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BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th February 2017
David Quantick concludes his exploration of our love affair with the 45 rpm single with a look at the iconic status of the single, the influence it has had over the DJ, the obsessive singles collectors and the unexpected survival of the indie record store.
First broadcast in 2009.
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK [EMI]
Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah [Columbia]
The Jam - The Modern World [Polydor]
The Specials - Too Much Too Young [2 Tone]
Eagles - Hotel California [Asylum]
The Selecter - On My Radio [2 Tone]
John Travolta & Olivia Newton‐John - Summer Nights [RSO]
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines [Sugar Hill]
Meat Loaf - Anything For Love [Virgin]
The Specials - Ghost Town [2 Tone]
The Undertones - You've Got My Number [Sire]
Yes - The Revealing Science of God (Dance Of The Dawn)
Buzzcocks - Friends Of Mine [New Hormones]
Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Getaway [Celluloid]
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go [Epic]
The Barron Knights - A Taste Of Aggro [Columbia]
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock [Tommy Boy/Warner Bros.]
Kylie Minogue - The Locomotion [Dimension 1000]
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love [Champion]
Run DMC - Rock Box [Arista/BMG]
Chip E - It's House
Donna Summer - I Feel Love [Casablanca]
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love [Island]
The Stranglers - Golden Brown [Liberty]
Meat Loaf - I'll Go Blind Before I Stop [Virgin]
Madness - House Of Fun [Stiff]
The Sweet - Blockbuster! [Music Club Deluxe]
The Sweet - Need A Lot Of Lovin [RCA]
Saint Etienne - You're In A Bad Way [Heavenly]
The Undertones - Thrill Me [For Us]
Etana - Roots [VP]
Flowered Up - Weekender [Heavenly]
Leona Lewis - Run [Syco Music]
Will Young - The Long And Winding Road [RCA]
Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah [Columbia]
Neil Young - Fork In The Road [Reprise]
Magazine - A Song From Under The Floorboards [Virgin]
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th February 2017
David Quantick continues his exploration of our love affair with the 45 rpm single.
In programme three, David looks at the workings of the singles industry, exploring the studios that grew up to service the singles business, including The Brill Building, Motown and Stock, Aitken and Waterman's "hit factory". He also takes a look at the power of the DJ on the single.
First broadcast in 2009.
The Who - The Kids Are Alright
The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash
The Beatles - Love Me Do
Brass Incorporated - At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal (Theme From "Pick Of The Pops")
The Animals - It's My Life
The Fortunes - Caroline
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
The Beatles - Hello Goodbye
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good
Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
St Cecilia - Leap Up And Down Wave Your Knickers In The Air
The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
The Drifters - Up On The Roof
Frank Sinatra - Here's That Rainy Day
The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Divine - You Think You're A Man
Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
Leyton Buzzards - 19 & Mad
The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
The Ting Tings - Great DJ
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th February 2017
David Quantick continues his look at our love affair with the 45 rpm single.
In programme two he looks at the early days of the charts and the effect the single had on that new phenomenon; the teenager; the power the TV Music shows had on the single; and the cultural power of the 45 from the revolution of rock and roll to teeny and weeny boppers and glam rock's children of the revolution.
First broadcast in 2009.
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks [EMI]
The Who - My Generation
Elvis Presely - Jailhouse Rock
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good
The Beach Boys - Surfin'
Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula
Ray Charles - I Got A Woman
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Marty Wilde - Bad Boy
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - All Shook Up
Chuck Berry - School Days
Unknown - Kansas City
The Beatles - Kansas City
Petula Clark - Downtown
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
Bing Crosby - Swinging On A Star
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees
Brass Incorporated - At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal (Theme From "Pick Of The Pops")
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th February 2017
In 1949, RCA Victor launched a small, round, plastic and - weirdly - green disc on the listening public, which heralded a revolution in popular music. David Quantick charts our love affair with the 45 rpm single.
Initially the result of what we might now call an "audio format war" between record companies, the single was always aimed at the younger generation. While the LP originally catered for a middle-aged, middle-class, well-heeled audience, the cheaper, cooler 45 took on the poorer, cooler youth market. The vinyl single launched rock and roll, pop and the teenager on the world and provided a lynchpin for Western popular culture. It has defined the popular music and shows no signs of dying.
David Quantick looks at the extraordinary impact the single has had on the way we've listened to music for over 60 years. This is a chance to examine one of the most important revolutions in the modern music business.
In the first programme he looks at the war of the speeds and the early glory days of the vinyl single, which pitted stars like Judy Garland up against Frank Sinatra, then brought us Elvis and Bill Haley. All this set against a brave new world of cheap "portable" record players, exotic new vinyl juke boxes and the birth of the singles charts.
Contributors include Tom Jones, actor Martin Freeman, Myleene Klass, songwriter Diane Warren, musician Soweto Kinch, Bob Stanley from St. Etienne, Michael Bradley from the Undertones, the Reverend Run, DJ Cosmo, Pete Shelley from Buzzcocks, Pete Waterman, Mike Read, David Jensen, Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris.
First broadcast in 2009.
Nathan Milstein, Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York, Bruno Walter - Mendelssohn: Concerto In E Minor For Violin And Orchestra Op. 64
Eddy Arnold - Texarkana Baby
Bill Haley - Shake Rattle & Roll
The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
The Osmonds - Crazy Horses
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)
Arbee Stidham - My Heart Belongs To You
Eddie Fisher - I'm Yours
Gene Vincent - Race With The Devil
Eddie Calvert - Oh, Mein Papa
Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap
Bill Haley & His Comets - Rock Around The Clock
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Johnny Ace - My Song
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right
Elvis Presley - That's All Right
Million Dollar Quartet - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Lord Composer - Hill And Gully Ride; Mandeville Road (Jamaica)
Chin's Calypso Sextet - Boogu Yagga Gal
Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat
The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go
Tom Jones - Delilah