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The Carpenters

Richard Carpenter on his latest project.Plus music from Van Morrison, Coldplay, rapper XXXtentacion and a look at the high new entries in the UK singles charts.

The last couple of years classic hits of artists such as Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and Billy Fury among others are rereleased with new orchestrated backing to huge success. Adding to that ever growing list is the music of the 1970's vocal group The Carpenters. This week Richard Carpenter tell us all about the project.

There is also music from the 40th studio album by Van Morrison, a new live album by Coldplay which was recorded in Argentina and a previously unreleased music from the rapper XXXtentacion.

In the singles chart we find out if Ariana Grande can make it six weeks at the top with her song Thank U Next.

Plus. we look at the high new entries and all of the Top Five best selling songs in the UK, and look at who is topping the charts in Ghana.

Presenter: Kim Robson.

50 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Dec 2018 23:32GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Dec 2018 09:06GMT
  • Sat 15 Dec 2018 12:06GMT
  • Sat 15 Dec 2018 23:32GMT