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In this week’s Almost a Radio Show, Ian Anderson and other Tull members in a band before they became Jethro Tull… Johnny Cash and The Highwaymen have the cover song… The Cuff Links have the One-Hit-Wonder, Tracy… Stone Cold features Melanie with her biggest hit and Himish Patel sings the Beatles’ cover. Himish was the lead in the movie, Yesterday … plus trivia, whack facts and fun stuff…

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, musings and whack facts.

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 trivia, an invention, musings and whack facts. 

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 stuff. 

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 probably okay for its time.

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 Beatles cover. Plus trivia, banter, whack facts, a dud invention and a Darwin Award.  

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 Winding Road. And, as usual, there are whack facts, dud inventions, musings and a Darwin Award.