Submitted by brianhartgen on Fri, 01/02/2015 - 08:55
Hi to all and a very happy new year!
The Music Machine during 2015 starts with a theme which gives plenty of scope for you to choose a song if you would like to. As the title suggests, it’s all about gender, man, woman, boy, girl, guy, lord, lady, anything you can think of relating to gender. The Boys are Back in Town would be a good example, or Sweet Talking Woman maybe?
It would be good to receive suggestions of any song titles containing those words and there are plenty to choose from!
Submitted by brianhartgen on Tue, 12/30/2014 - 17:38
Hi everyone
For the past few years, Lulu and I have celebrated a radio show which people still love to this day if BBC Radio 2 listeners are anything to go by.
Junior Choice was a radio show for children and the young at heart. It was broadcast on both Radio 1 and 2, and from 1968 to 1980, Ed Stewart was the host, with memorable catch-phrases and jingles, and the programme was full of requests, many of which were recorded on tape. Each Christmas, Ed revisits this show on Radio 2 and the requests still come flooding in.
Submitted by brianhartgen on Fri, 12/26/2014 - 11:04
Hi everyone
I hope you will be able to join me tomorrow for the Music Machine, 2 PM Eastern, 7 PM UK, right after part 2 of the TV Show!
The end of the year is a time for reflection. But rather than play the best selling singles from past years, I thought we’d look at some of the runners up, the songs which didn’t quite make it to be crowned the ultimate best seller of a year. So, we’ll start at 1960 and work our way up to 2000.
I’ll tell you chart facts about the songs and which tracks beat the ones we are playing to the very top.
Submitted by brianhartgen on Fri, 12/26/2014 - 07:48
Hi everyone
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
This week, at 9 PM UK, 4 PM Eastern, Anne is unable to bring you the Zone. But we’ve hijacked it. We’re gate crashing the Zone and we’ll be along with Down for Double!
Submitted by brianhartgen on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 21:02
Ho ho ho everyone!
OK, Christmas is nearly here. Most of us by now have the presents, the food, the drink, all you need now is the music! So do join me Brian this Christmas Eve at 7 PM UK, 2 PM Eastern!
I have Lots of upbeat Christmas music together with some novelty and the occasional carol, to really say that Christmas is well and truly here!
To get in touch with the show, do email brian@the-bell.net or tweet @brianhartgen on Twitter.
Submitted by brianhartgen on Thu, 12/18/2014 - 08:13
Throughout the decades, there’s been one little piece of technology that has been sitting in the corner of the living room, quite happily entertaining, informing and educating, bringing families and friends together, and sometimes causing the odd argument too!
Over the years together we’ve seen fun times, sorrow, we’ve been on adventures, and we’ve seen history being made.
Submitted by brianhartgen on Thu, 12/18/2014 - 07:35
Hi everyone
By request, we’re glad once again to bring you one of our annual specials, a Merry Disney Christmas, Saturday at 6 PM UK, 1 PM Eastern for thre hours.
As well as Christmas songs sung by all your favourite characters, if you love Disney what can’t you do without?
Zany characters,
Baddies,
Cute singing animals,
Love songs,
Comedy,
Disney princesses, and
Big production numbers.
Submitted by brianhartgen on Wed, 12/10/2014 - 20:21
Christmas is a lot of different things to many different people: it is a time of great spiritual significance, a time for family and friends, a time for
children, and a time to reflect on the importance of peace on earth and goodwill toward all. But through it all, there’s a genuine desire to have fun,
to laugh, to smile.
Submitted by brianhartgen on Sun, 12/07/2014 - 11:58
Hi everyone
Well, Dean is taking a well earned rest, and so Lulu and I get to laze around on the Sunday Sofa Session for this week, and there’s plenty in the show!
We looked at some of the top tens from this week in years gone by, and we thought 1988 was a particularly good one. So we’ll be counting that down in the last hour and sharing our memories of some of the songs.
Also we have festive favourites and other good music, so feel free to request whatever you would like.
Submitted by brianhartgen on Fri, 11/28/2014 - 12:36
Hi everyone!
We all know it’s thanksgiving weekend, and I’d like to wish everyone in America a happy holiday!
We should always give thanks for what we receive, but it’s also important to be courteous and ask politely for what we need. So this week, the show is all about songs concerning thanksgiving, or with please or thank you in the title! I am sure there are many you can think of.
To get in touch before or during the show, do email brian@the-bell.net or send a tweet to brianhartgen.
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