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Album Of The Week and James Patterson

Best-selling author James Patterson chooses the Tracks of My Years all this week with Ken. Plus there's your love song dedications and another round of PopMaster at 10:30.

James Patterson - the world's best-selling author, with more than 350 million books sold worldwide - chooses the Tracks of My Years all week with Ken. The son of an insurance salesman and a schoolteacher, James grew up in Newburgh, New York, and began writing casually at 18. He was first paid to write as a junior copywriter in New York, but left the world of advertising behind to concentrate on his creative writing. James has gone on to create enduring fictional characters such as Alex Cross, as well as collaborating on famous fiction with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton.

James is also hugely passionate about encouraging children to read and has written a range of books for younger readers inspired by his own son. Now James has charted the story of his career for the first time in his memoir 'The Stories Of My Life', which was published earlier in the summer.

The next two tracks James has chosen come from The Animals and James Taylor.

Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus another round of PopMaster. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Tue 16 Aug 2022 09:30
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Music Played

  • Madonna

    Into The Groove

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 8.

  • Calvin Harris

    Stay With Me (feat. Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell Williams)

    • Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2.
    • Columbia.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    You Make Loving Fun

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 011.

  • Years & Years

    If You're Over Me

    • Palo Santo.
    • Polydor.

  • Rose Royce

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lizzo

    2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

    • Special.
    • Atlantic.

  • Ace of Base

    All That She Wants

  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Cat Burns

      ghosting

      • Emotionally Unavailable.
      • Since 93.

  • George Ezra

    Blame It On Me

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • REO Speedwagon

    Keep On Loving You

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • P!nk

    Irrelevant

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Blondie

    Maria

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Beatles

    The Long and Winding Road

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 027.

  • Tom Chaplin

    Gravitational

    • Midpoint.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Gallagher & Lyle

    I Wanna Stay With You

    • Gallagher & Lyle - Breakaway.
    • River Records.

  • Dionne Warwick

    Heartbreaker

    • Friends & Lovers (Various Artists).
    • K-Tel.

  • Robbie Williams

    Lost

    • XXV.
    • Columbia.

  • Whitney Houston

    Million Dollar Bill

    • (CD Single).
    • Arista.
    • 1.

  • Wax

    Bridge To Your Heart

    • American English.
    • Lemon Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Album Of The Week

    • Heather Small

      Sight For Sore Eyes

      • Colour My Life.
      • East West.

  • Paula Cole

    Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Steps

    Hard 2 Forget

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Sony Music CMG.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • The Animals

      We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

    • James Taylor

      Sweet Baby James

      • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
      • CBS.

  • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor & Wuh Oh

    Hypnotized

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Lukas Graham

    7 Years

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Aug 2022 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2