The Whole Nine Yards Episode 174
With Roy Stannard
On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM
Sunday 26th April 2024 3-5pm
www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen
Don’t Bore Us – Cut to the Chorus
Don’t bore us. Get to the chorus. If you’re trying to make a high impact first impression, why not hit the listener square in the face with the catchiest, most memorable part of the song from the off?
So today, songs that take off with a chorus. Don’t ignore us..Hour One
The Chordettes – Lollipop (Greatest Hits 1958)
Little Esther – T’Aint Watch Say It’s Watch Do (Single 1963)
Martha and the Vandellas – Nowhere to Run (Dance Party 1965)
Sonny & Cher – Baby Don’t Go (Baby Don’t Go 1964)
Jackie de Shannon – What the World Needs Now (This is Jackie De Shannon 1965)
Blur – Song 2 (Blur 1997)
Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died in Your Arms (Broadcast 1986) (Live at Rockpalast 2007)
The Goo Goo Dolls – Broadway (Dizzy Up The Girl 1998)
Cheap Trick – I Want You To Want Me (Live at Budokan 1977)
J.J. Cale – They Call Me The Breeze (Naturally 1971)
Tonic – If You Could Only See (Lemon Parade 1996)
They Might Be Giants – Everything Right is Wrong Again (They Might Be Giants (The Pink Album) 1986
Hour Two
Jain – Makeba (Zanaka 2015)
David Guetta ft Bebe Rexha – One In A Million (Single 2023)
Professor Green – Lullaby (Growing Up In Public 2014)
Robyn – Call Your Girlfriend (Body Talk 2010)
Pilot – January (Second Flight 1975)
The Beatles – Two of Us (2021 Remix) (Let it Be 1970)
Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney 1972)
Joe Cocker – You Are So Beautiful (I Can Stand a Little Rain 1974)
The Triffids – Bury Me Deep in Love (Calenture 1987)
The Velvet Underground – Sunday Morning ft Nico – The Velvet Underground 1967)
LeCrae – Worth It (All Things Work Together 2017)
Billie Eilish – Your Power (Happier Than Ever (2021)
Fearless Soul ft Kenna Childs – Heaven is a Place on Earth (Cover Sessions 2022)
Musical hieroglyphics and wonders 