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Bob marks International Women's Day with some of the decade's greatest female artists. His 'Best of the Test' comes from Bonnie Raitt on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1976.

Bob marks International Women's Day with some of the decade's greatest female artists.

His 'Best of the Test' choice comes from singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt, from her spellbinding performance on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1976.

Also on the show, more tracks from Bob's 'Rock Date Diary' plus another 70s Country Classic pick.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 8 Mar 202615:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Cars

    Just What I Needed

    • The Cars - Greatest Hits.
    • Elektra.

  • Stephen Stills

    Love The One You're With

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Roy Wood

    Forever

    • The Wizzard! Greatest Hits And More - The EMI Years.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.

  • Gordon Lightfoot

    If You Could Read My Mind

    • If You Could Read My Mind.
    • Reprise.

  • THE ROCKDATE DIARY

    • The Doobie Brothers

      Listen To The Music (feat. Blake Shelton & Hunter Hayes)

      • Southbound.
      • Arista Nashvillle.
      • 002.

    • James Taylor

      You've Got a Friend

      • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
      • CBS.

    • America

      Sister Golden Hair

      • America's Greatest Hits - History.
      • Warner Bros.

    • The Beatles

      Here Comes The Sun

      • 1967-1970.
      • Apple.
      • 7.

  • Barry Manilow

    I Made it Through the Rain

    • Manilow Greatest Hits - Platinum Coll.
    • Arista.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Harvest For The World

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • All 'N All.
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Rock Steady

    • Atlantic Gold (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • Bobby Charles

    I Must Be in a Good Place Now

    • Bobby Charles.
    • Rhino.
    • 3.

  • BEST OF THE TEST

    • Bonnie Raitt

      Too Long at the Fair (Live at OGWT, March 1976)

  • Marianne Faithfull

    The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan

    • Thelma & Louise O.S.T. (Various).
    • MCA.

  • Wings

    Silly Love Songs

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Günter Kallmann Chor & Nick Ingman

    Daydream

    • Daydream - Best Of The Gunter Kallmann Choir.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • COUNTRY CLASSIC

    • Emmylou Harris

      Tulsa Queen

      • Luxury Liner (Expanded & Remastered).
      • Rhino/Warner Records.
      • 10.

  • Eagles

    Hotel California

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Mar 202615:00
    BBC Radio 2