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PopMaster and Sam Ryder

Sam Ryder, singer-songwriter and this year's UK Eurovision entry, chooses the Tracks of My Years. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus 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 β€˜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 next two tracks he has chosen come from Stevie Wonder and ~Whitney Houston. 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

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Thu 5 May 2022 09:30
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Music Played

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys

    Purple Zone

    • Purple Zone.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • The Weeknd

    In Your Eyes

    • After Hours.
    • XO.

  • Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

    Wake Up Everybody

    • Harold Melvin - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Chris Rea

    The Road To Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Mabel, Jax Jones & Galantis

    Good Luck

    • About Last Night....
    • Polydor.

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Hollywood Nights

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • George Ezra

      Green Green Grass

      • (CD Single).
      • Columbia.

  • Spice Girls

    Spice Up Your Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 11.

  • Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

    Up Where We Belong

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Duran Duran

    ALL OF YOU

    • FUTURE PAST.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Strawbs

    Lay Down

    • Acoustic Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.

  • Meat Loaf

    You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth

    • The Very Best Of Meatloaf.
    • Virgin.

  • Thomas Rhett

    Paradise

    • Where We Started.
    • Big Machine.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Take On Me

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

  • Keith Urban

    Nightfalls

    • (CD Single).
    • Hit Red Records.

  • S Club

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • (CD Album Sampler).
    • Polydor.

  • Carpenters

    Yesterday Once More

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor & The Feeling

      While You're Still Young

      • Everybody's Talking About Jamie O.S.T..
      • Island.

  • Semisonic

    Chemistry

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Tom Grennan

    Remind Me

    • What Ifs & Maybes.
    • Sony.

  • TRACKS OF MY YEARS

    • Stevie Wonder

      Do I Do

      • Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collec.
      • Universal.

  • Whitney Houston

    I'm Every Woman

    • Funky Divas 3 (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    There Isn't Much

    • Let's Say For Instance.
    • Chrysalis Records.

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 May 2022 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2