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Cyndi Lauper and the Love Song

Cyndi Lauper chooses two more Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2011. There's the daily love song and another round of the music quiz PopMaster.

Cyndi Lauper, American singer songwriter, actress and activist, chooses the Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2011. She had just released her tenth studio album 'Memphis Blues' which was voted the seventh best album of 2010 by the New York Post and it went on to become Billboard's biggest selling blues album of 2010. To support the album, Cyndi made her biggest tour ever, the Memphis Blues Tour, which had more than 140 shows and covered every inhabited continent of the world. Cyndi's career has spanned over forty years. Her album 'She's So Unusual' from 1983 was the first debut album by a female artist to achieve four top five hits on the Billboard Hot 100 - 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun', 'Time After Time', 'She Bop' and 'All Through the Night' and earned her the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Her success continued with the soundtrack for the motion picture 'The Goonies' and her second album 'True Colors from 1986. The single 'True Colors' went to number one in America and peaked at number 12 in the UK.

Cyndi is known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colours and eccentric clothing and for her powerful and distinctive four-octave singing range. She has been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States. Her charitable efforts were acknowledged in 2013 when she was invited as a special guest to attend U.S. President Barack Obama's second-term inauguration. Her next two chosen tracks come from Squeeze and Luther Vandross.

Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus another round of the legendary music quiz PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Wed 5 Aug 2020 09:30
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Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • The Killers

    My Own Soul's Warning

    • Imploding The Mirage.
    • Island Records.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Out Of Touch

    • Collections.
    • Sony.

  • Topic

    Breaking Me (feat. A7S)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • George Michael

    Amazing

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Leo Sayer

    How Much Love

    • Leo Sayer -The Definitive Hits Collec.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

    • Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Record of the Week

    • Keith Urban

      Superman

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

  • Amy Winehouse

    Back To Black

    • Back To Black.
    • Universal Records.

  • Eagles

    Best Of My Love

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Kygo & Tina Turner

    What's Love Got To Do With It

    • Golden Hour.
    • Columbia.

  • Blancmange

    Living on the Ceiling

    • Saturday Superstore Replay Selection (Various Artists).
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Records.

  • David Bowie

    Starman

  • Jason Derulo

    Take You Dancing

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • ZZ Top

    Gimme All Your Lovin'

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.

  • ΄³³ά²ϊΓ«±τ

    Dancing In The Moonlight (feat. NEIMY)

    • (CD Single).
    • DGTLBEATS.

  • Savage Garden

    To The Moon & Back

    • Passion (Various Artists).
    • Universal/Warner E.S.P..

  • Lola Lennox

    Back At Wrong

    • (CD Single).
    • LaLennoxa.

  • Album of the Week

    • Deep Purple

      Throw My Bones

      • Whoosh!.
      • earMUSIC.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Streets of Philadelphia

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Marisha Wallace

    Tomorrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Marisha Wallace.
    • 1.

  • Rod Stewart

    The Motown Song

    • Rod Stewart - Vagabond Heart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Luther Vandross

      Dance With My Father

      • (CD Single).
      • BMG.

    • Squeeze

      Another Nail In My Heart

      • Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze.
      • Universal/A&M.

  • Little Mix

    Holiday

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Jimmy Ruffin

    Hold on to My Love

    • Soul Boys (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Aug 2020 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2