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BBC Radio 2 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Light Programme.

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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker 

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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker plays classic tracks from the Seventies

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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker : Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge

22/05/2016

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Rita Coolidge

Johnnie hears 70s memories from Rita Coolidge.

Johnnie Walker is joined in conversation by Rita Coolidge.

The seventies saw Rita go to Los Angeles and work with Delaney & Bonnie, becoming a popular background singer for numerous artists including Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills. She also met Kris Kristofferson during this time, recording several duet albums together as well as winning a Grammy Award. She shares her memories of the decade with Johnnie. 

Also on the show, Johnnie digs out some of the best of the BBC archive, and another listener helps to add a classic seven-inch single into Johnnie's Jukebox.

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