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Radio show
Sounds of the 60s
Genre
1960s music
Running time
120 minutes
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Language(s)
English
Home station
BBC Radio 2
Hosted by
Keith Fordyce (1983–1985) Various (1985–1988) Simon Dee (1988–1989) Brian Matthew (1990–2017) Tony Blackburn (2017–present)
Produced by
Phil Swern & Mollie Davidson, compiled by Tony Blackburn
Recording studio
Broadcasting House, London (1983–2006, 2024-) Wogan House, London (2006–2024)
Original release
12 February 1983
Audio format
FM, DAB digital radio, TV and online
Ending theme
Foot Tapper by The Shadows (1983–2017)
Website
Official website
Sounds of the 60s is a long-running Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 2 that features recordings of popular music made in the 1960s. It was first broadcast on 12 February 1983 and introduced by Keith Fordyce, who had been the first presenter of the TV show Ready Steady Go! in 1963. From March 1990 until February 2017, the presenter was Brian Matthew. Tony Blackburn has hosted the show since 4 March 2017.
Soundsofthe60s is a long-running Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 2 that features recordings of popular music made in the 1960s. It was first...
for the BBC for 63 years from 1954 until 2017. He was the host of Saturday Club, among other programmes, and began presenting Soundsofthe60s in March...
Blackburn now presents Soundsofthe60s on Radio 2, having taken over on 4 March 2017 from Brian Matthew, who hosted it for 27 years. The show is now broadcast...
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Wounds to Bind: A Memoir ofthe Folk-Rock Revolution See Rock File 4 (ed Charlie Gillett & Simon Frith, 1976) Soundsofthe60s, BBC Radio 2, July 28, 2007...
for the BBC Radio 2 show Soundsofthe '60s, standing in for regular presenter Brian Matthew who was unwell. Beginning in the lockdown due to the COVID-19...
(2010). Soundsofthe60s. Don Hale. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-1-907163-22-7. theguardian.com; "Joe Cocker, Grammy Award-winning singer dies at age of 70". Retrieved...
(30 March 2007). "Soundsofthe60s - with The Hollies". The Bolton News. Retrieved 1 April 2019. Eder, Bruce. "Staying Power - The Hollies: Songs, Reviews...
London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 173. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. "Soundsofthe60s". BBC. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013. "Elton John tours Scotland...
Who's Who of British Jazz, London: Continuum, p.240 ISBN 9780826472342 "SoundsOfThe60s". bbc.co.uk. 8 June 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2016. "The Big Cover-Up"...
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Radio 2 – Soundsofthe60s with Tony Blackburn – John Leyton". BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2019. Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular...
June 2018. "TheSoundsofthe '60s: How Dick Dale, the Doors, and Dylan Swayed to Arab Music". Alternet. 3 December 2008. Archived from the original on...
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March 2019. "BBC Radio 2 - SoundsOfThe60s with Tony Blackburn - The Swinging Blue Jeans". BBC. Retrieved 15 March 2019. "The Swinging Blue Jeans | Awards"...
presenter of Radio 2's Soundsofthe60s. The two-hour show also moves to the earlier time of 6 am. 29 March – BBC Radio 4 broadcasts the magazine programme...