Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

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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 : Remembering Gary Brooker

Remembering Gary Brooker

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Remembering Gary Brooker

Johnnie remembers Procul Harum's Gary Brooker, who died this week.

Johnnie remembers Procul Harum's Gary Brooker, who died this week, plus listeners nominate their tracks for 'Johnnie's Jukebox' and 'One Of A Kind'.

Gary Brooker's biggest hit, 'A White Shade Of Pale' may have charted in 1967, but Procul Harum were still making musical waves in the 1970's. Gary sadly died this week at the age of 76. Johnnie pays tribute to Gary and looks back at an interview from 2017, courtesy of the BBC Archives. 
Elsewhere on the show, listeners are in the hotseat, choosing the next submission for 'Johnnie's Jukebox' and 'One Of A Kind'. Plus Johnnie will dig through his hundreds of listener requests, to play some of the best tunes of the decade.

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