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In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast there’s Sammy Hagar in a band before he joined Van Halen… Can any of a number of top artists better the original Four Tops classic, Reach Out, I’ll Be There? Woodstock gets a look-in… Freda Payne sings her One-Hit-Wonder, Band of Gold… The Beatles’ cover is Hey Bulldog by an all-girl band plus there’s the usual random trivia, whack facts and fun… 

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast there’s Joe Cocker in a band before he became Joe Cocker… Stand by Me still stands up after more than 60 years and there’s a surprisingly good cover from Cassius Clay/Muhummad Ali… the One-Hit-Wonder is Would I Lie To You?... the late, great Dolly Parton sings Bob Dylan and Peter Sellers covers a Beatles song as Dr Strangelove… plus trivia, inventions, mu...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast there’s Jeff Lynne before the Electric Light Orchestra in a band called The Idle Race… Louis Armstrong with the first ever scat song… Gloria sung in its original Italian – yes, it’s Umberto Tozzi! (and Laura Brannigan)… Musical Youth provides the One-Hit Wonder… The Beach Boys should have known better but they cover that particular Beatles’ song… plus tri...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast, Benny Andersson in a band before ABBA was created… can the original (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction be beaten by a cover?... the one-hit wonder is Smoke from a Distant Fire… there is a wee tribute to the late Johnny Young… The Cure does the Beatles’ cover with Sir Paul McCartney’s son James on vocals and keyboard plus whack facts, musings and other silly s...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast has Engelbert Humperdink before he became, well, Engelbert Humperdink… the cover is If by Bread, but is it Telly Savalas or Olivia Newton-John?... the one-hit-wonder is Oh Babe… Stone Cold features Midnight Oil with the late Rod Hirst on drums… and Peter Sellers does a fabulous version of A Hard Day’s Night… plus trivia, whack facts and an invention that was...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show, Meatloaf in a band called Popcorn Blizzard before he became famous… Bob Dylan covers Simon & Garfunkel… the one-hit-wonder is Jeans On… we have a 50-year-old song from Glenn A. Baker’s Ol’ 55…and Fiona Apple covers The Beatles’ Across the Universe… plus trivia, whack facts, musings, a dud invention and a Darwin Award.

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show, Seal in a band called Push (before he became Seal)… UB40 covers a Neil Diamond song and owns it… the One-Hit-Wonder is Neverending Story… We dig up the recently deceased Bonnie Tyler with her biggest hit and a very different cover of a Beatles hit that most will get a smile from… plus a Darwin Award, whack facts, musings and a dud invention.

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show, Ricky Martin in a band when he was aged about 12 in Puerto Rico… the cover song is by Simply Red (covering a Mick Hucknel song from his previous band, The Frantic Elevators)… the One-Hit-Wonder is from a lady by the name of Charlene… Stone Cold has two late, great singers in Freddie Mercury and David Bowie performing Under Pressure… and Barry Gibb does the Beatl...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show, Elvis Costello in a band before he changed his name from Declan McManus… the cover song is from The Youngbloods… there is an earworm One-Hit-Wonder in Popcorn by Hot Butter… following the recent death of vocalist, David Clayton Thomas, there’s a hit single from Blood Sweat and Tears and the cover of a Beatles song is from Ray Charles, singing The Long and Windin...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show, Barry White in a band before Love Unlimited… there’s a cover song that went to Number One for Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and The Pet Shop Boys… Benny Hill semi-sings the One Hit Wonder… there’s a great song from a contraption called Steely Dan and a surprisingly good Beatles cover from Alice Cooper. Plus trivia, musings, whack facts, a dud invention that made...

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast – Did you know that a band called Kara’s Flowers was the forerunner to Maroon 5? Do you know what song was a hit for The Supremes, Vanilla Fudge and Kim Wilde? Who sang the One-Hit-Wonder, One Night in Bangkok? Who was Jiles P. Richardson better known as (he died in a plane crash)? What Beatles song did Emmy-Lou Harris cover? What’s the dud invention? Who...

This week in Almost a Radio Show there’s P!nk in a band before she became famous… The Righteous Brothers do one of the greatest covers of all time… Romeo’s Tune is the One-Hit-Wonder… Kurt Cobain performs live just before he wasn’t live anymore, U2 performs Beatles cover brilliantly plus there’s trivia a Darwin Award, whack facts, musings and fun.

This week in the Almost a Radio Show podcast there are whack facts, musings, a dud invention, a Darwin Award and a suggestion that Donald Trump may be a mythomaniac plus music from B.J. Thomas before he became famous… Peter Paul & Mary singing about drugs… a one-hit wonder from Harpo… Stone Cold has Jethro Tull and The Monkees… and Bobby McFerrin does the Beatles’ cover.

Before he was famous is Guess Who?! Well, Guess Who was a later band… Van Halen covers The Kinks… Smoking in the Boys Room is the One-Hit-Wonder… Percy Sledge pops up in Stone Cold and Cat Stevens does the Beatles cover… plus a Darwin Award, whack facts, a dud invention and a music trivia quiz!

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast has Huey Lewis in a band before he became News-worthy… there is a duet from Elton John and Kiki Dee… I Can Help is the one-hit-wonder from Billy Swan… who remembers The Ronettes, the only girl group to support The Beatles… and Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66 have a Beatles cover with Fool on the Hill… plus a dud but clever invention, whack facts, musings and a D...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast has Bobby Darin in a band called the Rinky Dinks before he became famous… Kate Bush covers Elton John…  the one-hit-wonder is Anita Ward with Ring My Bell… Bachman Turner Overdrive features in Stone Cold… Peter Frampton has the Beatles cover, Norwegian Wood plus a Darwin Award, whack facts, trivia and pointless banter…

This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast has Pat Benatar in a band before she became famous… John Farnham sings a cover from Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid… Hedgehopper’s Anonymous has the One Hit Wonder… famous stutterer, Bill Withers, sings without a stutter and Cyndi Lauper does the Beatles’ cover… plus a humdinger or a dud invention depending, whack facts, musings and a Darwin Award.

Trumspringer! This week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast has trivia, whack facts, a double-doozy Darwin Award and the invention is eyeglasses for chickens. Plus there’s Denny Doherty in a band before he became famous. Denny who? He was one of the papas in the Mamas and the Papas. Newlyweds James Taylor and Carly Simon sing the duet, Mockingbird, madly in love before the marriage went pear-shaped… Pet...

This week’s Almost a Radio Show has Frida from ABBA before she found fame in ABBA… Tones and I doing a fabulous cover of Men At Work’s iconic Down Under… the one-hit-wonder is I’m the Urban Spaceman and the fabulous Elvis Costello sings Penny Lane to Paul Macartney. There’s Ian’s favourite AI rendition of an original Dave and Ian song plus whack facts and the usual fun.

Cenosilicaphobia is the fear of an empty glass. Thanks for the word, Robbo! Kim Carnes is in a band before she became famous… Bette Midler does a fabulous cover of a Beach Boys song… Aussie band, The Ferrets, has the one-hit wonder… a surprising but good cover of a Beatles song by Aerosmith… plus a Darwin Award, whack facts, trivia and some more fun with AI.

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast, James Taylor in his first band… Linda Ronstadt covers Dee Dee Warwick’s You’re No Good… Happy Birthday Helen is the one-hit-wonder by Things of Stone and Wood… and Miley Cyrus belts out Help!… Plus Dave an Ian are still playing with AI, a Darwin Award, whack facts and trivia.

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast, Russell Morris in his first band with Molly Meldrum producing… the cover is Dedicated to the One I Love… Exile has the one-hit-wonder, Kiss You All Over, Dave and Ian find a new toy in AI, and Tori Amos does a moving, fragile cover of The Beatles’ She’s Leaving Home. Plus a Darwin Award, whack facts, good inventions that are now museum pieces or landfill...

Almost a Radio Show this week has teenager, Leonard Cohen, in his first band, The Buckskin Boys… Alan O’Day swings his one-hit-wonder, Undercover Angel, AI does a cover of a Dave Prior original (Scary!), there is a great Cream song rom 1968, Otis Redding covers Day Tripper, plus whack facts, a Darwin Award and how close Australia came to having its capital city named Sydmeladelperbriho. 

In this week’s Almost a Radio Show podcast there’s Brian May and Roger Taylor’s first band, before Freddie Mercury took them to rock-god status in Queen… There’s Louden Wainwright’s son, Rufus, with a great cover…The Dynamic Hepnotics have the one-hit-wonder… Supergroup Blind Faith can’t find their way home and Roxy Music’s only UK Number One with the cover of a John Lennon song. Plus another Darw...

Almost a Radio Show’s word of the week is kickdrop, a recently invented word to describe that moment you jolt awake from a vivid dream and have to recalibrate to the real world. There’s a song from Artie Garr before he owned up to being Art Garfunkel… plus Bette Midler, Bryan Ferry and Francesco Paolo LoVecchio – who is better known as Frankie Laine. Oh! Leo Sayer has a cover of The Beatles’ I Am...