The Love Song and Sam Ryder
Sam Ryder, singer-songwirter and this year's Eurovision entry, picks the Tracks of My Years. Ken has your daily love song dedications plus another round of PopMaster.
Sam Ryder, singer-songwriter and this year's UK Eurovision entry, chooses the Tracks of My Years all week 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 鈥楽pace Man鈥� 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 next two tracks he has chosen come from Journey and Brad Paisley. 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
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Gloria Gaynor
I Will Survive
- Disco Fever (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Harry Styles
As It Was
- Harry's House.
- Columbia.
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Coldplay
Adventure Of A Lifetime
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Jennifer Lopez
Waiting For Tonight
- Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
- Warner E.S.P..
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Todd Rundgren
I Saw The Light
- My Girl (Original 1992 Film S/Track).
- Epic.
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Lizzo
About Damn Time
- Special.
- Atlantic.
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Dire Straits
Walk Of Life
- Brothers In Arms 20th Anniv Edition.
- Vertigo.
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Phil Collins
Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
- Singles.
- Rhino.
- 10.
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Record of the Week
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George Ezra
Green Green Grass
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Kylie Minogue
In Your Eyes
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Lady A
Need You Now
- Need You Now.
- Capitol Nashville.
- 1.
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David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson
Crazy What Love Can Do
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Johnny Hates Jazz
Shattered Dreams
- Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
- EMI.
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The Walker Brothers
No Regrets
- Best Of Scott Walker & The Walker Bro.
- Fontana.
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Shawn Mendes
When You're Gone
- (CD Single).
- Virgin/EMI.
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Gerry Rafferty
Baker Street
- Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
- Global Records & Tapes.
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Sam Fender
Getting Started
- Seventeen Going Under.
- Polydor.
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Miami Sound Machine & Gloria Estefan
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
- Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
- Epic.
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Johnny Logan
What's Another Year
- Heart Searching (Various Artists).
- Knight Records.
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Album of the Week
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The Feeling
There Is No Music
- Loss. Hope. Love.
- Island.
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Chic
Good Times
- The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
- Columbia.
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Sam Ryder
SPACE MAN
- There's Nothing But Space, Man!.
- Parlophone.
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Michael Bubl茅
Drivers License (Radio 2 Piano Room, 28 April 2022)
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Tracks of My Years
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Journey
Any Way You Want It
- Universal.
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Brad Paisley
Camouflage
- This Is Country Music.
- Arista Nashville.
- 4.
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Will Young
Why Does It Hurt
- 20 Years: The Greatest Hits.
- Sony Music CMG.
Broadcast
- Wed 4 May 2022 09:30麻豆约拍 Radio 2