Last night's show included a full-block tribute to producer Richard Perry, featuring a selection of bands from his Planet Records label (including, yes, a couple of choices from
Sharp Cuts).
"Stop This Game" - Cheap Trick
"So Sharp" - Clean Lines
"Underwater Lovers" - The Suburbs (R.I.P. Beej Chaney)
"Safe European Home" - The Clash
"Night or Day" - Franz Ferdinand
"Little Shocks" - Kaiser Chiefs (for singer Ricky Wilson's birthday)
"California Beach Boy" - The Dollyrots
"Too Nice to Talk To" - The English Beat
"Big Red Rocket o' Love" - The Reverend Horton Heat (by request)
"Time Bomb" - Rancid (by request)
"Rocks Off" - The Rolling Stones (for Mick Taylor's birthday)
"Let's Dance" - The Ramones (for songwriter Chris Montez' birthday)
"Keep It Tight" - Single Bullet Theory
"Mad Love" - The Cretones
"Nickels and Dimes" - The Plimsouls
"Won't Give It Up" - Sue Saad & the Next
"I Like Girls" - The Know
"I Feel Alright" [live] Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers (for songwriter Steve Earle's birthday)
"Turning the Knife" - Shrapnel
"I Might Be Wrong" - Radiohead
"More Than Meets the Eye" - Bangles (for Susannah Hoffs' birthday)
"10538 Overture" - Electric Light Orchestra (by request)
"Strange Little Girl" - The Stranglers
"Sunny Times in the Sunshine State" - My Friend Chloe
"Matter of Time" - Berlin (for guitarist John Crawford's birthday)
"Queen Bitch" [BBC archive] - David Bowie
"Leave the Light On" - Sugar Bones
"Untitled" - Smashing Pumpkins
"The Modern World" - The Jam
"Crazy Horses" - The Osmonds (R.I.P. Wayne Osmond)
"Action Time Vision" - Alternative TV
"Magnolia (She's Back)" - Tension Pets
"Ambition" - Subway Sect