Fugue in A by Adam Falckenhagen, who was born on this day in 1697.


Deep Moaning Blues, by Ma Rainey, born on this day in 1886.


Theme from “Love Story”, by Francis Lai, born on this day in 1932.


“Ghost Riders in the Sky”, by Duane Eddy, born on this day in 1938.


“Touch Myself” by T-Boz, born on this day in 1970.


“A Night Like This”, by Carlo Emerald, born on this day in 1981.


“Dy-Na-My-Tee”, by Ms. Dynamite, also born on this day in 1981.


Happy birthday to all of them. And to me.

Thanks to the BBC making all back issues of the Radio Times available online, you can now see what the Beeb put on air on any day since Edwin H. Lemare and Harry Goss-Custard played the organ at Steinway Hall on 30 September 1923. I am looking here at what was broadcast on a particular Wednesday 48 years ago.

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I wasn't paying attention to any of this, because I was born just a few minutes before the world premiere of The Turtle Drum, and I suspect I concentrated on other issues for the rest of the day.