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Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by an oxymoron… there’s Johnny O’Keefe in his first band… Harry Nilsson writes a song for the Monkees, buys a London Flat that sees off Mama Cass and Keith Moon and performs a song from the only R-Certificate movies to win the Best Picture Oscar… Eye of the Tiger is the one-hit-wonder and Joe Cocker sings a Beatles ballad…

This week’s word on Almost a Radio Show is cockwomble… there’s Minnie Ripperton’s first band when she was 15… LSD is the accidental invention, there’s kangaroo trivia and fun factoids… Bob Dylan is Knocking on Heaven’s Door while the boy from New York City ties a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree… and Joan Baez covers a Beatle’s classic.

This week on Almost a Radio Show – Shulve is the word… The Roosters is Eric Clapton’s first band… Melanie has a Rolling Stones cover… Dave Loggins has the one-hit-wonder… there’s a tragic back story to There Ain’t No Mountain High Enough… Bill Withers covers a Beatles song… plus pig trivia, fun factoids and The Streisand Effect!

Pandiculate is the word of the week. All humans and most animals do it daily! We’ve goy Tom Petty’s first band, Mudcrutch… a great cover by Natalie Imbruglia… a one-hit-wonder from Chip Taylor and Merilee Rush… Bryan Adams covers a Beatles song and lead singer Al ‘Blind Owl’ Wilson died way too young after going up the country on the road again… 

Drum roll! Bring on the noctambulist! What about J.J. Cale’s first band, Leather Coated Minds? Who could forget the classic, Cows with Guns or the one-hit-wonder by Men Without Hats? What is the accidental invention and what Beach Boys song did Paul McCartney say was the greatest song ever written? What Beatles song did Chris de Burgh cover beautifully? Yes, great music, bovine trivia and random fun factoids and banter…

An Illeist refers to himself or herself in third person. Donald Trump is good at it… Have a listen to Ozzie Osbourne before Black Sabbath… AI is no longer about Artificial Insemination… who wins the best version of the 1966 song Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down), Cher or Nancy? Whi did Bob Marley buy two BMWs? And what Beatles song did 10CC cover? 

Apricity is catching the warmth of the sun in winter! Did you know Beyonce started in a band called Girls Tyme? Not good. Did Paul McCartney really die in 1967? Do you remember Pilot of the Airwaves? Stevie Wright fronting The Easybeats before he discovered heroin and brain damage… plus fun factoids and a great cover of Yesterday that has its debut on Almost a Radio Show! 

Interrobang! Gosh. Episode 30. And apart from interrobang, Almost a Radio Show has Neil Diamond’s first band, Neil & Jack… Santana with a cover that is better than the original… Right Said Fred with a one-hit-wonder… INXS with Australia’s greatest ever song… Marianne Faithful with a sweet version of Yesterday as well as the usual banter around trivia, an accidental invention, an old-time radio commercial and fun factoids. 

Almost a Radio Show is brought to you by Glabella & Philtrum. They are not lawyers or accountants but features as plain as the nose on your face… There’s a cover song performed by a group who also wrote the original (hint – the first song written by Jagger & Richards) … and a band that included Jim Messina, Stephen Stills and Neil Young before they became famous elsewhere. There’s the usual trivia, fun factoids, accidental invention and a great song from Avicii…

Please don’t absquatulate from Almost a Radio Show because there are lots of goodies like trivia, fun factoids, an accidental invention, a boke called Sting before he became famous, a bloke called Eddie Cochran before he became 21 and Henry Deutschendorf Jr. does a lovely rendition of Yesterday!