featuring events, birthdays and anniversaries on this day through the years.

including at 12.30 pm Newsbeat with Frank Partridge

Beginning at 6.5. Peter reviews the new Top 30 album chart including at 5.39 Newsbeat with Frank Partridge

with an appreciation of Paul Simon
' Paul Simon 's albums, both with Art Garfunkel and as a soloist, have always been immaculately produced. An extremely talented songwriter, he greatly appeals to rock critics. " American tune " was the best comment made on Watergate in any form or medium. It was both brilliant and oblique. " Bridge over troubled water " was Britain's number one selling album of the 70s. It's hard to imagine a song touching people as deeply as that did. It's fascinating how he made the preoccupations of the educated upper-middle class seem universally relevant.
He stumbled with " One trick pony " but the " There goes rhymin'
Simon " album is as good a collection of the various possibilities of pop music as you'll find.' Producer TEDDY WARRICK