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'She Loves You' in German? 'Space Oddity' in Italian? Mark Radcliffe learns how 1960s singers boosted sales abroad with foreign-language versions of their hits. From December 2007.

From 'She Loves You' in German, to 'Space Oddity' in Italian - it wasn't unusual in the 1960s to find pop artists from the Beatles to David Bowie, attempting to boost their sales with foreign language versions of their British hits.

Mark Radcliffe looks at one of pop music's quirkier episodes.

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in 2007.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Jul 2017 01:30
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  • Sat 15 Dec 2007 10:30
    91福利社 Radio 4
  • Thu 26 Jun 2008 11:30
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  • Tue 25 Nov 2014 06:30
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  • Tue 25 Nov 2014 13:30
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  • Tue 25 Nov 2014 20:30
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  • Wed 26 Nov 2014 02:30
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  • Fri 14 Jul 2017 06:30
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 14 Jul 2017 13:30
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 14 Jul 2017 20:30
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 15 Jul 2017 01:30
    91福利社 Radio 4 Extra