Chuck Berry

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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

Chuck Berry — Composer · desert is.land

Composer

5 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

2000s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

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Felix Dennis
Felix Dennis on standing in the dock at the Old Bailey in 1971
Castaway · 12 August 2007Kirsty Young
Gene Pitney

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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Betty Jackson on driving into a tree after her car's steering failed

Castaway · 28 April 2002Sue Lawley

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John Bird on meeting a large-nosed Scotsman in a pub while on the run

Castaway · 21 June 1998Sue Lawley