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Jimmy Webb chooses the Tracks of My Years

Jimmy Webb chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Simon & Garfunkel and Harry Nilsson. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Jimmy Webb, American songwriter, composer and singer, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Simon & Garfunkel and Harry Nilsson. Jimmy has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". He has had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, The 5th Dimension, Art Garfunkel, and Richard Harris.

The award-winning musician was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1990. He received the National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993, the Songwriters Hall of Fame Johnny Mercer Award in 2003, the ASCAP "Voice of Music" Award in 2006, and the Ivor Novello Special International Award in 2012. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990.

Ken also has another two songs from Eurovision: You Decide hopefuls. Plus there's the love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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Thu 25 Jan 2018 09:30
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Music Played

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

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

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • George Benson

    Never Give Up On A Good Thing

    • George Benson - The Very Best Of.
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 3.

  • Robin Schulz

    Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Naughty Boy & Joe Jonas

    One Chance To Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • OneRepublic

    Counting Stars

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Take On Me

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Record of the Week

    • Toto

      Spanish Sea

      • 40 Trips Around The Sun.
      • Sony Legacy.

  • Eurovision: You Decide

    • Raya

      Crazy

  • Justin Hayward

    The Best Is Yet To Come

    • Moving Mountains.
    • Towerbell.

  • Magnum

    Without Love

    • Lost On The Road To Eternity.
    • Steamhammer.

  • Johnny Marr

    Easy Money

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Proclaimers

    Letter From America

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

  • Tom Walker

    Leave A Light On

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Eurovision: You Decide

    • Liam Tamne

      Astronaut

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Album of the Week

    • Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa

      Soul On Fire

      • Black Coffee.
      • Provogue Records.

  • Mott the Hoople

    Roll Away The Stone

    • Mott The Hoople - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.

  • Simple Minds

    Magic

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Harry Nilsson

      Everybody's Talkin'

      • Million Sellers Vol.10 - The Sixties.
      • Disky.

    • Simon & Garfunkel

      The Boxer

      • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
      • Columbia.

  • SZA & Calvin Harris

    The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records.
    • 1.

  • Rick Astley

    Together Forever

    • NOW - Yearbook 1988 (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Jan 2018 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2