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THE CHAIN
Can you continue The Chain?
Our new tea time feature seems to have got you talking.
The Chain is a collection of songs that all link together. Each weekday evening (except Fridays), Paul Mumford
adds two more links to the chain and it's up to you to choose which song will carry on the connection for the following day.
How does it work?
Literally anything can connect two songs together.
You might want to be really clever and link two songs by producer, record label or a featured musician. Equally you can connect two songs with the same title or a similar theme. It's entirely up to you.
Here's a list of the songs we've featured in the last week, what connects them and who suggested them:
From Monday 15th April:
Bill McDougall started the week with
Dancing in the Streets - Martha and The Vandellas
Then I found another Martha
Echo Beach - Martha and The Muffins
On Tuesday Tony Peterson continued the beach theme
On The Beach - Chris Rea
So did I
On The Beach - Cliff Richard
On Wednesday Sandra Cuthbert suggested a song featuring Cliff's real name
Harry - Catherine Howe
and I found another Harry
French Kissing in the USA - Debbie Harry
Finally on Thursday Abigail Sanders wanted some more kissing
Kissing With Confidence - Will Powers
the vocalist on that song was Carly Simon so...
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
Where will you go next?
Make sure you're listening between 6 and 8pm to Paul's tea time show and get in touch to suggest the next song for The Chain.
7th April, 2024 Here's this week's playlist from our Sunday request show. Many of our listeners have been asking if they can get a list of all the songs we play, so here it is. Chris Taylor was in charge this Sunday with producer Lucy. This weeks theme was songs about brothers and sisters. If you haven't heard of us before make sure you join us every Sunday 10am.
Here on Forest Gold, we love to celebrate peoples birthday's. So here are 5 birthdays in September from musicians that have had a major influence in the music industry. You may even share a birthday with one of these legends.
This year Classic Hits Forest Gold celebrates its 21st Birthday! From the very beginning the aim was to create a radio station we would want to listen to. 21 years on, we are now one of the fastest growing internet radio stations in Essex. But in order for us to continue doing just that we need your help. This is why.
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Gold all squeezed into 500 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Duran Duran. But don't get too comfy, it is only 500 words (ish).
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Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Gold all squeezed into 400 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Phil Collins. But don't get too comfy, it is only 400 words (ish).
Here's one of our potted histories. Everything you need to know about a band or artist we play on Classic Hits Forest Gold all squeezed into 400 words (ish) (just in case you were going to count). So pull up a chair and find out everything you need to know about Meat Loaf. But don't get too comfy, it is only 400 words (ish).
Reggae is a musical genre that originated from Jamaica and gained popularity in the 1960s. The genre was highly influenced by American jazz, ska, rocksteady and rhythm and blues. Usually, reggae music is off beat, has a slow tempo and is drum and bass heavy. Lyrics often were politicised and stressed the social and economic injustices in the world. The genre is often linked to Rastafarianism and has spread to countries across the world. Reggae spread to the UK in the 70s and influenced bands such as UB40, Steel Pulse and Aswad. Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley and the Wailers and UB40 are three of the most influential and successful reggae artists of all time. See below a little about each artist.
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