Nostalgia

The Today programme left the soft toys and building blocks of politics, war and pressure groups for a moment this morning, and went through the round window to look at culture in the world outside Broadcasting House. Once again, they found 1995, and the battle for chart supremacy between Oasis and Blur. 

I used to listen to a version of Today in 1963, presented in two chunks on The Home Service by Jack De Manio and Brian Johnston. I was twelve. The Beatles's first official chart-topper, From Me To You, came in May that year. We were only allowed the Light Programme at weekends - the Beatles were on Saturday Club on 25th May, recorded on 16th May. Even Today caught up in 1964, with Jack De Manio interviewing John Lennon on the set of a Hard Day's Night, ahead of the publication of In His Own Write.  

I can't find Today running orders from 1963, but I'll take a guess that even they weren't obsessed with popular music from 36 years ago.  I'm sure I would have remembered a feature on, says, rivalry between crooners Rudy Vallee, Al Bowlly and Bing Crisby.