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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Mark Cooper

Eleanor Thomas

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With Joan Armatrading, Ralph McTell, Al Stewart, Kevin Coyne, Billy Joel and Tim Hardin.

Compilation of performances from 1970s singer-songwriters including Peter Sarstedt, Carole King, Bridget St John, Cat Stevens, Judy Collins, Randy Newman and John Sebastian.

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 defining styles of that decade. 

Featuring Peter Sarstedt, Carole King, Jim Croce, Bridget St John, Cat Stevens, Judy Collins, Randy Newman, John Sebastian, Joan Armatrading, Ralph McTell, Al Stewart, Kevin Coyne, Billy Joel, Tim Hardin and Paul Simon.

Programme sources include the Old Grey Whistle Test, In Concert, 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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