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Ed Sheeran and Barry Manilow

Ed Sheeran, the global superstar, picks his Tracks of My Years in an interview originally broadcast in 2014. Plus live music from Barry Manilow as part of Radio 2 House Music.

Ed Sheeran, the global superstar and one of the biggest selling artists of all time, picks his Tracks of My Years with songs from Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen. This interview is taken from the archives and was originally broadcast in 2014 around the release of Ed's second studio album 'x' (Multiply) which went on to become the second best-selling album of the year in 2015 and earned him a Brit Award for Album of the Year. It also included the hit single 'Thinking Out Loud' which won two Grammy Awards. Ed has achieved enormous success after exploding onto the music scene with his debut album '+' (Plus) in 2011. He's gone on to become the second most streamed artist of the decade on Spotify and was crowned the UK's Official Number 1 Artist of the Decade (2010-2019), after spending 14 weeks at Number 1 with his hit single 'Shape Of You' in 2017. Since then it's amassed over 4.5million chart sales. It's one of three of his songs in the Top 5 end-of-decade list - 'Thinking Out Loud' is at 3 and former Christmas Number 1, 'Perfect makes' it to number 5.

Ken also has live music from Barry Manilow as part of Radio 2 House Music. He'll be singing his brand new single as well as a medley of his greatest hits. The American superstar's career has spanned more than fifty years. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "I Write The Songs", "Can't Smile Without You" and "Copacabana". As well as producing and arranging albums for himself and other artists, Manilow has written and performed songs for musicals, films, and commercials for corporations such as McDonald's, Pepsi-Cola, and Band-Aid, from the 1960s. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award (winning once) as a producer, arranger and performer a total of fifteen times (and in every decade) from 1973 to 2015. He has also produced Grammy-nominated albums for Bette Midler, Dionne Warwick, Nancy Wilson and Sarah Vaughan. Barry has sold more than 75 million records as a solo artist worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists.

Ken has 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.
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Thu 28 May 2020 09:30
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Music Played

  • Michael BublΓ©

    It's A Beautiful Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Kelly Clarkson

    I Dare You

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Simply Red

    Sunrise

    • (CD Single).
    • Simplyred.Com.

  • Sheila & B. Devotion

    Spacer

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • Keith Urban

    Polaroid

    • The Speed Of Now Pt. 1.
    • Capitol Nashville.

  • Olivia Newton‐John

    Physical

    • Physical.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • OneRepublic

    Counting Stars

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Bryan Adams

    When You're Gone (feat. Melanie C)

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Record of the Week

    • Lennon Stella & Charlie Puth

      Summer Feelings

      • SCOOB! O.S.T. (Various Artists).
      • Atlantic.

  • Maroon 5

    Sugar

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Linda Ronstadt

    Don't Know Much (feat. Aaron Neville)

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • The Killers

    Caution

    • Imploding The Mirage.
    • Island Records.

  • Kursaal Flyers

    Little Does She Know

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Nell Bryden & ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Amy (Radio 2 House Music, 14 May 2020)

  • Faith Hill

    This Kiss

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Barry Manilow

    When the Good Times Come Again (Radio 2 House Music, 28/05/2020)

  • Barry Manilow

    Medley (Radio 2 House Music, 28/05/2020)

  • Album of the Week

    • Badly Drawn Boy

      Fly On The Wall

      • Banana Skin Shoes.
      • One Last Fruit Records.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Soak Up The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Niall Horan

    Black And White

    • Heartbreak Weather.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Empire of the Sun

    We Are The People

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

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Bruce Springsteen

      Atlantic City

      • Nebraska.
      • Sony.

    • Van Morrison

      Into The Mystic

      • Still On Top - The Greatest Hits.
      • Exile.

  • Marshmello & Halsey

    Be Kind

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Cry Me A River

    • (CD Single).
    • Jive.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 May 2020 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2