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The Paul Gambaccini Collection Episodes

  1. 12/10/2025

    Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.

  2. 05/10/2025

    Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.

  3. 28/09/2025

    Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.

  4. #76 Golden Duos

    Paul plays tracks from notable duos and track on the theme of 'Gold' or 'Golden'.

  5. #75 Male Vocal Groups & Iconic Female singers

    Paul picks his favourite male vocal groups and iconic female singers.

  6. #74 Van Morrison and DJ's first songs

    Paul celebrates Van Morrison and plays some of Radio 2's DJs' first songs.

  7. #73 - Defiant Breakup Songs

    This week Paul plays a selection of defiant breakup songs and number 1 covers.

  8. #72 - Charts firsts and the work of Don Black

    Chart historian Paul Gambaccini plays chart firsts, and celebrates the work of Don Black.

  9. #71 - Live Aid and Going Solo

    40 years on, Paul shares his memories of Live Aid, including Queen, Elton & Sade.

  10. #70 Classic Glasto setlist tracks

    Paul plays tracks from classic Glastonbury set lists.

  11. #69 Pianists and A&M Records

    Paul celebrates his favourite pop piano tracks and takes a walk through A&M Records hits.

  12. # 68 - Paul celebrates the life of Brian Wilson, and his favourite R&B performers

    Paul celebrates the life of Brian Wilson and his favourite R&B performers.

  13. #67 - Paul picks his favourite covers

    Paul picks his favourite covers, and we celebrate families in music.

  14. #66 Grammy Winning Soundtracks

    Paul celebrates Grammy Winning Soundtracks and songs for peace.

  15. # 65 Instrumentals, Hal David & The Three Degrees

    Paul picks his favourite instrumentals and pays tribute to the work of Hal David.

  16. #64 The Doors, Dionne Warwick and Elton John

    Paul looks at classic French tracks which made the UK chart and eponymous album titles.

  17. # 63 - Glen Campbell, Paul McCartney and William De Vaughan

    Paul investigates Glen Campbell as a musician on other people's records.

  18. #62 The Eagles and Paul's Top 10 Country Singles

    Paul celebrates the work of the Eagles, and picks his favourite top 10 Country singles.

  19. #61 John Denver, Spring and Don Black

    Paul salutes the work of John Denver, we welcome Spring and remember Bill Withers.

  20. #60 The Police and The Oscar nominations of Meryl Streep

    Paul celebrates the Police and The Oscar nominations of Meryl Streep.

  21. #59 Jerry Butler, U2 and a Beach Boys anniversary

    Paul remember the genius of Jerry Butler, U2's Joshua Tree and a Joan Baez live track.

  22. # 58 Paris, Mathis and Beatles at the Beeb

    Paul's themes this week are Paris and the works of Johnny Mathis.

  23. #57 Rivers, Peel and Cash

    Paul takes on the theme of Rivers and pays tribute to Johnny Cash.

  24. # 57 Happy/Sad

    Paul picks the tracks to cheer you up and then make you sad again!

  25. #56 Silly Love Songs

    Get into the Valentine's Day spirit a little early, Paul picks his favourite love songs.

  26. #55 Paul's Comic Heroes

    Paul is a huge comic fan and picks tracks inspired by comic book characters.

  27. #54 Songs titles that mention other songs

    Paul picks songs with titles that include titles of other tracks.

  28. #53 - Higher and Higher

    Paul picks his favourite tracks on the topic of 'higher'.

  29. #52 In Memory of Johnnie

    Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.

  30. #51 - Years and Years

    Paul guides you through 7 decades of music, with the stories behind classic tracks.

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