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Listeners who wanted a copy of a record they had lost over the years could request a CD of that song and, if successful, were sent a special "SOTS" CD of the track after it had been played on the show. When Matthew left the show, requests were dropped. Tony Blackburn has been hosting the show since 4 March 2017. The show is currently broadcast ...
From 2007 to 2020, he presented a weekly three-hour show, Tony's Blackburn's Playlist every Sunday from 16:00 to 19:00 on KMFM in Kent. [32] This included a retro chart feature for many years. Blackburn has won two lifetime achievement awards from the Radio Academy, the second of which was to mark his 50 years of broadcasting. [8]
The Beatles released 18 of the best-selling songs of the 1960s. A single is a type of music release defined by the British Official Charts Company (OCC) as having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes. On 31 May 2010, a retrospective record chart was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 that listed the 60 biggest-selling singles in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The ...
1978: Tony Blackburn (this version was re-released on the Northern soul scene in 1978 under the pseudonym 'Lenny Gamble') [5] "I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" The Intruders 92 20 - "Drowning in the Sea of Love" Joe Simon: 11 3 - 1972 "(Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner " The Intruders - 12 - 1974: The Intruders, #14 UK (reissue)
In June 1973, Noel Edmonds took over presenting the breakfast slot on BBC Radio 1 and Tony Blackburn moved to present the mid-morning slot (9–12 am). One of the features Blackburn started on this show was the Golden Hour. This was originally an hour of records that had all charted in a specified year, using a different year each weekday.
Blackburn became the first DJ on BBC Radio 1 when it launched in 1967 and went on to present a series of high-profile radio and TV shows, including Top Of The Pops. He also won the first series of ...
By 1970, only Savile and Blackburn remained of the 1960s regulars and between them they would host all the editions from January 1970 until their duopoly was broken by Ed Stewart's return in March 1971. Tony Blackburn (1967–1979 and 1981–1983, plus 31 December 1988, 4 April 2003 and 30 July 2006) Emperor Rosko (1967, 1974–1975)
Host will focus attention on BBC Radio 2 shows