May 4, 2019

 

 

Tune in to Tony’s Time Machine

fab Bank Holiday Drive -Time Special, 

entitled  – Let Me Entertain You.

between 5pm – 7pm on Sunday, 5th May 2019.

 

The Show includes Tony’s popular

 ‘This Day in Music History’ feature,

and a selection of great Drive-Time music,

with songs from Queen, Robbie Williams & Level 42.

 

Tony will also be reading the poem –

 

‘For The Love Of Level 42’

written by Harriet Blackbury

in tribute to Rowland ‘Boon’ Gould.

 

 

 

May 3, 2019

 

 

Level 42 had twenty three UK hit singles,

between 1980 and 89, on Polydor,

before switching labels to RCA,

where six more hits came between 91 and 94.

 

In 80, ‘Love Meeting Love’, their first hit,

at No.61, crept into view.

And in 81, ‘Love Games’ was at No.38, with

‘Turn It On’, at No.57, and ‘Starchild’ at No.47, too.

 

Two more hits came in 82, when

‘Are You Hearing (What I Hear)’, at No.49, was to be.

Followed by ‘Weave Your Spell’,

which peaked at No.43.

 

In 83, ‘The Chinese Way’, reached No.24,

and ‘Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind’, in at No.41, slid.

Next came ‘The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)’ – a Top 10,

and ending 83, making No.37, was ‘Micro Kid’

 

In 84, ‘Hot Water’ reached No.18,

and ‘The Chant Has Begun’, made No.41.

In 85, ‘Something About You’, a Top 10, at No.6,

and ending 85, ‘Leaving Me Now’, had a No.15 slot, won.

 

In 86, ‘Lessons In Love’, was in the Top 3,

and in 87, ‘Running In The Family’, made the Top 6.

Also, in 87, ‘To Be With You Again’, was a Top 10,

as was, ‘It’s Over’, with ‘Children Say’, a No.22 fix.

 

In 88, ‘Heaven In My Hands’, peaked at No.12,

and ‘Take A Look’, reached the No.32 line.

In 89, ‘Tracie’, was at No.25,

followed by, ‘Take Care Of Yourself’, at No.39.

 

In 91, now on RCA, ‘Guaranteed’, rose to No.17,

and ‘Overtime’, peaked at No.62.

And in 92, ‘My Father’s Shoes’, reached No.55,

and in 94, ‘Forever Now’, gained a Top 20 pew.

 

Also in 94, came ‘All Over You’,

still on RCA, climbing to No.26.

And ‘Love In A Peaceful World’, made No 31,

also in 94, nicely ending this mix.

 

RIP –  Rowland ‘Boon’ Gould   1955 -2019

( A founder member of Level 42, from 1980 until 87)

Thank You for the music.

 

 

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

 

April 28, 2019

 

Tune in to Tony’s Time Machine Radio Show

at Noon on Tuesday, 7th May 2019

for another action packed hour 

of great music and all the latest happenings,

including

Tony’s ‘This week in music history – 50 years ago’  slot.

 

Tony will also be reading the poem –

 

‘For The Love Of Level 42’.  

 written by Harriet Blackbury

– in tribute to Rowland ‘Boon’ Gould.

 

and

 

Beth Hamer will be reading the poem-  

 

‘For The Love Of  Black And Pink’

written by Harriet Blackbury. 

 

 

 

 

 

In 94, ‘Whiggle In Line’, on Flying South,

for Black Duck, peaked at No.33.

And in 2000, Italian Duo -Black Legend, on Eternal,

was at No.1 with ‘You See The Trouble With Me’.

 

In 67, ‘See Emily Play’, on Columbia,

peaked at No.6, for Pink Floyd.

And in 70, for Black Sabbath, on Vertigo,

reaching No. 4, was ‘Paranoid’.

 

In 80, ‘Amigo’, on Ensign,

rose to No.9, for Black Slate.

And in 01, ‘Mr DJ’, on Independiente,

for Blackout, made a Top 20, date.

 

In 75, ‘Walking In Rhythm’, on Fantasy,

for The Blackbyrds, at No.23, on view.

And in 02, ‘Get The Party Started’,

on Arista, for P!nk, reached No.2.

 

In 70, Deep Purple, on Harvest,

reached No.2 with ‘Black Night’.

And in 89, ‘Pink Sunshine’, found Fuzzbox,

at No.14, shining bright.

 

In 94, Black Machine, on London,

had a No.17, with ‘How Gee’.

And in 97, Blackstreet, on Interscope,

peaked at No.6, with ‘Don’t Leave Me’.

 

In 68, ‘Lily The Pink’, on Parlophone,

for Scaffold, spent four weeks at No.1 in the charts.

And in 09, ‘Boom Boom Pow’ and ‘I Gotta Feeling’,

for The Black Eyed Peas – US & UK No.1’s, winning hearts.

 

In 72, ‘Standing In The Road’, on Jam,

a Top 4 for UK male group – Blackfoot Sue.

And in 98, Italian group – Black Connection,

saw ‘Give Me Rhythm’, on Xtravaganza, reach No.32.

 

In 68, ‘Black Magic Woman’ on Blue Horizon,

made No.37, for Fleetwood Mac.

And in 77, La Belle Epoque on Harvest,

peaked at No.2 with ‘Black Is Black’.

 

In 92, ‘Remedy’, on Def American,

hit No.24, for The Black Crowes.

And in 82, ‘Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White’, on Wea,

by Modern Romance featuring John Du Prez, up to No.15, rose.

 

 

 

 

 

April 23, 2019

 

Tune in to Tony’s Time Machine radio show

at Noon on Tuesday, 23rd April 2019,

for another magic hour, featuring –

a selection of The Best of Rock 

& new electronic sounds’

 

Tony will also be reading the poem –

 

‘For The Love Of Les Reed – a glimpse into some of his music.’

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

 

April 21, 2019

 

 

In 64, The Applejacks, on Decca,

had a Top 7 with ‘Tell Me When’,

And in 65, The Fortunes, also on Decca,

had a Top 4 with ‘Here It Comes Again’.

 

In 65, ‘Everybody Knows’, on Columbia,

peaked at No.37, for The Dave Clark Five.

Also in 65, ‘It’s Not Unusual’, on Decca,

for Tom Jones, at No.1 did arrive.

 

Again in 65, ‘Leave A Little Love’, on Decca,

took Lulu to No.8 in the charts.

And in 67, ‘The Last Waltz’, also on Decca,

found Engelbert Humperdinck, at No.1, winning hearts.

 

Also in 67, ‘I’m Coming Home’, on Decca,

for Tom Jones, made a No.2 rush.

And in 67, Herman’s Hermits, on Columbia,

reached No.7 with ‘There’s A Kind Of Hush’.

 

In 68, Petula Clark, had a Top 50,

with ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’, on Pye.

And in 68, Tom Jones on Decca,

saw ‘Delilah’, up to No.2, fly.

 

Also in 68, ‘Les Bicyclettes De Belsize’, on Decca,

for Engelbert Humperdinck, found a Top 5 trend.

And in 68, Des O’Connor, on Columbia,

had a No.1 with ‘I Pretend’.

 

In 69, ‘Winter World Of Love’, on Decca,

peaked at No.7 for Engelbert Humperdinck.

And in 70, ‘Daughter Of Darkness’, also on Decca,

for Tom Jones, made a Top 5 link.

 

Thank you for the unforgetable words and music.

RIP    Les Reed   1935 – 2019.

 

Written by

Harriet Blackbury.

 

April 19, 2019

 

 

Tune in to Tony’s Time Machine Radio Show,

 between  5pm – 7pm  on Saturday, 20th April 2019

for another fab Saturday Drive Time Special,

which includes a great selection of Drive Time Music

to help you on your journey.

 

The show features Part 3 of Tony’s much acclaimed

‘Travel Tales.’  

PLUS  a Rock music update & 50 years ago today.

 

Tony will also be reading the poem 

‘For The Love Of France’

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

 

April 18, 2019

 

 

In 82, ‘Paris Is One Day Away’, for Mood,

reached No.42, on RCA.

And in 83, ‘The Paris Match’ – a double A side, on Polydor,

for Style Council, enjoyed a Top 3 stay.

 

In 56, ‘Poor People of Paris’, on Decca,

found Winifred Atwell, for 3 weeks at No.1.

And in 76, ‘Lost In France’, on RCA,

saw Bonnie Tyler, with a No.9, won.

 

In 65, ‘All Over The World’, on Pye,

for Francoise Hardy, peaked at No.16.

And in 70, ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’,

on Warner Brothers, for Sasha Distel – a Top 10, seen.

 

In 74, ‘She’ by Charles Aznavour,

on Barclay label, reached No.1.

And in 86, ‘French Kissin In The USA’,

on Chrysalis, for Debbie Harry, at No.8, shone.

 

In 79, ‘Parisienne Walkways’, on MCA,

took Gary Moore to the No.8 spot.

And in 93, ‘Parisienne Walkways’, now on Virgin,

gave Gary Moore, a No.32,  second chart shot.

 

In 82, ‘Paris By Air’, on MCA,

took Tygers Of Pan Tang, up to No.63 in the charts,

And in 89, ‘French Kiss’, for Lil’ Louis,

on ffrr label, a No.2, winning hearts.

 

In 78, ‘Supernature’, on Atlantic,

peaked at No.8 in the Top 10.

And in 08, ‘Paris Is Burning’, on Modular,

saw Lady Hawke at No.61, and in 09, at No.47 – a hit again.

 

In 55, ‘Under The Bridges Of Paris’, on Capitol,

took Dean Martin up to No.6,

And in 69, ‘Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus’, on Major Minor,

at No.1, for Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg – last in this mix.

 

God Bless Paris

 

 

 

 

 

April 15, 2019

 

 

 

Tune in to Tony’s Time Machine.

at Noon on Tuesday, 16th April 2019,

to catch the latest happenings in the music world,

including Tony’s ‘This Day in Rock History’ slot.

 

This show follows another of Tony’s well received Drive-Time shows

on Saturday (13th April)

 

Tony will be previewing songs by forthcoming guest – Amy Lewis.

and Amy will be reading the poem –

 

For The Love Of Stars

written by Harriet Blackbury.

 

 

 

 

In 82, ‘Starmaker’, on RCA,

gave Kid’s from Fame, a gold selling Top 3.

And in 06, ‘Starlight’, on Helium,

for Muse, a No.13, was to be.

 

In 72, ‘Starman’, on RCA,

gave David Bowie his second Top 10 place.

 And in 84, ‘Lucky Star’, on Sire,

for Madonna, at No.14, in the chart race.

 

In 78, ‘Lucky Stars’ on Lifesong,

for Dean Friedman, peaked at No.3.

And in 94, ‘Stars’, on Wild Card,

for China Black, held a No.19 key.

 

In 91, ‘Stars’, on East West,

peaked at No.8, for Simply  Red.

And in 2010, ‘Starry Eyed’, on Polydor,

for Ellie Goulding, up to No.4, sped.

 

In 99, ‘Starman – a double A side – on Virgin,

for Culture Club, reached No.7.

And in 06, ‘Stars Are Blind’, on Warner Brothers,

gave Paris Hilton, a Top 4 heaven.

 

In 98, ‘My Star’, on Polydor,

for Ian Brown, had the Top 5 won.

And in 74, ‘Gonna Make You A Star, on CBS,

gave David Essex, a gold selling No.1.

 

 

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