McCartney Times

The Beatles are today revealed as Radio 2 listeners’ Ultimate British Group as the station delivers a feast of Autumnal treats…Radio 2 listeners have crowned The Beatles their favourite British band taking the No.1 spot in Your Ultimate British Group, with hundreds of thousands of votes cast by music fans. The vote gave listeners the opportunity to pick their five favourite groups to mark the annual all-day musical celebration of National Album Day on Saturday 19 October.In the No.2 spot is Queen, No. 3 is The Rolling Stones, No.4 is Pink Floyd and No.5 is Fleetwood Mac. The full Top 30 chart is below and available exclusively to hear now on BBC Sounds, presented by Mark Goodier, as part of a National Album Day Collection. It will be broadcast on Radio 2 from 1-3pm on Saturday 19 October when all the music played on Radio 2 will be from Great British groups – from Sounds of the 60s with Tony Blackburn (6am-8am) through to Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton (10pm-midnight).

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