Paul Simon at BBC ‘ Five to Ten”- program

Social worker Judith Piepe was very fond of Paul’s music as we know and took care of him a lot.
It was Piepe who managed to get him to sing his songs in the BBC radio – program “Five To Ten”.

Here’s the schedule of the broadcasts:

1965-03-08 He Was My Brother
1965-03-09 A Church Is Burning
1965-03-10 On The Side Of A Hill
1965-03-11 Sparrow
1965-05-01 The Sound Of Silence
1965-05-08 I Am A Rock
1965-05-15 A Most Peculiar Man
1965-05-22 Bleeker Street
1965-07-19
1965-07-20
1965-07-21
1965-07-22

For the last 4 dates we have no information which song(s) he sang.
In the list of his performances in 1965 we have also listed a Five To Ten performance as early as January 21st, but this now has become uncertain.

The performances in May ‘ 65 were commented by Judith Piepe.

  • to be continued –

One thought on “Paul Simon at BBC ‘ Five to Ten”- program

  1. Yes, The Radio Times archives only show the songs broadcast in March and May, and just the dates of the July ones . However,the July songs must have included ‘April Come She Will “, Kathy’s Song” ( both played by Mike Harding on 27 July 1965 )and “Leaves That Are Green” .Seven of the March and May songs include intros by Paul so I gues maybe all the others would have..According to Judith Piepe ,Paul recorded twelve songs on the 21 January 1965 for later broadcast. I cannot confirm what the twelth song was . According to Judith Piepe all twelve were recorded in one hour at the BBC on 21 July 1965 for later broadcast.

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