What is the most popular song on Desert Island Discs?
What is the most popular song on Desert Island Discs?
The most common favourite discs are Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro (each chosen by 32 castaways), followed by Messiah, Bach’s Mass in B minor, and Schubert’s String Quintet.
What do you pick on Desert Island Discs?
Each week a guest, called a “castaway” during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their life and the reasons for their choices.
What music introduces Desert Island Discs?
By the Sleepy Lagoon
The theme tune to Desert Island Discs is Eric Coates’s By the Sleepy Lagoon, a light orchestral piece written in 1930.
Who choose all their own songs on Desert Island Discs?
American record producer Nile Rodgers selected his own songs during an episode of BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. The 66-year-old is a member of the music group, Chic, which has sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million singles worldwide.
What are the best desert island disc episodes?
Seven of the funniest Desert Island Discs
- Jilly Cooper (2016) – Marriage and dogs.
- 2. Lee Mack (2013) – The perils of an impulsive career choice.
- Clarissa Dickson Wright (1999) – Dicing with death on the dance floor.
- Len Goodman (2011) – Dressing to impress.
- Sarah Millican (2014) – An unexpectedly moving wedding song.
What music would you take to a deserted island?
Desert island discs: the top ten in full
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen.
- Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel.
- Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees.
- Hey Jude – The Beatles.
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You – Bryan Adams.
- Someone Like You – Adele.
- Fernando – ABBA.
- Thriller – Michael Jackson.
How many songs are you allowed on Desert Island Discs?
eight tracks
The format of the programme is well known – guests choose eight tracks, a book and a luxury to take with them to a desert island – but this hasn’t stopped some very unexpected moments during the programme’s history…
Did David Bowie do Desert Island Discs?
David Bowie only wanted to talk about one thing “Boy, he hit my soft spot right away, because I’m raised by be-boppers.” Their collaboration produced the best-selling album Let’s Dance, and the title track is Nile’s sixth choice of disc for the island.
Who Cried on Desert Island Discs?
Desert Island Discs: Tom Hanks. Acting executive fashion director Hannah Moore says: “I was in buckets of tears while listening to Tom Hanks on Desert Island Discs, especially when he started to get teary himself about one of his discs.
Who was the first guest on Desert Island Discs?
Vic Oliver
1. The first castaway – marooned on 29 January 1942 – was Vic Oliver, a music-hall star in the 1930s. He was the perfect first interviewee for presenter Roy Plomley, the Wodehousian wannabe actor who devised the show. The first guest was supposed to be the philosopher CEM Joad, but he was indisposed.