Jarvis asks us to submit the song that summed up Saturday night for us. On This Day, Mendelssohn's violin concerto premiered and the Scopes Trial took place — we hear a little about that Creation v Evolution school textbooks case. Two celestial bodies were discovered: Uranus in 1781 and Pluto in 1930; the latter was named by competition-winner Venetia Burney, aged 11. Philip Larkin reads a poem from his Sunday Sessions collection and Sidney Poitier declaims some Platonic philosophy. Then Jarvis talks a little about triskaidekaphobia, a fear of the number 13. Birthdays: Earl Grey, Sir Hugh Walpole, L Ron Hubbard, Geoffrey Hayes (we're treated to the funky Rainbow theme tune), Mike Stoller, Daniel Lambert (the story of this obese man's life as a Victorian freak), Erma Franklin and Sammy Kaye.
Ed Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros - Simplest Love
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Dudley Moore - GPO Tower
Connan Mockasin - Egon Hosford
Rainbow Theme Tune
Devo - Auto Mo-Down/Space Girl Blues
'A Study of Reading Habits' by Philip Larkin
'For Sidney Bechet' by Philip Larkin
Sidney Bechet - Jungle Drums
The Colourfield - The Hammond Song
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
Peggy Lee - Ready to Begin Again
How to Dress Well - Ready for the World
The Sone Institute - Tiny Stars Peer Over the Little Roof
Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern - Winter Makes You Want Me More
Cornershop - Once There Was a Wintertime
Infant Joy - Absence
Spotch Forcey - Frustré
Mira Billotte - As I Went Out One Morning
Sidney Poitier - The Philosopher King Must Rule
Neil Sedaka - Going Nowhere
Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart
Sammy Kaye - Harbour Lights
Cornelius Cardew - Mr Media Man
Cat's Eyes - Love You Anyway
13th Floor Elevators - Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)
Tom Waits - Closing Time
