Count Basie — Artist · desert is.land

desert is.landest. 1942

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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desert is.landest. 1942

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Artist

Count Basie

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

2

Total castaways

1970s

Peak decade

1

Decade seen

Castaways who chose this

Ian Carmichael
Leontyne Price

Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Castaway · 21 July 1979Roy Plomley
Ian Carmichael
Castaway · 9 June 1979Roy Plomley
Leontyne Price
Castaway · 22 September 1973

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Find a castaway
Most requested
Browse the archive
About

Transmission

Broadcasting since 1942
Long wave 198 kHz
An unofficial archive companion
Report a fault

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Count Basie — Artist · desert is.land