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Art Garfunkel, the Love Song and PopMaster

Art Garfunkel chooses the Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2012. Plus there's an exclusive play of the new single from Roachford, called Gonna Be The One.

Art Garfunkel chooses the Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2012 at the time his compilation album "The Singer" was released. Spanning a life’s body of work from the first Simon & Garfunkel album of 1964 ("Wednesday Morning, 3 AM") through 2007’s Great American Songbook album ("Some Enchanted Evening") and continuing with two newly recorded performances for this release ("Lena" and "Long Way Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ"). "The Singer" includes every UK number one and US solo hit; β€All I Know,β€ β€Breakaway,β€ β€I Only Have Eyes For You,β€ β€My Little Townβ€ (with Paul Simon), "(What A) Wonderful Worldβ€ (with Simon & James Taylor), β€Bright Eyesβ€ and more. In addition to curating "The Singer", Art provides his own personal track-by-track annotations, which appear in the booklet in his handwritten form. The notes are as unique as the man himself. The voice and soul of a true American poet have illuminated the work of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Art Garfunkel for nearly five decades. It is there on record--the Simon & Garfunkel LPs of 1964 to 1970 on Columbia, and his deep catalogue as a solo artist starting in 1973 (the first six albums also on Columbia)--as well as in film, and on the printed page (his 1987 collection of prose poetry, "Still Water"). Art's next two chosen tracks come from Johnny Mathis and Buddy Holly.

Ken also an exclusive play of the new single from Roachford, called Gonna Be The One; the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 29 Jul 2020 09:30

Music Played

  • Journey

    Don't Stop Believin'

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.
  • Joel Corry & MNEK

    Head & Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Perfect Havoc.
  • Madonna

    Holiday

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 34.
  • Train

    Drive By

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 12.
  • Foxes

    Better Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Topic

    Breaking Me (feat. A7S)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Faith Hill

    The Way You Love Me (Love To Infinity Edit)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros..
  • Bryan Adams

    When You're Gone (feat. Melanie C)

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.
  • Record of the Week

    • Anne-Marie

      To Be Young (feat. Doja Cat)

      • (CD Single).
      • Major Toms.
  • Paul McCartney

    Take It Away

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.
  • Foreigner

    Waiting For A Girl Like You

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 16.
  • Richard Marx

    Let Go

    • Limitless.
    • BMG Rights Management (US).
  • Lighthouse Family

    Question Of Faith

    • (CD Single).
    • Wild Card Records.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Telephone Line

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
  • Dua Lipa

    Hallucinate

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.
  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.
  • Tom Walker

    Wait For You

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.
  • Andy Gibb

    Shadow Dancing

    • Andy Gibb.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Roachford

    Gonna Be The One

    • Twice In A Lifetime.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Album of the Week

    • Ronan Keating & Robbie Williams

      The Big Goodbye

      • Twenty Twenty.
      • Decca.
  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
    • EMI.
  • Red Rum Club

    Eleanor

    • Matador.
    • Modern Sky UK.
  • Elvin Bishop

    Fooled Around and Fell in Love

    • Hits Of ... 75 & 76 (Vol 6).
    • Polydor.
  • Tracks of My Years

    • Johnny Mathis

      It's Not for Me to Say

      • The Ultimate Collection.
      • 7.
    • Buddy Holly & The Crickets

      Oh Boy

  • Aloe Blacc

    My Way

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management GmbH.
  • Rod Stewart

    Young Turks

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Jul 2020 09:30