Pick of the Pops

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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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Counting down two popular music charts from this week in decades past.

Pick of the Pops: 1979

1979

BBC Radio 2 - Pick of the Pops, 1979

The Great Gambo counts down the chart from this week in 1979.

The Great Gambo counts down the chart from this week in 1979: Players Association ‘Turn The Music Up’ while Edwin Starr makes ‘Contact’.

'Turn The Music Up' It's time for Pick of the Pops! And The Great Gambo has the chart from this week in 1979. Gloria Gaynor powerfully proclaims, 'I Will Survive' while Edwin Starr makes  ‘Contact’.

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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