The Boss: in charge of Radio 2 DJs' debut songs

So Chris Evans – as you may already know by now – chose the Beatles' All You Need Is Love for the first song on his all-new BBC Radio 2 breakfast show. But another former BBC Radio 1 DJ was also making a new start on Radio 2 yesterday – Simon Mayo in Evans's old drivetime slot. So what did Mayo choose for his first song. Well, after a bit of stuff and nonsense, he got there finally – Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run. "You worry about it for months but in the end you just have to stick with your first thought," explained Mayo. Nothing wrong with the Boss, you might think, but it's not exactly original. Evans had Springsteen's Glory Days elsewhere on his breakfast debut, while yet another Radio 2 Springsteen fan, Jeremy Vine, chose Thunder Road for his debut song at lunchtime seven years ago. Former Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas is also a famous Springsteen worshipper. Maybe it was all about the LD. Or maybe not.