FEATURE:
BBC Radio 6 Music at Twenty
Songs from the Official Singles Chart Top 100 (3rd – 9th March, 2002)
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BECAUSE the hugely popular…
BBC Radio 6 Music turns twenty on 11th March, I wanted to do one more feature. Previously, I have talked about the station and how important it is. To round up before the big day itself, I thought it might be a good idea to compile songs from the Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the week of 3rd to 9th March, 2002. Two days later, on the Monday, a new BBC digital station started life. I realise BBC Radio 6 Music is not a station that has ever really taken its sources and tunes from the charts (not in terms of Pop or the mainstream at least), but it is interesting looking at the songs that were popular in the U.K. in the week prior to BBC Radio 6 Music launching. It shows what was happening in music and why, even in 2002, the station was alternative and quite different to others. I am not sure what is planned for their twentieth anniversary day, but let’s hope they do play a few songs from 2002. As you can see from the selection of songs I have picked from the Official Singles Chart Top 100 twenty years ago, there was a great and broad range of artists and sounds. Once more (ahead of 11th March), a happy twentieth birthday to…
THE incredible BBC Radio 6 Music.