Beverley Knight
Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball. Beverley Knight pops by with news of her new album BK25 and Zoe invites tomato expert Paul Faulkner to play Hit, Miss Or Maybe.
Wake up and embrace the day with Zoe Ball! Queen of UK Soul, Beverley Knight, pops in to tell us about her new album BK25: Beverley Knight with the Leo Green Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, as well as her upcoming tour singing the songs of Stevie Wonder.
Plus Zoe invites the director of the British Tomato Growers Association, Paul Faulkner, to play Hit, Miss Or Maybe with the hottest music right now. He explains why British tomatoes are best, before choosing between John Newman and Nina Nesbitt's Without You, Golden Oldies by Kaiser Chiefs and Mother by Charlie Puth.
Along with Tina Daheley on news, Jules Lang on travel and Hugh Ferris on sport, Zoe and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners and more music than you can shake a glitterball at!
There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood, Harlequins and England scrum half Danny Care looks back on the weekend's rugby, a Pause For Thought from religion and ethics teacher Rae Duke and listeners on the line as Zoe entertains the nation with fun for the family!
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Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson
The Best Things In Life Are Free
- (CD Single).
- DEF JAM.
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Will Young
Ground Running
- Lexicon.
- Cooking Vinyl.
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Level 42
Something About You
- The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
- Cherry Red Records.
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Hot Chocolate
You Sexy Thing
- Hot Chocolate.
- EMI.
- 16.
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James Brown
I Got You (I Feel Good)
- Hits Of ... 65 & 66 (Vol.1).
- Polydor.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Born To Run
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Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey
Don't Call Me Angel
- Charlie's Angels O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- Island.
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Paolo Nutini
Pencil Full Of Lead
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
- 1.
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Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
Together In Electric Dreams
- Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
- Telstar.
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Keane
Love Too Much
- Cause & Effect.
- Island.
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Take That
Greatest Day
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
- 1.
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Carpenters
I Won't Last A Day Without You
- The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
- A&M.
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Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn
Physical
- Physical.
- Virgin EMI Records.
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Michael Bubl茅
It's A Beautiful Day
- (CD Single).
- Reprise.
- 1.
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Liam Gallagher
One Of Us
- Why Me? Why Not.
- Warner Music.
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John Newman
Without You (feat. Nina Nesbitt)
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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The Temptations
Get Ready
- Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
- Universal Music Tv.
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Beverley Knight
Now Or Never
- BK25: Beverley Knight With The Leo Green Orchestra At The Royal Festival Hall.
- BMG.
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Craig David
Do You Miss Me Much
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The Mavericks
Dance the Night Away
- Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
- Telstar.
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Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Dark
- Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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Patti Smith Group
Because the Night
- Rock Of America (Various Artists).
- Trax Label.
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The Pointer Sisters
Fire
- Greatest Hits.
- BBR.
- 002.
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Jack Savoretti
Greatest Mistake
- Singing To Strangers.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Bruce Springsteen
Living Proof
- Chapter And Verse.
- Sony Music.
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Pause For Thought
From Rae Duke, Religion and Ethics teacher and broadcaster.
Today is the Boss鈥� birthday. And by 鈥榯he boss鈥� I mean the ultimate boss, well 鈥� for some of us at least, Mr. Bruce Springsteen.
His music鈥檚 been a consistent motif throughout my life 鈥� I can鈥檛 let a week go by without hearing that gravelly voice and those powerful lyrics.
Like most millennial fans of his, I was brought up listening to Bruce but I soon took on the worship of my own accord - not just because my ears want to lap-up album after album but because, as he himself puts it, the best music gives you something to face the world with.
Never has this been more pronounced than when, 18 months ago, I was putting together my birthing playlist. There was no question it had to be Bruce for this major moment 鈥� a dose of life affirming Springsteen was just what the midwife ordered.
And so it was, the second the epidural was in, on he came! Over 4-hours of Bruce; kicking off with the soothing 鈥楧ream Baby, Dream鈥�, concluding with - and accompanying my daughter鈥檚 earthside arrival -聽 鈥�10th Avenue Freeze Out.鈥� (The 20-minute live version, I needed every minute I could get!)
Bruce is worthy of both a well-curated birthing playlist and, I think, a Pause for Thought because this master storyteller sings and shouts human hopes and fears, troubles and triumphs like no other. While most artists write about Saturday night highs, Bruce takes on our Monday to Friday grind. But when he walks out on stage, he considers it his job, he says, to manifest a sense of transcendence for him and his audience.聽
Raised a Catholic, many of the Boss鈥� songs brim with Christian imagery, themes and language. Perhaps the most beautiful, and to return to that birth narrative of mine, are some lines from his song, 鈥楲iving Proof鈥�. Gazing at his tiny first-born son he tells of the sudden and redeeming realisation that at the heart of human existence lies meaning and purpose. 鈥淟ike the missing words to some prayer that I could never make,鈥� he writes, 鈥淚n a world so hard and dirty so fouled and confused, Searching for a little bit of God's mercy, I found living proof.鈥�
So happy 70th birthday to you Bruce! Thank you for starting that fire with a spark, for learning how to make your guitar talk and for leading me as I dance in the dark.
Broadcast
- Mon 23 Sep 2019 06:30麻豆约拍 Radio 2