Emeli Sande's final Tracks Of My Years
Emeli Sande picks her final two Tracks Of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2012. Plus, something special from Neil Diamond ahead of his 80th birthday this weekend.
Emeli Sande picks her final two Tracks Of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2012. Born in Sunderland and raised in Aberdeenshire by an English mother and Zambian father, Emeli studied medicine before deciding to follow her musical career full-time. She rose to prominence after featuring on the 2009 Chipmunk track 'Diamond Rings'. It was their first top 10 single on the UK singles chart and in 2010 she performed on 'Never Be Your Woman' by the rapper Wiley which was another top ten hit.
Emeli released her first solo single 'Heaven'' in 2011 and has two number-one singles across the UK and Ireland with 'Read All About It' featuring Professor Green and 'Beneath Your Beautiful' with Labrinth. Her album 'Our Version of Events' spent ten non-consecutive weeks at number one and became the best-selling album of 2012 in the UK, with over one million sales. She performed in both the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics and the following year claimed Best British Female Solo Artist and British Album of the Year at the Brit Awards.
In 2016, she released her second studio album 'Long Live the Angels', which debuted at number two on the UK album chart and In 2017 was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours for her services to music. Her most recent album 'Real Life' came out in 2019 and peaked at number six on the UK charts.
The final two tracks Emeli has chosen come from Celine Dion and Stevie Wonder. Ken also has the daily love song plus another round of PopMaster. And there's something special from Neil Diamond ahead of his 80th birthday this weekend.
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Born To Run
- Born To Run.
- CBS.
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Gwen Stefani
Let Me Reintroduce Myself
- (CD Single).
- Interscope Records.
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Talk Talk
It's My Life
- More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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Candi Staton
Nights On Broadway
- Bee Gees Songbook (Various Artists).
- Connoisseur.
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Kylie Minogue
Real Groove
- DISCO (Deluxe).
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
- 3.
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Wham!
I'm Your Man
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Richard Ashcroft
A Song For The Lovers
- (CD Single).
- Hut Music.
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RECORD OF THE WEEK
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Steps
To The Beat Of My Heart
- What The Future Holds.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
1-2-3
- Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
- Epic.
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Debby Boone
You Light Up My Life
- You Light Up My Life.
- Curb.
- 7.
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RAYE & Rudimental
Regardless
- Euphoric Sad Songs.
- Polydor.
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Rockwell
Somebody's Watching Me
- Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
- Universal Music Tv.
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Elton John
This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
- Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002.
- Mercury.
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Leslie Odom, Jr.
Cold (feat. Sia)
- The Christmas Album.
- S-Curve Records.
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Blondie
Call Me
- Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
- EMI.
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Ava Max
My Head & My Heart
- Heaven & Hell.
- Atlantic.
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Neil Diamond
Love On The Rocks (Ken Bruce Maida Vale Sesssion, 7 Oct 2014)
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Tom Grennan
Little Bit Of Love
- Evering Road.
- Insanity Records.
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK
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Passenger
Nothing Aches Like A Broken Heart
- Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted.
- Black Crow Records.
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Lulu
Independence
- Now 24 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Jennifer Lopez
In The Morning
- (CD Single).
- HITCO.
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TRACKS OF MY YEARS
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Stevie Wonder
Love's In Need Of Love Today
- Stevie Wonder Ballad Collection.
- Motown.
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΄³³ά²ϊΓ«±τ
Weekend Vibe
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Michael Gray
The Weekend
- (CD Single).
- Eye Industries.
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