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Islands In The Stream

Celebrating Barry Gibb at 80 and paying tribute to the late, great Dolly Parton.

A weekly celebration of the greatest musical decade - 'If you were there, you'd know'...and if you weren't, pay attention!

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Music Played

  • Bee Gees

    You Win Again

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Heartbreaker

    • Friends & Lovers (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb

    Guilty

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.

  • Diana Ross

    Chain Reaction

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • YOUR TOP 3 ALTERNATIVE TUNES - MICHELLE SANDYS

    • Martha and the Muffins

      Echo Beach

      • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
      • Virgin.

    • The Associates

      Party Fears Two

      • NOW - 80s Alternative (Various Artists).
      • Now.

    • The Blue Nile

      Tinseltown in the Rain

      • A Walk Across The Rooftops.
      • Linn.
      • 2.

  • Lipps, Inc.

    Funkytown

    • NOW Yearbook 1980 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Boogie Box High

    Jive Talkin'

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1987 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • THE TIME OF MY LIFE - MALCOLM WALKER

    • Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett

      I Just Can't Stop Loving You

      • Bad 25th Anniversary.
      • Epic/Legacy.
      • 8.

  • GARY'S BIT IN THE MIDDLE

    • Echo & the Bunnymen

      The Cutter

      • Absolution (Various Artists).
      • Polygram Tv.

  • Bee Gees

    Spirits (Having Flown)

    • Spirits Having Flown.
    • Polydor.
    • 5.

  • Queen

    Princes Of The Universe

    • A Kind Of Magic (2011 Remaster).
    • EMI.
    • 9.

  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love

    • Music Of The Year: 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Universal-Island Records.

  • YOUR TOP 3 1984 TUNES - ANDREW KNATT

    • Nik Kershaw

      I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

      • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
      • Sony Tv/Columbia.
      • 4.

    • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

      Talking Loud And Clear

      • The Best Of OMD.
      • Virgin.
      • 10.

    • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

      Two Tribes

      • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
      • Gut.

  • DOLLY PARTON TRIBUTE

    • Dolly Parton

      Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That

      • The Essential Dolly Parton.
      • Columbia Nashville Legacy.

    • Dolly Parton

      9 to 5

      • BMG/RCA.

    • Dolly Parton

      Hard Candy Christmas

    • Dolly Parton

      Potential New Boyfriend

      • BMG Music.

    • Dolly Parton

      I Will Always Love You

      • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
      • BMG/RCA.

    • Dolly Parton

      Yellow Roses

    • Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

      Islands In The Stream

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 18:00
    BBC Radio 2