"The Women, Part 1 (60s & 70s)"

“The Women, Pt. 1” (broadcast 10/17/25)

Ketty Lester: Love Letters
Maureen Evans: Like I Do
Susan Maughan: Bobby’s Girl
Little Eva: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
The Caravelles: You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
Billie Davis: Tell Him
Inez & Charlie Foxx: Mockingbird
Jackie De Shannon: When You Walk In The Room
Beryl Marsden: I Know
Twinkle: Terry
Sandie Shaw: Always Something There To Remind Me
Dusty Springfield: Can I Get A Witness
Lulu: I’ll Come Running
Shirley Ellis: The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)
Helen Shapiro: Forget About The Bad Things
She Trinity: He Fought The Law
Bobbie Gentry: Ode To Billie Joe
Ellie Greenwich: I Want You To Be My Baby
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger & The Trinity: This Wheel's On Fire
Bridget St. John: Ask Me No Questions
Marianne Faithfull: Sister Morphine
Jane Birkin: Je T'Aime... Moi, Non Plus
The Flirtations: Nothing But A Heartache
Freda Payne: Band Of Gold
Genya Ravan: I Hate Myself (For Loving You)
The Pointer Sisters: Yes We Can Can
Dolly Parton: Jolene
Dana Gillespie: Andy Warhol
Shirley (And Company): Shame, Shame, Shame
Betty Davis: This Is It
Billie Jo Spears: Blanket On the Ground
Dorothy Moore: Misty Blue
Joan Armatrading: Love and Affection
ABBA: Knowing Me, Knowing You
Sandy Denny: I Wish I Was A Fool For You
Odyssey: Native New Yorker
Donna Summer: I Feel Love
Blondie: Picture This
Amanda Lear: Mother, Look What They've Done To Me

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Apart from the occasional overnighter, fill-in or fundraiser, howard now creates shows for our Podcasts page. You’ll find over 140 archived PUREs there, and new shows will be added - check the PURE and “Strictly” pages - at least once a month.

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present.

Disc Jockeys like Brian Matthew (BBC Light Program), Emperor Rosko (Radio Caroline), John Peel (Radio London/BBC Radio 1), Hugh Nolan (Radio Geronimo), Charlie Gillett (BBC Radio London) and Andy Dunkley (the Marquee/Lyceum) made howard’s life worth living and he now just wants to return the favor.

howard worked in the music biz so he could get free records and meet astonishing people.

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, The Star Spangles, The Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Sir Tim Smit, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe, and th’ faith healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and thanks Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work.

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President