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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker 

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Johnnie Walker plays classic tracks from the Seventies

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker : Les McKeown

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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Les McKeown

Johnnie's guest is Bay City Roller Les McKeown

Les McKeown from the Bay City Rollers shares his 70s memories. Plus Johnnie reveals This Week In Music via the BBC Archives and a listener shares their Johnnie's Jukebox pick.

Johnnie's guest this week is Bay City Roller frontman Les McKeown. 
Back in 1975, Johnnie ignited a bit of a furore with Bay City Rollers fans by revealing live on Radio 1 that he wasn't a fan of their music. The story goes that Johnnie was announcing the chart as he did each Tuesday afternoon - and their mammoth hit, 'By Bye Baby' had been on the top spot for weeks. He wasn't best pleased that the track was still at Number 1 - and told the nation exactly how he felt! 
Fast forward to 2018 and that rather notorious tale has followed Johnnie throughout his legendary career. Les McKeown meanwhile, is back on the road with Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers. The band are on tour this autumn and have also just announced another tour for next spring, across arenas in the UK with other 70's icons, Suzi Quatro and David Essex. 
So how does Johnnie feel about the Bay City Rollers now? And how does Les feel about Johnnie and what he said over 40 years ago? Will Johnnie play 'Bye Bye Baby' one more time? Will Les forgive Johnnie for upsetting his fans?! There's only one way to find out...

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