For You

    • Warner Bros.
  • Sweet Sensation

    Sad Sweet Dreamer

    • Single - Pye 7N 45385.
  • David Essex

    Hold Me Close

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 2.
    • Old Gold.
  • Meat Loaf

    Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Linda Lewis

    Rock A Doodle Doo

    • The Sound Of The Seventies (Various Artists).
    • Warner Music TV.
  • T. Rex

    20th Century Boy

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 009.
  • Bad Company

    Bad Company

    • Atlantic.
  • ONE OF A KIND

    • Cozy Powell

      Dance With The Devil

      • RAK's Greatest Hits (Various Artists).
      • EMI.
  • Elkie Brooks

    Sunshine After The Rain

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 004.
  • Vinegar Joe

    Proud To Be (A Honky Woman)

    • Album - Six Star General.
  • Elkie Brooks

    Don't Cry Out Loud

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 003.
  • Elkie Brooks

    Pearl's A Singer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 001.
  • Bryan Ferry

    Let's Stick Together

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • The Selecter

    On My Radio

    • Single - 2 Tone CHSTT 4.
  • Genesis

    Counting Out Time

    • The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.
  • Buggles

    Video Killed The Radio Star

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artist.
    • Telstar.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Oct 2021 15:00