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Billy Sloan: 10/07/2016

10/07/2016

BBC Radio Scotland - Billy Sloan, 10/07/2016

Billy Sloan plays a Great Collaborations track by U2 and Green Day.

Billy Sloan plays a Great Collaborations track by U2 and Green Day, plus he continues to highlight the career of musician Quincey Jones in Musical Chairs.

Billy Sloan plays the very best in pop and rock music from Scotland's greats as well as the rest of the world with regular features Spin The Globe and Early Morning Soul. In this weekend's Musical Chairs feature Billy highlights the career of Quincy Jones - American record producer, conductor, arranger and composer, best known for his work with legendary musicians such as Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, James Brown, Little Richard, Peggy Lee, BB King & Michael McDonald. The Great Collaborations track features U2 & Green Day and in The Real Thing it's 'The Songs of Danny Galway' by Prefab Sprout - written by Paddy McAloon about one of his heroes Jimmy Webb - "a fan letter my young self would have wanted to write to him... to me, he was a legendary figure.".

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