Jake Thackray has been played on NTS shows including The One Glove Breakfast Show w/ Macca, with La Di Da (Tra La La) (2006 Digital Remaster) first played on 6 November 2018.

Jake Thackray (27 February, 1938 - 24 December, 2002) was a singer-songwriter in the tradition of French chansonniers such as his friend and inspiration Georges Brassens. Born in Yorkshire and educated at the highly respected University of Durham, Thackray became a teacher in the early 1960s and started singing, both in folk clubs and to amuse his students. He became a familiar figure on television in the late 1960s, often composing a new…