Gipsy Kings

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desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

Gipsy Kings — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1990s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Jack Whitehall
Jack Whitehall on dressing up as Robin Hood for every family function
Castaway · 4 February 2018Kirsty Young
Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn on watching baboons jump on Peter Sellers' Rolls-Royce
Castaway · 23 September 2012Kirsty Young

desert is.land

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

The listing

Transmission

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

How Gene Pitney's mother told him to take back his earnings

Castaway · 2 March 2003Sue Lawley

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Rita Dove on her father being denied the valedictorian address

Castaway · 22 August 1999Sue Lawley

06°58′S 097°00′W

Joan Baez on first seeing Bob Dylan at Gertie's Folk City

Castaway · 20 June 1993Sue Lawley