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Happy Birthday to the Hammond Organ!

Guy sends birthday greetings to Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ, with some of his favourite organ tunes.

Plus the Beckapedia, the Poet Laureate, the Novachord and a smattering of 1993.

Produced in Salford by BBC Audio for BBC Radio 6 Music

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Sun 11 Jan 202613:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Souls of Mischief

    93 Til Infinity

    • Jive.

  • Beastie Boys

    So What'cha Want

    • Capitol Records.

  • The Smashing Pumpkins

    Geek U.S.A.

    • Virgin Records.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Red Right Hand

    • Mute.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Over the Hills and Far Away

    • Atlantic Records.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)

    • COLUMBIA.

  • Santana

    Oye Como Va

    • CBS.

  • PJ Harvey

    Rid Of Me

    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..

  • Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Kenny Burrell, Don Butterfield, Billy Byers, Earl Chapin, Jimmy Cleveland, Bill Corea, George Duvivier, Bernie Glow, Urbie Green, Thad Jones, Phil Kraus, Marky Markowitz, Jimmy Maxwell, Ernie Royal, Jimmy Smith, Tony Studd, Grady Tate & Snooky Young

    Main Title From "The Carpetbaggers"

    • VERVE.

  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)

    • Chrysalis.

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Summertime

    • And Now!.
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 6.

  • The Clash

    The Guns Of Brixton

    • EPIC.

  • Nalan

    Stars

    • Mansions and Millions.

  • The Breeders

    Cannonball

    • 4AD.

  • Anna McLuckie

    Bitten Winter Skin

    • Self release.

  • Brother Bones

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    • Acrobat.

  • Steely Dan

    Any Major Dude Will Tell You

    • MCA.

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Tic Tac Toe

    • Stax.

  • Grant Green

    Ain't It Funky Now

    • Blue Note.

  • The Selecter

    Three Minute Hero

    • Virgin.

  • Katherine Priddy

    Hurricane

    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Jesse Wong

    She Takes Forever

    • LWF Records.

  • Rory Bremner

    Psycho Killer

  • Talking Heads

    Psycho Killer

    • EMI.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Easy Money

    • Mute.

  • Charles Smart

    Light Programme linking music

  • The Flaming Lips

    All We Have Is Now

    • Warner Bros.

  • Talk Talk

    I Don't Believe In You

    • EMI.

  • Whoman

    Morning Dew

    • Capitane Records.

  • Alfie

    Protracted

    • Regal Recordings.

  • Dele Sosimi

    You No Fit Touch Am (Medlar Remix)

  • Bee Gees

    You Should Be Dancing

    • Polydor.

  • Walter Schumann & Kitty White

    Hush Little One Hush

    • Soundtrack Classics.

  • Shack

    Walter's Song

    • Marina.

  • Sibylle Baier

    Wim

    • Orange Twin.

  • Vega Trails

    Largo

    • Gondwana Records.

  • Finley Quaye

    Even After All

    • Epic.

  • Bridget St. John

    Curl Your Toes

    • Cherry Red Records.

  • The Blue Nile

    Over The Hillside

    • Linn.

  • Cambridge King's College Choir, Philip Ledger & John Butt

    Requiem Op. 9 In paradisum

    • Warner Classics.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Qué Será, Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

    • Epic/Legacy.

Broadcast

  • Sun 11 Jan 202613:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music