January 18, 2016

 

Tune into 

Tonys Time Machine.

on Wednesday 20th January 

11am – 1pm.

When Tonys guests will be

ALEX and JOSH.

 

Tony will be reading 

‘For The Love Of David Bowie’

by Harriet Blackbury.

 

and Josh will read

‘For The Love Of Films

also by Harriet Blackbury.

 

Alex will read his own Dedication.

 

Hope you all enjoy

the great Music… Chat….& Poetry  Folks

 

Repeats throughout the week. 

 

 

 

January 6, 2016

 

 

R- Roxette, Rose Royce and Rainbow.

Todd Rundgren, Demis Roussos and Lou Reed.

And with ‘2-4-6-8 Motorway’ and ‘War Baby’,

Tom Robinson included, indeed.

 

S – Buffy Sainte-Marie, Sam and Dave, and Sade.

The Small Faces, The Smiths, and Soft Cell.

Frank and Nancy Sinatra, and Shakespear’s Sister.

The Shadows, Shalamar, and Sinitta, as well.

 

S – contd. Boz Scaggs gave us ‘ What Can I Say’,

and ‘Warm and Tender Love’ came from Percy Sledge.

‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ sang Jimmy Summerville,

and Bob Seger’s ‘Hollywood Nights’ also had the edge.

 

S – contd.  The Stylistics, Supertramp and The Supremes

Dusty Springfield, Joe South and Squeeze.

Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart and Donna Summer.

Soul II Soul, Spandau Ballet and Sparks, also did please.

 

S – contd.  ‘Sad Sweet Dreamer’ came from Sweet Sensation,

and ‘The Arms of Mary’ by The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver.

‘Breakout’ sang  Swing out Sister.

 And Al Stewart with ‘Year Of The Cat’,  did deliver.

 

T – ‘Barbados’, a No.1 for Typically Tropical,

And ‘Happy Together’ were The Turtles with ‘Elenore’.

Also, Judy Tzuke, Bonnie Tyler, and Twinkle,

and Andrea True Connection with ‘More, More, More’

 

T – contd.  Toyah, Texas, The Tams and 10cc.

Thin Lizzy, Tavares, The Troggs and T Rex.

Tina Turner, Traffic, The Trammps and Topol,

and with ‘Living On Video’, one hit wonder -Trans-X

 

U – On his own, Midge Ure No.1 with ‘If I Was’.

Also making No.1, UB40 with ‘Red, Red Wine’.

And USA For Africa at No.1 with ‘We are the World’.

Unit Four Plus Two’s ‘Concrete And Clay’, also a hit so fine.

 

V – ‘YMCA’  No.1  for The Village People,

long after 60’s singers Bobby Vinton and Bobby Vee.

Then ‘Turning Japanese’ were The Vapors.

But Frankie Valli, Luther Vandros and Vangelis top of this tree.

 

W – ‘Missing You’ came from John Waite.

‘It’s The Same Old Song’ sang The Weathermen.

Scott Walker gave us ‘Jackie’ and ‘Joanna’ .

Marti Webb sang ‘Take That Look off Your Face’ and ‘Ben’.

 

W – contd. Johnny Wakelin gave us ‘In Zaire’.

Dinah Washington sang ‘September In The Rain’.

‘Walk On By’ and ‘Heartbreaker’, two from Dionne Warwick.

And The Walker Brothers’  ‘No Regrets’, a favourite refrain.

 

Y – The Young Rascals in the Top Ten with ‘Groovin’,

long before Neil Young- ‘Heart Of Gold’ ever sung.

Then came ‘Wonderous Stories’  from Yes,  and

‘Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)’ by Paul Young.

 

Z – ‘Gimme All Your Lovin’ sang ZZ Top.

‘Let’s All Chant’ demanded The Michael Zager Band.

‘She’s Not There’, the highest hit for The Zombies.

Zager And Evans with ‘In The Year 2525, making a stand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

I – Billy Idol brought us ‘White Wedding’

and ‘Need You Tonight’ sang INXS.

‘Running Free’ were Iron Maiden,

‘Body Talk’ by Imagination, a huge success.

 

J – From Jimmy Justice to Tom Jones.

From Quincey Jones to Elton John.

From Billy Joel to Jethro Tull, along with,

Japan and The Jam, the J’s carry on.

 

J – contd.  From Janet to Jermaine to Michael,

and with ‘ABC’, together, The Jackson Five.

But unrelated was Joe Jackson, with,

‘It’s Different For Girls, and ‘Jumping Jive’.

 

K – Making No.2 ‘Rock Me Gently’ sang Andy Kim.

But at No.1, Ben E King with ‘Stand By Me’.

Chaka Khan, The Kinks, and Kajagoogoo,

and Eden Kane and Kraftwerk, also top of the tree.

 

L – From John Lennon to Lulu and Cyndi Lauper,

and The Lemon Pipers and Peggy Lee.

Lieutenant Pigeon, Lindisfarne, and Annie Lennox

and also Level 42 and Leapy Lee.

 

M – Men at Work, Meatloaf, Madonna and Madness,

and Bob Marley, Marillion and Medicine Head.

Freddie Mercury, Bette Midler and George Michael,

and God Bless Lemmy from Hawkwind and Motorhead.

 

N – Gary Numan, New Order and Nilsson.

Stevie Nicks and New Kids On the Block.

Nazareth, Johnny Nash and Jimmy Nail,

and Phyllis Nelson and Nena, in this flock.

 

O – The O’jays, Billy Ocean and Mike Oldfield.

Des, Hazel, and Sinead O’Connor.

Odyssey, OMD and Gilbert O’Sullivan, but,

The Osmonds, and Roy Orbison, taking this honour.

 

P – Robert Plant, Tom Petty, and Pickettywitch.

The Pointer Sisters, Procol Harum and Pink Floyd.

Elvis Presley, The Police, Prince, and The Pretenders.

Gene Pitney and The Pet Shop Boys, all filled a void.

 

Q – ‘The Lone Ranger’ came from Quantum Jump.

and Suzi Quattro at No’1 with ‘Can The Can’.

‘There she goes again’ sang The Quireboys.

And Queen, with ‘Bohemian Rhapsody, just ran and ran.

 

Written by Harriet Blackbury. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 21, 2015

 

 

A – gives us the Queen of soul:

Aretha delivered a song so well.

Then came Agnetha and Anni-frid from Abba,

right up to the present Queen of song, Adele.

 

B – ‘Thank you for the music’ from Bjorn & Benny,

and Barry Biggs with ‘Sideshow’ in 76.

And ‘The Crying Game’ from Dave Berry,

and also The Byrds and Blondie in this mix.

 

C – ‘On Top Of The World’ were The Carpenters,

and also Belinda Carlisle and Mariah Carey.

And Cher and Chic and Eric Clapton,

and The Commodores and Neneh Cherry.

 

D – From Bob Dylan to The Doobie Brothers.

From The Drifters to The Doors.

From The Detroit Spinners to Dr Hook;

For sure, the U.S. sound, had hit our shores.

 

E – The Eagles topping this next pile,

along with the dynamic Earth, Wind and Fire.

And ELO, Enya and Erasure,

and Gloria Estefan & Eurythmics, our desire.

 

F- Fleetwood Mac and Foreigner.

The Four Seasons and The Four Tops.

Billy Fury through to Fun Boy Three,

and with ‘Relax’, Frankie( GTH )– Top of the Pops.

 

G – Peter Gabriel, and Gallagher & Lyle,

and Gloria Gaynor and Marvin Gaye.

And Robin Gibb and Andrew Gold,

and Guns n Roses, the mainstay.

 

H – ‘I Thought It Was You’ from Herbie Hancock,

and Don Hartman’s ‘Instant Replay’.

And Hawkwind’s  ‘Silver Machine’,

making sure another ‘H’ verse I’ll say.

 

H – contd. ‘So you Win Again’ by Hot Chocolate,

and I’ll ‘Rave On’ about Buddy Holly.

and Manchester’s Happy Mondays, and The Hollies,

who stood at that ‘Bus Stop’ sharing a brolly.

 

And for his world-wide fan base, to finish,

I give you Cliff with ‘Mistletoe and Wine’.

Here endeth this part of my ‘Christmas Alphabet’,

which was No. I in 55, for Dickie Valentine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 14, 2015

 

 

Get into the Christmas spirit

with this week’s action packed

Tonys Time Machine

on Wednesday 16th Dec 2015

11.am – 1pm.

This week’s theme is FRANK SINATRA

with highlights of music from 

Creative Support singers –

Carman,  Steve and breakthrough rocks etc.

TONY will be reading his very own

‘Tribute poem to Chris Squire’ from ‘YES’

and his guests include

Alison, who will be reading 

‘For The Love Of Manchester’.

and Vikki will read ‘Fruit Rap’

both poems written by Harriet Blackbury.

Tony will also be reading

‘For The Love Of Street Life,

by Harriet Blackbury.

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 8, 2015

 

Tune into

Tonys Time Machine

on Wednesday 9th December

11.am – 1pm

for Tony’s ‘Hall of Fame’

featuring – John Lennon.

and hear 

Mike Lockwood

reading the poem

For The Love Of Street Life

written by

Harriet Blackbury.

(Music from the poem

to be played on 

Tonys Time Machine on

6th January 2016)

 

December 7, 2015

 

 

 

Making it to 8 in 64

‘Move Over Darling’ from Doris Day,

and also the re-issue in 87,

in the Top 50, for a 6 week stay.

 

At 2 in 85 saw Duran Duran

with ‘A View To A Kill’.

And in 84 with ‘Goldfinger’,

Shirley Bassey, guaranteed to thrill.

 

At 7 in 77, Carly Simon

with ‘Nobody Does It Better’.

And at 9 in 66 was Cilla with ‘Alfie’,

making sure we would never forget her.

 

At 2 in 84 was Phil Collins with

‘Against All Odds (Take a look at me now)’.

And also in this year Madness,

with ‘Michael Caine’,  took a bow.

 

At 10 in 81 was Kim Carnes

with ‘Bette Davis Eyes’.

And at 2 in 84, Ray Parker Jr

with Ghostbusters – no surprise!

 

The ‘Theme from Shaft’ by superb

Isaac Hayes, reaching 4 in 71.

And ‘For your eyes only’ by Sheena Easton

making it to 8 in 81 – a decade on.

 

‘Robert De Niro’s Waiting’

from Bananarama, made 3 in 84.

And Diana Ross with the ‘Theme from Mahogany’

at 5 in 76, with her voice so pure.

 

Everyone has a favourite Film Star,

with an acting performance, second to none,

and a presence guaranteed to hold attention,

long after the popcorn has gone.

 

 

Everyone has a favourite Film,

that they tire of – never,

that touches a certain spot

and remains in the mind forever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ram Jam sang ‘Black Betty’

back in 77,

and 90 saw the re-mix,

once again in heaven.

 

From Canada, Alannah Myles,

in 90 reached No.2,

when her ‘Black Velvet’ quenched

the thirst of me and you.

 

An early hit for this group,

who always had the knack.

‘Black Magic Woman’ could only

have come from Fleetwood Mac.

 

‘Paranoid’ or not,

Black Sabbath ruled the day.

This group we know and love,

and it will always stay that way.

 

Our first lady of Liverpool:

Cilla, always saved the day.

And also from this city, China Crisis,

in 85, had a hit with ‘Black Man Ray.

 

This next fast-moving disco classic,

up the chart to No.1 did climb:

In 89, Black Box getting it right

with their ‘Ride On Time’

 

Yearning for ‘The Black Hills Of Dakota’,

in 54, was our American sweetheart, Doris Day,

after her song ‘Secret Love’, at No.1,

had previously led the way.

 

‘Standing In The Road’ came in 72,

making it to No.4 for Blackfoot Sue.

Their follow on, ‘Sing Don’t Speak’,

a Top 40 hit too.

 

La Belle Époque with ‘Black Is Black’,

a 77 Disco tune, forever on our mind.

The re-entry reaching No.2,

This summer hit, one of a kind.

 

This next song twice a hit;

be it a decade apart.

Deep Purple with Black Night,

winning every heart.

 

Some say black is sombre.

Some say black as drab as grey.

Others feel black is powerful,

but black is here to stay.

 

Black shows a sense of smartness,

and with white is monochrome.

The path of peace, an easy walk,

now black has made it home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 1, 2015

 

 

Tune into

Tony’s Time Machine

on Wednesday 2nd December

11 am – 1 pm  

This week Tony is in fab conversation

with Folk singer – Gerry (back by popular demand)

and also Jeanette.

Gerry will be singing and also reading

For The Love Of Football Anthems – Part 1

by Harriet Blackbury

and Jeanette will be reading 

‘Football Folk’  also

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

Don’t miss the kick off.

( Repeats all week at the usual times.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 27, 2015

 

 

‘Just a Little Misunderstanding’,

the only Top 40 success

for the ‘Contours’ on Tamla Motown,

but well received nevertheless.

 

Gallagher and Lyle’s ‘Heart on My Sleeve’

followed ‘I Wanna Stay With You’,

but after ‘Breakaway and ‘Every Little Teardrop,

from the charts, they withdrew.

 

‘Sorrow’ was twice a hit

in both 66 and 73.

The Merseys getting to number 4,

and later, David Bowie reaching number three.

 

Not ‘Purely By Co-incidence’,

‘Sad Sweet Dreamer’ at No.1.

This Sweet Sensation song told of heartache,

long after love had gone.

 

Spoilt for choice with Elton John;

so many of hits about heartache.

‘Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word’

probably the one keeping us awake.

 

With ‘Money Too Tight (To Mention’,

Simply Red, the lean years survived.

Until ‘Holding Back The Years, the (re- issue)

reached No.2, proving Mick had arrived.

 

Faron Young, always good for a time check,

‘It’s Four In The Morning’  sang he.

His well received hit of 72,

in the charts making number 3.

 

Although still unable to find her,

The Zombies had a hit with ‘She’s Not There’.

A song that finishes on a crescendo,

when they’ve seemingly looked everywhere?

 

The King of love songs, Marvin Gaye,

who with Kim Weston, proved ‘It Takes Two’.

Also gave us ‘Sexual Healing’,

for when tough times, we all live through.

 

And actor turned singer, David Soul,

took ‘Silver Lady’ to Number One.

After his first hit ‘Don’t Give Up On Us’

showed how love is never gone.

 

Phil Collins with ‘Against All Odds,

(Take a Look at me now)’ came in 84.

And ‘One More Night’ and ‘Two Hearts’,

gave us a ‘Another Day In Paradise’, for sure.

 

There’s ‘Truly’ only one Lionel Richie,

who had us ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’, ‘All night long’.

This great ‘Penny Lover’ Motown artist,

also made ‘Hello’ – a No.1 song.

 

‘The Man Who Sold The World’

took fabulous Lulu to number three,

whilst her film track ‘To Sir, With Love’,

showed how young hearts run free.

 

Sometimes love can last a moment.

Sometimes love can stay a while.

So when cupid’s arrow arrives,

best to enjoy it with a smile.

 

Sometimes love comes unexpectedly,

and takes one by surprise.

But the real love that lasts a lifetime,

is the one no heart denies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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