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would perform a piano solo, which he would introduce, after which the singers would continue with a selection of popular songs of varying vintage.
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We invite you to Sing
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on accordion. The programme, which featured arrangements of popular easy-listening songs, ran for 42 years from 1959 until 2001, initially on the
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and alternately 'We invite you to Sing
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died that year and partly because of Radio 2's repositioning to appeal to the former Radio 1 audience.
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