Did you know, Limahl is an anagram of Hamill, his real name ?

We also learnt that ‘The Carnival Is Over’ made famous by The Seekers is a Russian folk song, written around 1883

This week’s ‘Hidden Talent‘ was Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, and guitar player Michael Harrison – He’s been playing, recording, performing and perfecting his craft for 30 years plus, in addition to singing and playing, writing great songs, and arrangements he has 5 great CDs, and many copyrighted works to his credit, and is on his own Indie Label.

Michael is becoming known around the world for his great guitar playing and unique vocals.

Currently residing in Colorado, Michael continues to encourage and inspire his friends and fans with his abilities and unique musical style.

To find out more, check out
http://www.airplaydirect.com//WhyISingTheBlues

and I played  Allstars and The Land Of Make Believe for an old friend 🙂

PLAYLIST:

Kim Wilde – Kids In America
Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
Limahl – Never Ending Story
The Stranglers – Golden Brown
Simple Minds – Promised You a Miracle
The Bluebells – Young At Heart
Fun Boy Three & Bananarama – It Ain’t What You Do It’s the Way That You Do It
The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
Michael Harrison – You Hold My Heart in Your Hands
Spandau Ballet – To Cut a Long Story Short
A Flock Of Seagulls – Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure
Pixie Lott – Cry Me Out
The Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
The Seekers – The Carnival Is Over
Allstars – The Land Of Make Believe
Electric Light Orchestra – Rock ‘n’ Roll Is King
Chumbawamba – Tubthumping
Keane – Everybody’s Changing
KC & The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way I Like It
Cliff Richard – The Day I Met Marie
Cliff Richard – Summer Holiday
Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time
Chicago – If You Leave Me Now
Charlene – I’ve Never Been To Me
CCS – The Tap Turns On The Water
ABBA – Dancing Queen

Of course we also had an Eartweaser, this week I played two tracks from the same artist. One was quite difficult to recognise but the other very easy 🙂