Snapshots Self-Improvement Spillover

Here are some more tips from popular musicians about how to change your life for the better... starting with a band who chose Self Improvement as a way of life...

What other advice can I give you?

Frankie Miller - Be Good To Yourself

The Marvelettes - Don't Make Hurting Me A Habit

Ben Sidran - Be Nice

The Jones Girls - Learn How To Love

Dan Reed Network - Chill Out

Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart

The Three Tops - Do It Right

Drugstore - Say Hello

Canned Heat - Let's Work Together

Etta James - Do Right

Final piece of advice today, from a couple of old favourites. 

Firstly Frank...

And then, a last word from Simon & Julia.

Snapshots #261: A Top Ten African Country Songs

Ten songs out of Africa. Or named after African countries. That was harder to put together than I thought it would be...

10. Sneaky wet, sweaty Ken.

Anagrams!

Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone

9. Found in cowpat ticks and enthusiasm, it hurts.

Found in cowPAT TIcks and enthusiaSM, IT Hurts.

Patti Smith - Radio Ethiopia

8. Grace, Gloria and Rickie Lee, perhaps.

The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt

7. 10th, twice, 50 years ago.

The 10th letter of the alphabet is J. 1972 was 50 years ago, as I'm only too painfully aware.

JJ72 - Algeria

6. Hope for Thomas.

Bob Hope for Dylan Thomas.

Bob Dylan - Mozambique

5. Saved from the noose.

The Men They Couldn't Hang - A Map of Morocco

4. Goes before sharks.

Great White - Congo Square

3. Lewis drives toward smelly, yet divine, comedian.

Lewis Hamilton + BO + (Neil) Hannon...

Hamilton Bohannan - South African Man

2. Giant steps are what he'll take...

...if he wants to walk on the moon, or moonwalk, when he grows up.

Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl

1. Shaikh Wham, shaken. 

Shaikh Wham, unshaken, is...

Hamish Hawk - The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973

Don't be lion about next Saturday morning - Snapshots will back back, 8.30 sharp.