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#64 The Doors, Dionne Warwick and Elton John

Paul looks at classic French tracks which made the UK chart and eponymous album titles.

The Professor Of Pop’s Sunday evening show rounds off your weekend in style. Paul will be celebrating great songwriters, producers and performers from across the decades with his unique take on each track. He will be marking key anniversaries and events from the music world as well as dedicating tracks each week to his fellow weekend DJs. His fifty years of broadcasting and encyclopaedic memory make him the perfect host to tell the stories behind the records that soundtrack our lives.

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 18 May 2025 20:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Sister Sledge

    Thinking Of You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • The Maccabees

    Pelican

    • Fiction.

  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Tighten Up (Part 1)

    • Where It's At (Various Artists).
    • Kent.

  • Janet Jackson

    That's The Way Love Goes

    • Design Of A Decade 1986/1996.
    • A&M.
    • 13.

  • Crosby, Stills & Nash

    Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

    • Carry On.
    • Rhino Atlantic.

  • Paul Simon

    Mother and Child Reunion

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 1).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Over My Head

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Warner Records.
    • 15.

  • The Doors

    Light My Fire

    • (CD Single).
    • Elektra.

  • Dire Straits

    Sultans Of Swing

    • (Single).
    • Vertigo.
    • 5.

  • Elton John

    Your Song

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Pretenders

    Stop Your Sobbing

    • Real.

  • Nat King Cole

    Smile

    • The Nat King Cole Story (Disc 2).
    • Capitol.

  • The Meters

    Cissy Strut

    • Josie.

  • Carly Simon

    Coming Around Again

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, Doug Yule & Moe Tucker

    Sweet Jane (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969)

    • 1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed.
    • Polydor.
    • 4.

  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Glorious (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Charles Aznavour

    She

    • The Best Of Charles Aznavour.
    • Barclay.

  • Plastic Bertrand

    Ca Plane Pour Moi

    • VirginMegaMusic Totally 80's (Var).
    • Rhino.

  • Roy Clark

    Yesterday When I Was Young

    • The Best Of Roy Clark.
    • IndieBlu Music.
    • 2.

  • Jean‐Michel Jarre

    Oxygène Part IV

    • The Essential Jean-Michel Jarre.
    • Polydor.

  • Charles Trenet

    La Mer

    Singer: Charles Trenet. Orchestra: Guy Luypaert and His Orchestra.
    • When Housewives Had The Choice.
    • BBC Records.

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Isabelle Aubret

    Un Premier Amour

    • The Very Best Of Eurovision Song Contest.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

    Je t'aime...moi non plus

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.

  • Billy Paul

    Me & Mrs Jones

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Walk on By

    • Rhino Hi-Five: Dionne Warwick.
    • Rhino.

  • Bill Withers

    Who Is He (And What Is He To You)

    • CBS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 May 2025 20:00
    BBC Radio 2