Sing Something Simple - Wikipedia Sing Something Simple Sing Something Simple was a half - hour radio programme, which featured Cliff Adams and The Cliff Adams Singers, with Jack Emblow on accordion. The programme ran for 42 years from 1959 until 2001, initially on the Light Programme and later on BBC Radio 2, and earning itself the title of the longest - running continuous music programme in the world. Contents 1 Format 2 End 3 References 4 External links Format The lyrics to its main theme began as follows : Sing something simple As cares go by Sing something simple Just you and I When Sing Something Simple was broadcast by Radio 2, this song would be followed by an announcer ( in latter years, Alan Dedicoat ) who would say : `` We invite you to Sing Something Simple, a collection of favourite songs, old and new, sung by The Cliff Adams Singers, accompanied by Jack Emblow. '' The pianist, Semprini, introduced his own show with `` Old ones, new ones, loved ones, neglected ones '' but the effect was similar on `` Sing Something Simple ''. The tune would then continue : We 'll sing the old songs like you used to do, We 'll sing something simple for you, something for you. Ten minutes in, Cliff Adams would perform a piano solo, which he would introduce, after which the singers would continue with a selection of popular songs of varying vintage. In later years - particularly in the 1980s - in the days when Radio 2 's FM frequencies were sometimes leased to Radio 1, the programme would be broadcast directly before the Top 40. End The last broadcast was in 2001. The programme ended partly because Cliff Adams died that year and partly because of Radio 2 's repositioning to appeal to the former Radio 1 audience. References Jump up ^ Cliff Adams External links Theme tune Sing Something Simple at The Cockpit Theatre This article about a radio show or programme in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sing_Something_Simple&oldid=841956705 '' Categories : British music radio programmes 1959 radio programme debuts 2001 radio programme endings United Kingdom radio show stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from February 2015 Use British English from February 2015 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 19 May 2018, at 06 : 38 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: when was sing something simple on the radio
Answer: from 1959 until 2001