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Sam Ryder's Final Tracks of My Years

Sam Ryder, singer-songwriter and this year's UK Eurovision entry, picks his final Tracks of My Years. Ken has your love song dedications plus more from PopMaster.

Sam Ryder, singer-songwriter and this year's UK Eurovision entry, chooses his final Tracks of My Years with Ken. Born in Essex, Sam will be performing at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest this May in Turin, Italy. His song 'Space Man' has already enjoyed a couple of weeks on the Radio 2 playlist.

Sam began working in the music industry as a singer and guitarist in 2009, working for the groups The Morning After, Blessed By A Broken Heart and Close Your Eyes.
He rose to prominence thanks to Tik Tok where, starting with the first lockdown during the pandemic in March 2020, he started posting his music covers.
By the end of that year he'd become the most followed artist on the platform, leading him to sign a record contract.

Sam wrote ‘Space Man’ in the late summer of 2020 and was the song that got him his record deal. He was selected from hundreds of names to represent the UK at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, following the most intense and high stakes search in recent Eurovision memory. Sam has been watching the contest since he was a kid and the idea of actually performing in it is still overwhelming for him. His main plan is to get out there, sing his head off for three minutes and make his country proud.

The final two tracks he has chosen come Sia and the musical Wicked. Ken also has 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

Fri 6 May 2022 09:30

Music Played

  • Meck

    Thunder In My Heart Again (feat. Leo Sayer)

    • (CD Single).
    • Free2air.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • George Ezra

      Green Green Grass

      • (CD Single).
      • Columbia.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Peacekeeper

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 015.
  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Annie I'm Not Your Daddy

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson

    Crazy What Love Can Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
  • Rose Royce

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The O’Jays

    Love Train

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Jimmy Nail

    Ain't No Doubt

    • Now That's What I Call Music Vol.22.
    • Now.
  • Sam Fender

    Getting Started

    • Seventeen Going Under.
    • Polydor.
  • MÃ¥ns Zelmerlöw

    Heroes

    • (CD Single).
    • WEA.
    • 018.
  • Judie Tzuke

    For You

    • The Best Of Judie Tzuke.
    • Rocket.
  • Lizzo

    About Damn Time

    • Special.
    • Atlantic.
  • Men at Work

    Down Under

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
  • 10cc

    I'm Mandy Fly Me

    • 10cc - Greatest Hits (1972 - 1978).
    • Mercury.
  • Sam Ryder

    SPACE MAN

    • There's Nothing But Space, Man!.
    • Parlophone.
  • George Harrison

    What Is Life

  • Harry Styles

    As It Was

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.
  • Sister Sledge

    He's The Greatest Dancer

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.
  • Keane

    Everybody's Changing

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • The Feeling

      This Was Me

      • Loss Hope Love.
      • Island Records.
  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Back To Black

    • Back To Black.
    • Universal Records.
  • Cliff Richard

    We Don't Talk Anymore

    • Cliff Richard - Private Collection.
    • EMI.
  • TRACKS OF MY YEARS

    • Idina Menzel

      Defying Gravity

      • (CD Single).
      • Warner Bros.
      • 11.
    • Sia

      Elastic Heart (Piano Version)

      • 1000 Forms Of Fear (Deluxe Version).
      • Monkey Puzzle Records.
      • 14.
  • Lady Gaga

    Hold My Hand

    • Top Gun: Maverick O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 May 2022 09:30