It's Mother's Day, so we hear plenty of strong female vocalists. Jarvis admits he recently saw Bryan Ferry in an Indian restaurant and was too shy to say hello; he highlights an exhibition about electro pioneer Daphne Oram; and On This Day, Martin Luther King made his famous Mountaintop speech. Music critic Dorian Lynskey discusses his book, 33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs. He says that protest songs are a vital part of pop history. He considers their strengths, their capacity to annoy and preach, and their dangers. He talks about the tense relationship between politicians and protest singers. Jarvis also asks about the state of the form today. Birthdays: François de Roubaix, Sally Rand, Iron Eyes Cody, Tony Benn (on poverty and government), Jane Goodall, Jeff Barry, Eddie Murphy, Doris Day (recalling wise words about singing), Jamie Hewlett and Richard Thompson. Valete: Kurt Weill.
Big Mama Thornton - Wade in the Water
François de Roubaix - Theme from La Scoumoune (Version Chantée)
Hiem - Lemons and Limes
Roxy Music - Sultanesque
Daphne Oram - Introduction / Power Tools / In Jazz Style / Rotolock
Symphony of Science / John Boswell - The Unbroken Thread
The Crystals - And Then He Kissed Me
Eartha Kitt - Speak Low
Kurt Vile - Puppet to the Man
Eddie Murphy - Hey Joe
Willy DeVille - Hey Joe
Chuck Berry - Promised Land
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Johnny Boy - You Are the Generation That Bought More Shoes
Doris Day - April in Paris
Richard Thompson - Among the Gorse, Among the Gray
Gorillaz (feat. Bobby Womack) - Cloud of Unknowing
X-Ray Spex - Warrior in Woolworths
Rod Stewart - Mama You Been on My Mind
Pete Seeger - Little Boxes
Ella Fitzgerald - Someone to Watch Over Me
