Sunday Night is Music Night

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Sunday Night is Music Night: A tribute to Sir Michael Parkinson

In tribute to Sir Michael Parkinson

A tribute to Sir Michael Parkinson

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, A tribute to Sir Michael Parkinson

Sir Michael Parkinson, the man and his music.

Sir Michael Parkinson, the man and his music. In conversation with Mike Parkinson Jnr, plus seventy musicians and singers Joe Stilgoe, Hailey Tuck and Gwyn Jay Allen.

This special Friday Night is Music Night from the London Palladium follows Sir Michael Parkinson's love affair with music. It charts the career of the Barnsley lad who loved cricket and the movies; who fell in love with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire as they danced, 30 feet high, across the screen of the local Rex; who found jazz through the records of Louis Armstrong and developed an abiding love of music through Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. We'll follow Sir Michael through the pioneering days of Granada TV in the 60s, hear how he developed his journalistic skills to the needs of television, and find out how his love of music led to it becoming an integral part of his famous TV talk show.

Featuring American song book classics by the likes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern and arrangements by the greats - Nelson Riddle and Billy May, among others. We also hear what it's like to sit opposite Hollywood and music stars like Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and John Lennon and hear about Sir Michael's remarkable success as an accidental Artists and Repertoire man. Michael Bublé, Clare Teal, Jamie Cullum and Diana Krall are just a handful of the 'next generation' of jazz artists that he introduced to the public via Parkinson's Sunday Supplement on Radio 2. With star guest vocalists Joe Stilgoe, Alison Jiear, Gwyn Jay Allen and Hailey Tuck, together with the sixty piece BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Big Band conducted by Mike Dixon, this is a chance to meet the legend who talked to legends! Presented by Mike Parkinson and Sir Michael Parkinson.

First broadcast in 2018.

Amazing music. Played by an amazing line up.

Radio 2: Amazing music. Played by an amazing line-up. The home of great music, entertainment and documentaries

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