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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Jul 09, 2018 4:48 am

Don played Matt singing Oscar winning song Days of Wine and Roses…………….the show was dedicated to Oscar winning songs :)
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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:49 am

Don played ……... "wasn't he good"...……….. Matt singing one of his best ever recordings ………….Rogers and Hammersteins song from The King and I ……………..Hello Young Lovers ………….great final note :) :)
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Post by Sandra » Wed Jul 18, 2018 8:25 am

Not one of my favourite selections tonight but Hello Young Lovers, a 'matchless' version superbly sung and as you say Robert WHAT a final note :D
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Post by Christine Hampshire » Wed Jul 18, 2018 4:56 pm

Oh I love that song Sandra and yes what a final note and loved Don saying wasn't he good.
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Post by ROBERT M. » Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:00 am

I love the song too Christine and Matts is the best version EVER :) :)
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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:15 am

Don this week played another great "marvellous" Matt ballad Ebb Tide :) …………...this weeks show featured all British singers ………..I was expecting Don to play a song by Engelbert Humperdinck...……...but he didn't, and I can't recall Don playing any Englebert songs before...……. I wonder why that is ? …………...also when Don plays his weekly Matt song he never mentions those brilliant music arrangements by Johnny Spence !!
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Post by maureen & harry » Tue Jul 24, 2018 2:55 pm

We agree Robert about Johnny Spence and that he and Matt did not continue to work together and who knows what we might have missed out on. The arrangements by Johnny on the CD "Born Free" are just great.
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Post by ROBERT M. » Wed Jul 25, 2018 5:22 am

Yes Maureen and Harry, Johnny jumped ship to work with Tom Jones ……….shame for Matt.

On Sunday Don played a song by Kingston-upon-Hulls very own David Whitfield :) ……………..but he didn't play songs by two other well known singers from Hull...…….Ronnie Hilton or Joe Longthorne !
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Post by Sandra » Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:50 am

Re David Whitfield when I first met my to be husband John he had every 78 of his.Never really my cup of tea :)
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Post by ROBERT M. » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:43 pm

He was probably the Alfie Boe or Michael Ball of his time Sandra :) ……………I was a bit too young to remember David Whitfield then, but I did buy a couple of his CDs a few years ago...…………...Cara Mia was an outstanding and even emotional recording of David's which was at 1# in the charts for weeks on end :) ………………here it is ………….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE9pRwVYo5k (it starts after 6 seconds)………... :) :)
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Re: Don Black on Radio 2

Post by karl » Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:38 am

David Whitfield is on one of the Wheeltappers & Social Club's dvd's and he was great - what a personality!
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Post by Christine Hampshire » Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:10 pm

I loved the song that Don played of Matt's last Sunday Ebb Tide and he also said that Matt was his favourite.
He as mentioned Johnnie Spence odd times, I think.
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Post by ROBERT M. » Mon Jul 30, 2018 4:50 am

Don played Matt singing his version of (Where Do I Begin) Love Story tonight...…...including a verse or two in Spanish :)
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Post by Sandra » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:52 am

A wonderful version by Matt.

Incidentally I don't like the new Radio 2 player.You used to see a list of what had been played but no more.
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Re: Don Black on Radio 2

Post by Christine Hampshire » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:48 pm

A beautiful version by Matt.
Sandra I get the list up on the Radio Two Iplayer.
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