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Geri Horner and Robert Wells

Ginger Spice herself, Geri Horner inspires Britain to break into a sweat for Sport Relief 2016. Chris has his own human Abba jukebox in the form of Swedish maestro pianist Robert Wells. Plus Father Christopher Jamison has some wise words about mercy in this morning's Pause For Thought.

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Thu 14 Jan 2016 06:30
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  • T. Rex

    Telegram Sam

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Sam Hunt

    Take Your Time

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA Nashville.
    • 015.

  • Roxette

    It Must Have Been Love

    • The Best Love Songs...Ever! (Various).
    • Virgin.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Sweet Talkin' Woman

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Thomas Rhett

    Crash And Burn

    • Tangled Up.
    • The Valory Music Co.
    • 1.

  • Diana Ross & The Supremes

    Someday We'll Be Together

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Hozier

    Someone New

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • John Fred & His Playboy Band

    Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)

    • Hits Of The 60s, 70s & 80s (Various).
    • Kenwest.

  • Charlie Puth

    One Call Away

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Nickelback

    Rockstar

    • (CD Single).
    • Roadrunner.
    • 5.

  • Fun Boy Three & Bananarama

    It Ain't What You Do...

    • The Very Best Of Bananarama.
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • MIKA

    Grace Kelly

    • (CD Single).
    • Casablanca.

  • Dire Straits

    Sultans Of Swing

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Vertigo.
    • 3.

  • One Direction

    History

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.
    • 13.

  • ABBA

    Waterloo

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 019.

  • Noah and the Whale

    Tonight's The Kind Of Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • David Bowie

    Space Oddity

    • Space Oddity.
    • RCA.

  • David Bowie

    Love You Till Tuesday (Single Version)

    Music Arranger: Ivor Raymonde.

  • Spice Girls

    Spice Up Your Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 11.

  • Coldplay

    Adventure Of A Lifetime

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Soft Cell

    Tainted Love

    • Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
    • UMC.

  • 10cc

    I'm Not In Love

    • The Singles.
    • PID.
    • 1.

  • Van McCoy

    The Hustle

    • Golden Hits Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • BR Music.

  • The Rembrandts

    I'll Be There For You

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Frankie Laine

    Rawhide

    • Rediscover The 60's - Sealed With A K.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • The Cannonball Adderley Quintet

    Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Father Christopher Jamison, Benedictine Monk:

50 years ago this year a live jazz instrumental took the pop music world by surprise by entering the top twenty. It was called Mercy, Mercy, Mercy and was performed by the wonderfully named Cannonball Adderley and his band. As the tune begins, Cannonball says to his audience 'you know sometimes we're not prepared for adversity... we don鈥檛 know exactly how to handle it...I have advice for all of us, I got it from my pianist who wrote this tune which sounds like what you're supposed to say when you have that kind of problem: Mercy Mercy Mercy.' Cannonball won a Grammy for his performance.

The tune offers a wordless cry for help that matches how people feel when they鈥檙e in distress. When someone has made a terrible mistake, when somebody close to us is really sick, words fail; and if I鈥檓 the one suffering or the one who has done wrong, sometimes I can鈥檛 focus on anything else except coping with the pain. In that condition, people are like that tune; they silently cry Mercy, Mercy, Mercy. That wordless sigh is a spontaneous reaching out to God and this week Pope Francis has explained why the cry for mercy connects us to God. His latest book is called The Name of God is Mercy and it鈥檚 full of merciful stories. For example, when he was a priest in Argentina, he met a mother who had prostituted herself in order to buy food for her children. The woman thanked the priest not only for the food a Church charity gave her but also for showing her respect because he called her 鈥榮enora' 鈥� meaning 鈥楳adam.鈥�

Pope Francis has asked the Church to celebrate 2016 as a Year of Mercy. So if I can find simple words of respect and compassion to offer the people around me, then like Canonball, I鈥檒l be playing the tune called Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.

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