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Paul Gambaccini presents tracks from this week's US charts and hits from the last six decades.

Each week, songs are played connected to artists who have been inducted into 'The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame'. Working alphabetically through the list, tonight Paul features guitarist James Burton, who first made his mark on 'Susie Q' by Dale Hawkins and also plays 'Mr.Tambourine Man' by The Byrds. In 'A Matter Of Life And Death', we celebrate the birthday in 1943 of Chris Montez by playing his hit 'Let's Dance'. Paul also pays tribute to songwriter Little Jimmy Dickens, who has recently died, by playing his 1965 country number one 'May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose'. 'It's Not The Same Old Song' highlights 'It's Too Late' recorded by Wilson Pickett and a song with the same title by Bobby Goldsboro.

In the feature called 'Beyond The Sea', Paul plays tracks from the biggest selling albums by UK artists in America. Tonight, we hear songs from LPs by Phil Collins and Queen. 'The Other Number Ones' highlights records that reached number one in the 'Cashbox' magazine American chart, but not in the 'Billboard' Hot 100. This week's examples are by The Drifters and Cyndi Lauper.

Our R&B hits are from 1975 and and now by Barry White and Avery Sunshine. We hear Country number ones from 1998 and this week by Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood. Our featured past and present Rock number ones are by Passenger and Hozier. Taylor Swift's '1989' is the number album in America for an eighth week and the best selling song of the week is 'Uptown Funk!' by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars.