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Vern helps solve a 47 year old 'gnome-napping'!

After a tip-off, Vern helps uncover the infamous 'Formby Gnome Kidnapper' of 1977! Also, Joan Armatrading chooses two more Tracks Of My Years, and there's more Ten To The Top.

After a tip-off, Vern helps uncover the infamous 'Formby Gnome Kidnapper' of 1977!

Also, singer-songwriter and guitarist Joan Armatrading chooses her Tracks Of My Years all this week.

Joan Armatrading made her performing debut at her brother鈥檚 university when she was 16. Her debut album 'Whatever's For Us' came out in 1972, and since then she has achieved great success, becoming a three-time Grammy nominee, two-time Brit Award nominee, and in 1996 she received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection.

She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2020 for services to music, charity and equal rights.

Joan is back with a new album, 'How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean', which she wrote, produced, programmed and engineered entirely herself.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 14.
  • JADE

    Fantasy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • The Cure

    In Between Days

    • The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
    • Fiction.
  • 搁翱厂脡 & Bruno Mars

    APT.

    • rosie.
    • Atlantic.
  • Mike Oldfield

    In Dulci Jubilo

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.
  • Morgan Wallen

    Love Somebody

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • David Gray

    Please Forgive Me

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.
  • Robbie Williams

    Forbidden Road

    • Better Man O.S.T..
    • Sony Music Entertainment.
  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.
  • Whitney Houston

    Love Is

    • The Concert For A New South Africa (Durban).
    • RCA.
  • Elvis Presley

    I Just Can't Help Believing

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • New Order

    True Faith '94

    • (CD Single).
    • London.
  • Lady Blackbird

    Like A Woman

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.
  • Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

    He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Honey

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Jumpin' Jack Flash

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.
  • John Lennon

    Jealous Guy

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.
  • Mary J. Blige

    You Ain't The Only One

    • (CD Single).
    • Mary Jane Productions/300 Entertainment.

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  • Tue 26 Nov 2024 09:30

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