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Benny Andersson performs live

Benny Andersson, legendary composer, songwriter and co-founder of ABBA performs live in the Radio 2 Piano Room. Ken also has the PopMaster music quiz and the daily Love Song.

Benny Andersson, legendary composer, songwriter and co-founder of ABBA performs live in the Radio 2 Piano Room. Benny's brand new album simply called 'Piano' features Benny playing music from across his career solo on a piano, unaccompanied as you've never heard him before. It was recorded on the island of Skeppsholmen, in the heart of his hometown Stockholm and contains classic ABBA tracks and songs from the musical Chess. At the age of six Benny got his first accordion and started playing together with his father Gosta and his grandfather Efraim. In the Sixties he was a member of Sweden's most popular rock band The Hep Stars and in the Seventies he was a member of the world's most popular pop band, ABBA. Alongside lyricist partner Bjorn Ulvaeus he created all the hits for ABBA which led to them selling 370 million records around the world. That in turn became the global musical sensation 'Mamma Mia!' which led to the movie which broke records and starred Oscar winning actors Colin Firth and Meryl Streep.
Gloria Hunniford is Ken's special Tracks of My Years guest celebrating Radio 2's 50th birthday. Gloria looks back on her time as a presenter at the nation's favourite radio station and picks songs from the 1980s from Neil Diamond and Cliff Richard. There's also another edition of the PopMaster music quiz and the daily Love Song. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Sep 2017 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Nina Simone

    Ain't Got No, I Got Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Paloma Faith

    Crybaby

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Brandon Flowers

    Crossfire

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Katie Melua

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Kungs, Olly Murs & Coely

    More Mess

    • CD Single.
    • Universal.

  • Blossoms

    Blown Rose

    • Blossoms.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 007.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    A Song For The Lovers

    • (CD Single).
    • Hut Music.

  • The Fizz

    Dancing In The Rain

    • (CD Single).
    • MPG.

  • Ne-Yo

    Miss Independent

    • (CD Single).
    • Def Jam.
    • 1.

  • Glenn Frey

    The One You Love

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • Record of the Week

    • Craig David

      Heartline

      • (CD Single).
      • Insanity Records.

  • Razorlight

    America

    • (CD Single).
    • Vertigo.

  • Maroon 5

    What Lovers Do (feat. SZA)

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Gwen Guthrie

    Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Annie I'm Not Your Daddy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Benny Andersson

    Thank You For The Music (Radio 2 Piano Room, 27 September 2017)

  • Benny Andersson

    Anthem (Radio 2 Piano Room, 27 September 2017)

    • Chess Soundtrack.

  • Album of the Week

    • Van Morrison

      Transformation

      • Roll With The Punches.
      • Exile.
      • 001.

  • Benny Andersson

    Money, Money, Money (Radio 2 Piano Room, 27 September 2017)

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    She Got The Garden

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Solsbury Hill

  • Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

    A Taste Of Honey

    • Definitive Hits.
    • Universal Music.
    • 5.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Cliff Richard

      Wired For Sound

      • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
      • EMI.

    • Neil Diamond

      Love On The Rocks

      • Neil Diamond - The Ultimate Collectio.
      • Columbia/Mca.

  • Sam Smith

    Too Good At Goodbyes

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Joe Jackson

    Steppin' Out

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Sep 2017 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2