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Music: Classic Pop & Rock

Gary Davies has the best 1980s music - hits, classics, album tracks, 12" singles and more.

Gary Davies takes you back to the best decade in music, with a diverse mix of classic pop, dance, rock, hip-hop and alternative pop

Gary Davies takes you back to the best decade in music, with a diverse mix of classic pop, dance, rock, hip-hop and alternative pop. Each week, celebs and listeners choose their favourite 80s tracks on My 80s, and a fresh Mastermix is served.

Sounds of the 80s

Sara Cox

Marc Almond

Soft Cell

Michael Gray

Lee Edmenson

Marcel Lawson

Fiona Day

Gregory Stevens

Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies: Marc Almond

14/10/2016

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies, Marc Almond

Radio 2's Sara Cox takes us down the 80s videos time tunnel and talks to Marc Almond.

Radio 2's Sara Cox talks to Marc Almond about his band Soft Cell, their journey from Leeds to New York via Soho, and their Top of the Pops debut.

BBC Radio 2's Sara Cox takes us down the 80s videos time tunnel and talks to singer Marc Almond.

Marc takes us back to the creation of his band Soft Cell with friend David Ball and the journey taking their music from Leeds to London's Soho and on to New York, including Studio 54. He talks candidly about the effect of his 1981 Top of the Pops debut and the later traumatic time of his motorbike crash.

Sara plays Soft Cell's debut on Top of the Pops, and Marc chooses one of his favourite songs from the 80s: Christine by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Plus Heaven 17's Temptation, Def Leppard's Animal, Diana Ross's Chain Reaction and more, and a megamix of the top 5 from this week in 1985, including the number one from Jennifer Rush with The Power of Love.

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