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Joe Brown selects his Tracks of My Years

Celebrating 60 years in the music business Joe Brown MBE selects the Tracks of My Years. Plus Ken has another round of the PopMaster music quiz.

Joe Brown MBE is choosing the Tracks of My Years with songs from Small Faces and Mark Knopfler. He is 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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Thu 16 Jan 2020 09:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Tavares

    Don't Take Away The Music

    • Wow That Was The 70's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.
    • 8.

  • Blossoms

    The Keeper

    • The Keeper.
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Electronic

    Getting Away With It...

    • (CD Single).
    • Factory Records.

  • Clean Bandit

    Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Candi Staton

    Nights On Broadway

    • Bee Gees Songbook (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Record of the Week

    • The Weeknd

      Blinding Lights

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

  • David Essex

    Oh What A Circus

    • The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
    • Polydor.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    Give It Up

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • Train & Skylar Gray

    Mai Tais

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • John Legend

    All Of Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Power Over Me

    • Outnumbered.
    • UMGRI Interscope.

  • Blue 脰yster Cult

    (Don't Fear) The Reaper

    • Chart Show Ultimate Rock - Various.
    • Hit.

  • Whitney Houston

    One Moment In Time

    • All Woman (Various Artists).
    • Quality.

  • Coldplay

    Everyday Life

    • Everyday Life: Sunset.
    • Parlophone.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Next To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • Roachford

    Love Remedy

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

  • Steps

    Scared Of The Dark

    • (CD Single).
    • Steps Music.
    • 1.

  • The Real Thing

    Blinded By Your Grace (Radio 2 Piano Room, 15 Jan 2020)

  • Album of the Week

    • Louise

      Stretch

      • (CD Single).
      • ADA.

  • Sydney Youngblood

    If Only I Could

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • MistaJam

    Ultimatum (feat. Laura White)

    • (CD Single).
    • Armada Music.

  • Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Burning Love

    • If I Can Dream.
    • RCA.
    • 001.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Mark Knopfler

      Donegan's Gone

    • Small Faces

      Lazy Sunday

      • The Greatest Hits Of 1968.
      • Premier.

  • Gabrielle Aplin & Nina Nesbitt

    Miss You 2

    • Dear Happy.
    • Never Fade Records.

  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Jan 2020 09:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2