Episode 1
The story of Craig David & UK Garage’s rise to chart domination at the turn of the new millennium.
The story of Craig David & UK Garage’s rise to chart domination at the turn of the new millennium.
Craig David plays back to back UK Garage classics, rewinding us to the height of UK Garage’s chart domination at the turn of the century. He charts the rise of the UK Garage genre from an underground club scene in the 1990s to a chart dominating pop movement. Plus Craig tells the story of his parallel musical journey, from playing Southampton nightclubs on school nights, to recording ‘Re-Rewind’, performing on Top of the Pops and becoming a fully fledged pop star.
Craig also meets up with veteran Garage producer Sunship to find out how his remixes catapulted the likes of Sweet Female Attitude, Mis-Teeq, Victoria Beckham and Craig David himself.
Episode 1 covers music from Crystal Waters, Shanks and Bigfoot, Roy Davis Jr and of course Artful Dodger.
Craig explains how he got into the Southampton music scene and began recording tracks with Artful Dodger. Plus find out how his chart battle with Cliff Richard went down, and what Craig did on millennium eve!
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Music Played
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Nightcrawlers
Push The Feeling On (The Dub Of Doom)
Remix Artist: MK.- (CD Single).
- Great Jones.
- 1.
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Crystal Waters
Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)
- Smash Hits 1991 (Various Artists).
- Dover Records.
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Tina Moore
Never Gonna Let You Go
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Rosie Gaines
Closer Than Close (Mentor Remake)
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Roy Davis Jr.
Gabriel (The Live Garage Mix) (feat. Peven Everett)
- XL Recordings.
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Scott Garcia
A London Thing (feat. MC Styles)
- Kronik Music.
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M Dubs
Bump 'N' Grind (feat. Lady Saw)
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Shola Ama
Imagine
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Shanks & Bigfoot
Sweet Like Chocolate
- (CD Single).
- Chocolate Boy.
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Original Dodger
What Ya Gonna Do? (feat. Craig David)
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Original Dodger
Movin Too Fast (feat. Amina Johnson)
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Original Dodger
Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (feat. Craig David)
- Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Craig David
Fill Me In
- Now That's What I Call Music! 45 (Various Artists).
- Now.
Broadcasts
- Sat 16 Nov 2019 21:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 2
- Sat 23 May 2020 21:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 2