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A searchable database for BBC Radio 6 Music – Radcliffe and Maconie's The Chain, officially the longest listener-generated thematically linked sequence of musically based items on the radio.

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510. M – Pop Musik

M

Suggested by Seamus in Carlisle

From Pop….to pop…

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509. Iggy Pop – I’m Bored

Iggy Pop

Suggested by Dan Hunn in Cumbria: living out of a suitcase and walking the fells

Board… sounds like… bored… so…

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508. The Drifters – Under The Boardwalk

The Drifters

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Bruce Willis was in the film Sin City. He covered Under The Boardwalk, originally by The Drifters…

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507. The Flying Burrito Brothers – Sin City

The Flying Burrito Brothers

Suggested by Elaine Whittaker from Manchester

From birds to The Byrds, who Gram Parsons once played with. He was also a member of the Flying Burrito Brothers…

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506. Bob Marley – Three Little Birds

Bob Marley

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David Bowie gave the previous song to Mott the Hoople. Bowie’s alter-ego was Ziggy Stardust. Bob Marley named a son Ziggy, so…

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505. Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes

Mott The Hoople

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Roy ‘The Big O’ Orbison was known for wearing sunglasses, as was Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople…

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