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One Hit Wonders with OJ Borg: Summer of 96 Special: Joan Osborne, Los Del Rio, Josh Wink and Pianoman

Summer of 96 Special: Joan Osborne, Los Del Rio, Josh Wink and Pianoman

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The best One Hit Wonders from the Summer Of 96 and the story of ‘Blurred’ by Pianoman.

As part of Radio 2’s ‘Summer Of 96’ season, the best One Hit Wonders from a memorable summer 25 years ago, with Pianoman talking about ‘Blurred’.

OJ plays the best One Hit Wonders from a memorable summer, 25 years ago. 

This week it’s our ‘Summer Of 96’ Special, as part of Radio 2’s ‘Summer Of 96’ season.

OJ takes you back to an incredible summer, when the Spice Girls brought us girl power and football was coming home.  

There’s brilliant music from OMC, Los Del Rio, Joan Osborne, Josh Wink and Stretch & Vern.

OJ’s guest is James Sammon, better known as Pianoman, who had a top 10 hit with ‘Blurred.’ 

It features a sample of ‘Girls and Boys’ by Blur, and got to number 6 in the charts. 

James talks about how the song came about, his experience on Top Of The Pops and the Radio 1 Roadshow, and why he’s re-releasing new mixes of ‘Blurred.’

For more from Radio 2’s ‘Summer Of 96’ season, search ‘Summer Of 96’ in BBC Sounds. 

Want to hear your favourite One Hit Wonder on the show? Email OJ@bbc.co.uk.

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