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Alice Cooper, Judy Murray, Rita Ora and Steve Winwood

Chris has breakfast with the king of shock rock Alice Cooper, tennis coach and Strictly star Judy Murray, pop star Rita Ora and Steve Winwood performs live in the studio.

Chris has breakfast with the king of shock rock Alice Cooper ahead of the release of his 27th album and UK tour. Judy Murray comes in to tell some stories from her upcoming autobiography and discuss her son Andy's hopes for Wimbledon. Rita Ora discusses working with Ed Sheeran and lets slip some details about her upcoming second album. Plus British rock n roll superstar Steve Winwood performs some of his greatest hits and a special Marvin Gaye cover live in the studio.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Fri 30 Jun 2017 06:30
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Music Played

  • The B‐52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.

  • George Ezra

    Don't Matter Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Ray Charles

    Mess Around

    • Warner Music UK Limited.

  • Little Mix

    No More Sad Songs

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.

  • Luis Fonsi

    Despacito (Remix) (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Razorlight

    Somewhere Else

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Dua Lipa

    Lost In Your Light (feat. Miguel)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Van McCoy

    The Hustle

    • Golden Hits Of The 70's (Various Artists).
    • BR Music.

  • LeAnn Rimes

    LovE is LovE is LovE

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • The Beatles

    Drive My Car

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 1.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Goldfinger

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Randy Newman

    You've Got A Friend In Me

    • Toy Story O.S.T..
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • The Weeknd

    Can't Feel My Face

    • Beauty Behind The Madness.
    • Republic.
    • 7.

  • Pratt & McClain

    Happy Days

    • Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3 70s & 80s.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Martine McCutcheon

    Say I'm Not Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love [Live]

  • Rita Ora

    Your Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Steve Winwood

    Can't Find My Way ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ [Live]

  • Olly Murs & Louisa

    Unpredictable

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Steve Winwood

    Back In the Highlife Again [Live]

  • Steve Winwood

    What's Going On (Marvin Gaye cover) [Live]

Pause For Thought

Reverend Richard ColesΜύ

I gave a speech at a conference in Northampton recently, for a music and performing arts trust. It’s a brilliant organisation, ensuring young people have access to tuition, instruments, and as many opportunities as possible to make music.Μύ I've supported it for years, and gladly accepted the invitation to become one of its ambassadors.

When I arrived on the day, I was told I would be speaking in the Richard Coles Hall. How flattering I thought, that they’d named it after me, and how suitable not only for an ambassador but also because I started out as a young musician in Northamptonshire myself. I affected a humble demeanour and composed some gracious words of thanks.

It was a different Richard Coles. A consultant dermatologist from the General Hospital, I discovered as I blushed, a keen amateur musician, and a dedicated supporter. β€œStill,” his daughter remarked, β€œwe could always put an apostrophe after the S so it could be for BOTH of you”.

But credit where credit’s due, to my namesake, who worked so hard to get young people in our county actively involved in music. Because I expect it will do for them what it did for me, and I dare say for Steve and Rita and Vince here this morning; to open up new imaginative horizons, and bring incalculable enrichment and enjoyment to life. That’s what music does. But fewer young people are able to do that now, because music is disappearing from the school curriculum. In more and more of them core subjects, like literacy and numeracy and science and computer technology, are considered more important than playing Sur Le Pont d’Avignon on shrill plastic recorders.

I'm not sure they’re right. St Irenaeus, one of my favourite saints of the early church, whose feast fell this week, said that the glory of God is humanity truly alive. That means not just literate and numerate, but on song, and in tune, in tempo, and in the groove, resonant, in rejoicing and lamentation. When we do that, and get it right, I think we most compellingly anticipate the life of heaven in our lives on earth.

Μύ

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