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The day after Vern sent gnomes viral!

Singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading chooses the songs that shaped her in this week's Tracks Of My Years. Plus more Ten To The Top and another dip into the Vault.

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 and 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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Wed 27 Nov 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    All The Young Dudes

    • Nonetheless (Expanded Edition).
    • Parlophone.

  • Oasis

    Roll With It

    • (CD Single).
    • Creation Records.

  • Tom Grennan

    It Can't Be Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • InSanity.

  • Madonna

    Lucky Star

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 5.

  • Elton John & Brandi Carlile

    Never Too Late

    • Elton John: Never Too Late O.S.T..
    • EMI.

  • Diana Ross

    Upside Down

    • And They Danced The Night Away Volume 2 CD2.
    • Debutante.

  • The Ronettes

    Sleigh Ride

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Robbie Williams

    Forbidden Road

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

  • Coldplay

    Christmas Lights

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Lady Gaga

    Disease

    • LG7.
    • Interscope.

  • Lionel Richie

    All Night Long (All Night)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    Ruby

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It's Christmas?

  • Sam Fender

    People Watching

    • People Watching.
    • Polydor.

  • Dean Martin & Martina McBride

    Baby, It's Cold Outside

    • Christmas With The Rat Pack (Various).
    • Capitol.

  • Michael Ball & Alfie Boe

    Baker Street

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Rock 'n' Roll Is King

    • ELO's Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • Epic.

  • Tears for Fears

    Say Goodbye To Mum And Dad

    • Songs For A Nervous Planet.
    • Concord.

  • The Weather Girls

    It's Raining Men

    • Success.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 13.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Superstition

    • Motown Chartbusters Volume 8 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

  • Perrie

    Christmas Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Nov 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 2

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