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ON AIR WITH ANNIE NIGHTINGALE - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 22nd July 2015
Another chance to hear Annie Nightingale take us through the six decades of her broadcasting career. In this episode, Annie looks back at going on tour with The Police, the death of John Lennon, and how she was "reborn" musically by Acid House.
Perfecto Allstarz - Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag)
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
Faces - Stay With Me
The Clash - London Calling
The Police - ?
The Police - Roxanne
John Lennon - Imagine
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Ian Dury - Clevor Trever
Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
Stakker - Humanoid
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun
Primal Scream - Don't Fight It, Feel It
Primal Scream - Loaded
Daft Punk - Da Funk
Underworld - Dark And Long (Dark Train)
Eurythmics - ?
Underworld - Cowgirl
System Seven - ?
Grooverider - Rainbows Of Colour
Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)
Basement Jaxx - Red Alert
Basement Jaxx - Rendez-Vu
Basement Jaxx - Good Luck
Basement Jaxx - Lucky Star
The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
The Streets - Blinded By The Lights
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Mix)
Donna Summer - State Of Independence
ON AIR WITH ANNIE NIGHTINGALE - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 15th July 2015
Another chance to hear Annie Nightingale take us through the six decades of her broadcasting career, sharing memories of hanging out with the biggest stars in pop music, including Paul McCartney, Keith Moon, Bowie and The Police, and introducing clips of her most remarkable interviews from TV and radio. Annie will play her favourite songs, and take us on a wonderful musical journey from the Beatles to Ibiza, the Who to London Grammar. This will be Compulsory Listening for anyone who loves music.
In this episode Annie looks back at making the move from print to broadcasting, and how she overcame a sexist BBC to become the first female DJ.
It's 1965 and music journo Annie gets her own national TV show That's For Me. She champions The Who, The Yardbirds and Georgie Fame and the show is her intro to The Ad Lib club and Swinging London. 1965 was the kick off point, and then followed three zenith years of Super Sixties Britain – 1965-67. For Annie Nightingale, from being a local reporter in Brighton, writing about music and being a fan, 1965 was the year she felt she had something to contribute. ITV's That's For Me, sister show to Ready Steady Go! allowed Annie to choose the artists, some of whom were making their very first tv appearance: The Who, with the first ever pop video for I Can't Explain; and The Yardbirds, which launched the careers of Britain's most famous rock guitarists Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck. Other bands on the series included The Moody Blues, with Go Now, and Georgie Fame with Yeh Yeh.
Perfecto Allstarz - Reach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pig Bag)
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
The Beatles - Day Tripper
The Rolling Stones - The Last Time
The Who - Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
The Beatles - Twist And Shout
Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1
Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun
The Beatles - Within You Without You
The Beatles - Revolution 9
George Harrison - Hear Me Lord
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
The Who - See Me, Feel Me / Listening to You
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (incl. Mirrors)
Kanye West - Power
Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Alice Cooper - School's Out
David Bowie - Space Oddity
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
The Rolling Stones - Respectable
The Rolling Stones - Star Star
Ramones - Don't Come Close
Jeff Beck - Behind The Veil
The Who - Won’t Get Fooled Again
The Who - Baba O'Riley
THE ANNIE NIGHTINGALE SHOW - 6 MUSIC 01.10.17 (320kbs-m4a/258mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 1st October 2017
Following the sad news of Annie's passing this is another chance to hear when Annie joined 6 Music to present a celebration of 50 years of Radio 1, playing music from the past and present. Annie Nightingale is best known as Britain's first female DJ on Radio 1 and was the station's longest serving broadcaster.
Annie presents a show collating listener song suggestions for this final programme in a series of four.
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary [Beggars Banquet]
London Grammar - If You Wait (Shy FX Remix)
Banco de Gaia - Last Train To Lhasa
PJ Harvey - The Community Of Hope
Green Velvet - La La Land (Futureshock Club Mix)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Freaks For The Festival
Knox Borwn (feat. Wretch 32 & Avelino) - My Redemption Song
Neneh Cherry (feat. Michael Stipe) - Trout
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks [Atlantic]
Dua Lipa - New Rules (Alison Wonderland Remix)
Colourbox - The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme
The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet [Virgin]
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil [London]
Lady Leshurr - Queen's Speech 5
Nick Drake - River Man [Island]
Franz Ferdinand - The Dark Of The Matinée [Domino]
Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck [4AD]
Tinie Tempah - Pass Out
Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? [EMI]
Captain Sensible - Croydon
Barry Andrews - Rossmore Road (NW1) [Virgin]
Vato Gonzalez - Push Riddim
SULK - The Tape Of You
The Box Tops - The Letter [Old Gold]
Last Night In Paris - Been A Minute
The Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the Rain [Linn]
Claptone (feat. Say Yes Dog) - Before I Lose My Mind
Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan - What A Wonderful World
The Pogues - Fiesta [Warners]
THE ANNIE NIGHTINGALE SHOW - 6 MUSIC 24.09.17 (320kbs-m4a/258mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th September 2017
Following the sad news of Annie's passing this is another chance to hear when Annie joined 6 Music to present a celebration of 50 years of Radio 1, playing music from the past and present. Annie Nightingale is best known as Britain's first female DJ on Radio 1 and was the station's longest serving broadcaster.
In this episode she speaks to Andrew Innes of Primal Scream.
The Cure - A Forest (12" Mix)
Little Freaky Things - What A Bad Day (The Shoes Remix)
Furniture - Love Your Shoes
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman [Capitol]
The Chemical Brothers (feat. Q‐Tip) - Go [Virgin/EMI]Pet Shop Boys - Go West [Parlophone]
Public Service Broadcasting - Go! [Test Card Recordings]
The Farm - All Together Now [Dover]
FREAK - No Money
The Prodigy - Climbatize
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) [EMI]
The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do [Polygram Tv]
The Who - I Can See For Miles [Polydor]
Aerosmith - Dream On
Phuture - Acid Trax
Primal Scream - Loaded
George Clinton - Get Yo Ass In The Water And Swim Like Me
Primal Scream - Carry Me Home
Felt - Book Of Swords
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
The Beatles - The Night Before [Parlophone]
Harry Nilsson - You Can't Do That
The National - Day I Die [4AD]
The KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Live From The Lost Continent) [EMI]
LCD Soundsystem - American Dream [Columbia]
Flowered Up - Weekender [Heavenly]
THE ANNIE NIGHTINGALE SHOW - 6 MUSIC 17.09.17 (320kbs-m4a/258mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th September 2017
Following the sad news of Annie's passing this is another chance to hear when Annie joined 6 Music to present a celebration of 50 years of Radio 1, playing music from the past and present. Annie Nightingale is best known as Britain's first female DJ on Radio 1 and was the station's longest serving broadcaster.
This week's show contains tracks by Christine & The Queens, Eminem, Big Star and LCD Soundsystem. She also digs into her own archive to bring you excerpts from interviews with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper.
The House Of Love - Christine [Fontana]
Christine And The Queens - Christine
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine [Polydor]
Moodswings (feat. Chrissie Hynde) - Spiritual High (State Of Independence) [Arista]
Christopher Port - Nobody Chose You
Big Star - September Gurls [Big Beat]
Eminem - Careful What You Wish For
Joy Division - Transmission [London]
Department S - Is Vic There? [MCA]
DEVO - Jocko Homo [MCA]
The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man [Global Television]
Lou Reed - Perfect Day [Telstar]
Lou Reed - Sick Of You
Lou Reed - Last Great American Whale
Lou Reed - New York Telephone Conversation
Ella Fitzgerald - Manhattan
LCD Soundsystem - Emotional Haircut [Columbia]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll [Geffen]
New York Dolls - Lipstick, Powder & Paint
Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan [Columbia]
Harpers Bizarre - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
Rapture - W.A.Y.U.H. [Vertigo]
The Sabres Of Paradise - Theme
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
Alice Cooper - School's Out [Warner Bros]
Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu
The Bonzo Dog Band - Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox
Joan As Police Woman - Holiday
THE ANNIE NIGHTINGALE SHOW - 6 MUSIC 10.09.17 (320kbs-m4a/253mb/1hr50mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th September 2017
Following the sad news of Annie's passing, this is another chance to hear when Annie joined 6 Music to present a celebration of 50 years of Radio 1, playing music from the past and present. Annie Nightingale is best known as Britain's first female DJ on Radio 1 and was the station's longest-serving broadcaster.
This week's show contains tracks by Wiley, Westworld, Scott Walker and Stormzy amongst others. She also digs into her own archive to bring you an interview she conducted with Mike Skinner of The Streets back in 2015.
The artist Kae Tempest is referred to as Kate Tempest during this programme – the conversation was recorded in 2015 and first broadcast in 2017, before Kae changed their name.
Various Artists - You Don't Own Me (Montage)
Wiley - Skankin (2 Bears Remix)
The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom [Go Feet]
The Strokes - Under Cover Of Darkness [Rough Trade]
Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy [Sony Music TV]
Propellerheads & David Arnold - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Oasis - Columbia
Nirvana - Come As You Are [Geffen]
Transglobal Underground - Templehead
The Streets - Blinded By The Lights
Nas - The World Is Yours
The Streets - Has It Come To This? [Locked On/679]
Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
Ethel Merman - Mr Goldstone, I Love You (Original Broadway Cast)
The Streets - Dry Your Eyes [679 Recordings]
Stormzy - Know Me From
Dennis Wilson - River Song
Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down
Scott Walker - Jackie [Fontana]
Lush - De-Luxe
Strawbs - Pick Up The Pieces
Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday [Korova]
Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair
David Bowie - The Next Day [RCA]
LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum [DFA]
Death Grips - Hacker
Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Cedric Gervais Remix)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer In The City
ANNIE NIGHTINGALE'S AGE OF IRREVERENCE (320kbs-m4a/129mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 7th January 2023
A lifelong fan of both comedy and new music, Annie Nightingale looks at how, in the youth revolution of the late 50s and 60s onwards, British rock music and comedy were closely intertwined.
Starting with The Goon Show, she takes us on a personal tour of the pop culture scene that includes The Beatles, Beyond The Fringe and That Was The Week That Was, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Monty Python and The Rutles. We hear how a core group of British musicians and satirists influenced each other, sharing a similar view of the world and a fearless desire to disrupt and lampoon the political and social norms in which they'd been brought up.
Contributors include David Quantick, composer John Altman, comedy historian Jem Roberts, and "Legs" Larry Smith of the Bonzos.
Producer: Victoria Ferran
Executive Producer: Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4
ANNIE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTS... ANNIE-VERSARY: RAVE (320kbs-m4a/273mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 18th November 2020
Part three of Annie's 5 Decade celebrations, Annie focusses on Rave, playing her favourite tracks and telling us some her memories from dance floors.
S'Express - Theme From S'Express
Aretha Franklin - A Deeper Love (A Deeper Mix)
My Bloody Valentine - Soon (Andy Weatherall Mix) [Creation]
Slam - Positive Education [Soma Quality Recordings]
Sueño Latino - Sueño Latino (Agua Version)
The Soup Dragons - I'm Free
Moby - Go
Empirion - Narcotic Influence 1 [XL Recordings]
Utah Saints - Something Good '08 [Data]
The Prodigy - Charly [XL Recordings]
Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Jam & Spoon Remix) [React]
Transglobal Underground - Temple Head [Nation]
Scratch-D & H-Bomb - The Red Pill [Freakin' Music]
Stereo MCs - Ground Level
Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid [Westside]
Saint Etienne - Speedwell [Heavenly]
Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory [Artista]
Maurice - This Is Acid [A&M]
EMF - Unbelievable [Parlophone]
The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch I [Warp]
The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Flare Mix) [Big Life]
Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) [Pulse 8]
Meat Beat Manifesto - Radio Babylon [Play It Again Sam]
Altern-8 - Activ-8 (Come With Me)
The Farm - All Together Now [Jive]
Underworld - Pearl's Girl [Junior Boy's Own]
Laurent Garnier - The Man With The Red Face
LFO - LFO [Warp]
The KLF - What Time Is Love? [KLF Communications]
Hardfloor - Acperience 1 [Harthouse America]
Seal - Killer
The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea
ANNIE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTS... ANNIE-VERSARY: THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS (320kbs-m4a/273mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 11th November 2020
Part two of Annie's 5 decade celebrations, Annie sits down with Ed from the Chemical Brothers to talk the 90s, Acid House and how they've stayed relevant.
The Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Song To The Siren [Diamond]
The Chemical Brothers - MAH [Virgin/EMI]
The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Go [Virgin/EMI]
The Chemical Brothers - Music: Response [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Swoon [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Temptation / Star Guitar
The Chemical Brothers - Got To Keep On [Virgin/EMI]
The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Eve Of Destruction [Virgin/EMI]
The Chemical Brothers - Saturate [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - No Geography [Virgin/EMI]
The Chemical Brothers - Escape Velocity / The Golden Path
The Chemical Brothers - Hoops / Get Up On It Like This
The Chemical Brothers - Under The Influence / Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers - Wide Open [Virgin/EMI]
The Chemical Brothers - Galvanize [Virgin]
The Chemical Brothers - C-H-E-M-I-C-A-L / Leave Home / Song
The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats [Virgin]
ANNIE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTS... ANNIE-VERSARY: PUNK TO FUNK (320kbs-m4a/274mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 4th November 2020
Annie kicks off her celebratory shows by playing her favourite tracks from the 70s-90s, while telling us parts of her story so far.
Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? [Sire]
The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton [Sony Music]
Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me [Go! Beat]
Pete Shelley - Homosapien [Island]
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star [Polydor]
Lou Reed - Vicious
Department S - Is Vic There? [RCA]
Blondie - Rapture
Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling [London]
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit [Factory]
Public Image Ltd - (This Is Not A) Love Song [Virgin]
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence [Polydor]
The Adverts - Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes [Anchor]
Joy Division - Transmission [Factory]
Bass-O-Matic - Fascinating Rhythm [Virgin]
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherall Remix) [Rough Trade America]
Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk? [Rough Trade]
Furniture - Brilliant Mind [Stiff]
Underworld - Rez [Junior Boy's Own]
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer [Warner Bros.]
Tubeway Army (Feat. Gary Numan) - Down In The Park [Beggars Banquet]
David Bowie - Starman [RCA]
Propaganda - Duel [ZTT]
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary [Young & Lost]
Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U [Chrysalis]
Yello - Lost Again
The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom [Go-Feet]
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
The Specials - Ghost Town
DEVO - Jocko Homo [Booji Boy]
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun [Creation/Sire]
The Vapors - Turning Japanese [United Artists]
Prince - When Doves Cry [Ram]
Flowered Up - Weekender (12" Version) [Heavenly]
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 19th July 2020
Annie Nightingale was BBC Radio 1’s first female presenter and is its longest-serving DJ, celebrating her 50th anniversary at the station this year.
Born and brought up in south west London, she fell in love with the romance and mystery of radio through her father’s meticulous tuning of their home set to broadcasts from exotic places like Prague and Hilversum. On leaving school at 17, she spent a year on a journalism course in central London.
After relocating to Brighton, she worked her way up through local newspapers to the national press and magazines and eventually, by the mid-1960s, to TV. She interviewed the Beatles as a young journalist, and gave early support to artists including David Bowie, Ian Dury, Eminem and Primal Scream. In 1970, she was the first woman DJ to join Radio 1 with a Sunday evening show. From 1978 to 1982, Annie was the sole female presenter on the BBC TV music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, the only woman to have held the job. Her excitement for new music and musical genres from acid house to grime, hasn’t wavered.
She currently hosts a weekly Radio 1 show called Annie Nightingale Presents… (on air on Wednesdays between 1 and 3 am) and has received countless awards from Caner of the Year to Commander of the Order of the British Empire, which she received this year for services to radio.
Annie has a son and a daughter from her first marriage. She is twice divorced and lives in London.
Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Cathy Drysdale
Billie Eilish - Bury A Friend [Darkroom/Interscope]
Ethel Merman - Some People [Masterworks Broadway]
John Lennon - Instant Karma! [Parlophone/EMI]
The Marvelettes - Too Many Fish In The Sea [Tamla]
David Bowie - Space Oddity [Mute]
Beyoncé (Feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Freedom [RCA]
Erik Satie - Gymnopédies No. 1 [Naxos]
Sid Vicious - My Way [Virgin]
