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Coffee Break: Knights and Dames

by Anna Weggel

July 26, 2019

Mick Jagger performed at The Rolling Stones Zip Code Tour opening night at Petco Park on Sunday, May 24, 2015 in San Diego, Calif.
Mick Jagger performed at The Rolling Stones Zip Code Tour opening night at Petco Park on Sunday, May 24, 2015 in San Diego, Calif.Rich Fury | Invision via AP

Mick Jagger turns 76 today and it's got us thinking about all the artists who have been given Orders of the British Empire, of which there are many types - knights, dames, commanders, officers, members.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, which artists do you want to hear that have been given an OBE honorific or something of the like?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Ultravox - Vienna
Split Enz - I Got You
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Jamming
Led Zeppelin - Misty Mountain Hop
The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together

Coffee Break: Knights and Dames