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Sir Tom Jones and Kelly Clarkson

Sir Tom Jones picks his Tracks of My Years in an interview from the archives which was first broadcast in 2008. Plus Kelly Clarkson performs live as part of Radio 2 House Music.

As Sir Tom Jones approaches his 80th birthday Ken revisits a Tracks of My Years interview with the legendary singer from the archives. Their chat was first broadcast in 2008 and on this episode Tom's choices come from Wilson Pickett and Robert Palmer. Tom's incredible career in music spans six decades and he's sold over 100 million records. Tom is a music icon, who has achieved hit singles in both the UK and the USA with songs including; It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat, She's A Lady, Delilah, Sex Bomb and the theme from the James Bond movie Thunderball. From 1969-1971 he had his own TV show, This Is Tom Jones, which featured star guests including Shirley Bassey, Nancy Sinatra, Peter Sellers, Cher, Dusty Springfield and Liza Minnelli. Tom also played himself in the 1996 Tim Burton movie Mars Attacks and made a guest appearance in hit US TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. More recently Tom has returned to our screens as a coach on The Voice UK for eight seasons in the 2010s, with one of his artists winning the show on two occasions.

Ken also has live music from American singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson as part of Radio 2 House Music. She'll be playing her brand new single plus one of her classic hits. She rose to fame in 2002, after winning the first season of American Idol, which earned her a record deal with RCA Records. Kelly's debut single, "A Moment Like This", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and became the country's best-selling single of 2002. It was followed by the release of her debut studio album, "Thankful" in 2003, which debuted a-top the US Billboard 200. Trying to reinvent her image, Kelly parted ways with Idol management and shifted to pop rock music for her second album, "Breakaway" in 2004. After numerous top 40 radio number-one singles, such as "Since U Been Gone" and "Because of You", the album sold over 12 million copies worldwide and earned Clarkson two Grammy Awards.

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.
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Thu 4 Jun 2020 09:30
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Music Played

  • Philip Bailey & Phil Collins

    Easy Lover

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Ronan Keating

    Little Thing Called Love

    • Twenty Twenty.
    • Decca.

  • Heatwave

    Boogie Nights

    • Too Hot To Handle.
    • BBR.
    • 013.

  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • Jessie Ware

      Save A Kiss

      • What's Your Pleasure?.
      • Virgin.

  • Roxy Music

    Angel Eyes

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

  • The Four Seasons

    The Night

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

  • Manic Street Preachers

    A Design For Life

    • Everything Must Go - 20th Anniversary Edition.
    • Columbia.
    • 16.

  • Lennon Stella & Charlie Puth

    Summer Feelings

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

  • Janet Jackson

    Together Again

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Hero

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Harry Styles

    Watermelon Sugar

    • Fine Line.
    • Columbia.

  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Steely Dan

    Do It Again

    • Air America O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • MCA.
    • 6.

  • Barry Manilow

    When The Good Times Come Again

    • Barry Manilow.
    • Arista.

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • HOUSE MUSIC

    • Kelly Clarkson

      I Dare You (Radio 2 House Music, 4 June 2020)

    • Kelly Clarkson

      Because Of You (Radio 2 House Music, 4 June 2020)

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Lady Gaga

      Stupid Love

      • Chromatica.
      • Polydor.

  • Murray Head

    One Night In Bangkok

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Westlife

    What About Now

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Charlie Dore

    Pilot Of The Airwaves

    • Walking On Sunshine Vol 1.
    • Kenwest.

  • TRACKS OF MY YEARS

    • Wilson Pickett

      In The Midnight Hour

    • Robert Palmer

      Addicted To Love

      • Sounds Of The 80s - Like A Record Baby (1984-1986) (Various Artists).
      • UMC.

  • Luke Combs

    Six Feet Apart

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

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

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Jun 2020 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2