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Joe Brown picks his final Tracks of My Years

Celebrating 60 years in the music business Joe Brown MBE selects the Tracks of My Years with music from Chas & Dave and Lonnie Donegan. Plus Ken has another round of PopMaster.

Joe Brown MBE picks his Tracks of My Years with songs from Chas & Dave and Lonnie Donegan. He's one of our great guitar pioneers, champion of the ukulele and king of the British rock 鈥榥鈥� roll scene of the sixties. With his trademark cheeky smile and spikey haircut he鈥檚 filled the Royal Albert Hall, played Glastonbury and has just celebrated an amazing sixty years in the music business with a 3 month nationwide tour. Joe was born in Lincolnshire but when he was two his parents moved to Plaistow to run an East End pub 鈥� The Sultan. Joe鈥檚 first job was with British Rail as a steam locomotive fireman in the Plaistow works in the 1950s. But music was his first love and in his spare time he formed a skiffle band called The Spacemen. Then he heard a new singer 鈥� Little Richard - and Joe鈥檚 love of rock and roll was born. As a session guitarist - his early career highlights include playing with Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Johnny Cash. Then Joe was signed up by the legendary impresario Larry Parnes and as "Joe Brown and the Bruvvers" he had a string of hits including 鈥淎 Picture of You鈥� , 鈥淚t Only Took A Minute鈥� and 鈥淭hat鈥檚 What Love Will Do鈥�. On one of their early tours the Beatles were the support act 鈥� and George Harrison became a good friend.
Joe鈥檚 career included regular tv and radio appearances, films and he even appeared on the West End stage in the David Heneker musical 鈥淐harlie Girl鈥�.

Ken's got another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's love song. There's also the record and album of the week.
If you want to contact the show, just email - ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk

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Fri 17 Jan 2020 09:30
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Music Played

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Deacon Blue

    City Of Love

    • City Of Love.
    • earMUSIC.

  • ABC

    Poison Arrow

    • Abc - The Lexicon Of Love.
    • Mercury.

  • Robert Palmer

    Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You

    • Now 19 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • King Calaway

    Rivers

    • Rivers.
    • Stoney Creek Records.

  • Mick Jackson

    Weekend

    • Mick Jackson.
    • Atlantic.

  • Roxy Music

    Same Old Scene

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.

  • Record of the Week

    • The Weeknd

      Blinding Lights

      • (CD Single).
      • Universal Republic Records.
      • 1.

  • Stereophonics

    I Wanna Get Lost With You

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Orleans

    Dance With Me

    • (Single).
    • Asylum.

  • Travis

    Kissing In The Wind

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Telephone Box.

  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Robert Plant

    Big Log

    • Digging Deep: Subterranea.
    • Es Paranza Records.

  • Lucky Daye

    Fly

    • Spies In Disguise O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Keep Cool/RCA Records.

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 7.

  • The Script

    Run Through Walls

    • Sunsets & Full Moons.
    • Columbia.

  • The Four Seasons

    The Night

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 9.

  • Twinnie

    Type Of Girl

    • Hollywood Gypsy.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Album of the Week

    • Louise

      Give You Up

      • Heavy Love.
      • Lil Lou Records.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Monkey Business

  • Steve Forbert

    Romeo's Tune

    • Don't Look Down.
    • Rolling Tide Records.

  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

    厂别帽辞谤颈迟补

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana Island Records.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Lonnie Donegan

      Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O

    • Chas & Dave

      Margate

      • All The Best From Chas And Dave.
      • K-Tel.
      • 8.

  • Celeste

    Stop This Flame

    • (CD Single).
    • Both Sides Records.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Jump (For My Love)

    • The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Jan 2020 09:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2