Sounds of the 60s - 14/11/2009

Brian Matthew presents the programme for all fans of the music of the 1960s.The A-Z of The Beatles works its way through their entire catalogue and this week reaches 'Till There Was You'. Featured records include Jan & Dean, Twinkle, Little Eva, Zager & Evans, Deep Purple, Tommy Steele, Ernie Maresca and Gary Lewis. There's also a short tribute to the late Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary. With facts, figures and trivia as well as the classic hits, rarities, B-sides, obscurities, instrumentals and album tracks, the selection sweeps right across the most important decade for popular music from beginning to end. Sounds Of The Sixties began in 1983 and Brian has been at helm since 1990, bringing to the progarmme his distinctive voice and unmatchable experience of sixties pop shows.