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Singer-Songwriters at the BBC

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Compilations of performances by singer-songwriters from the BBC vaults

Compilations of performances by singer-songwriters from the BBC vaults, using archive from programmes such as The Old Grey Whistle Test, In Concert and Top of the Pops

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Alison Howe

Janet Fraser-Crook

Singer-Songwriters at the BBC: Series 1: Episode 3

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Including Bobbie Gentry, Kris Kristofferson, Janis Ian, Gordon Lightfoot and John Martyn.

Compilation of performances from 1970s singer-songwriters including Bobbie Gentry, Kris Kristofferson, Buffy Saint-Marie, Janis Ian, Gordon Lightfoot, John Martyn and Randy Newman.

Compilation which unlocks the BBC vaults to explore the burgeoning singer-songwriter genre that exploded at the dawn of the 1970s and became one of the definining styles of that decade. 

Featuring classic songs from Bobbie Gentry, Kris Kristofferson, Buffy Saint-Marie, Janis Ian, Gordon Lightfoot, John Martyn, Randy Newman, Linda Lewis, Joni Mitchell, Don McLean, Ralph McTell, Loudon Wainwright III, Don Williams and Paul Brady. 

Programme sources include The Old Grey Whistle Test, Top of the Pops, Sounds for Saturday, The Bobbie Gentry Show and One in Ten.

Singer-Songwriters at the BBC: Series 1

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