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Radio 2 Piano Room - RAYE

Brit-nominated pop star RAYE - who recently claimed her first solo number one - performs three songs live from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Maida Vale Studios, including a Bill Withers cover.

Brit-nominated pop star RAYE - who recently claimed her first solo number one - performs three songs live from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Maida Vale Studios, including a Bill Withers cover.

A hugely successful songwriter as well as a featured artist on hit records, RAYE is now having her moment in the sun having scored her first solo number one recently. 'Discovered' at 14 by Olly Alexander from Years & Years, RAYE spent the early years of her career learning how to use a music studio, and honing her songwriting skills.

First releasing her own material in 2014, RAYE's been on the edges of superstardom for a few years, but with her full length debut album My 21st Century Blues released in February, with recent number one Escapism among the tracklist, it seems her time is finally here.

Plus, Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch chooses his Tracks of My Years. Formed in the mid-90s, the idea behind the group was to stay on a small scale, to keep it as a project and not let the band run their lives; planning to release two albums and break up.

Instead they have delivered multiple classic albums over the years including like If You're Feeling Sinister and The Boy With the Arab Strap, and latest LP Late Developers - a recent Radio 2 Album of the Week - has given us new single I Don’t Know What You See in Me.

Stuart's next two choices are from Madonna and The Lovin' Spoonful.

Ken's got another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's Love Song. There's also the Record and Album of the Week. If you want to contact the show, just email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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Wed 8 Feb 2023 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Flowers

    • Endless Summer Vacation.
    • Columbia.

  • Take That

    The Flood

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 16.

  • Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

    1-2-3

    • Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.

  • Avicii

    Wake Me Up

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 86 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Record Of The Week

    • Sugababes

      Today

      • The Lost Tapes.
      • Sugababes.

  • Arthur Conley

    Sweet Soul Music

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

  • Pharrell Williams

    Happy

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Sam Smith

    I'm Not Here To Make Friends (feat. Calvin Harris & Jessie Reyez)

    • Gloria.
    • EMI.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Josh Groban

    Symphony

    • Bridges.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Gorillaz

    Silent Running (feat. Adeleye Omotayo)

    • Cracker Island.
    • Parlophone.

  • John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Carpenters

    Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem of World Contact Day)

    • Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.
    • 6.

  • Cian Ducrot

    I'll Be Waiting

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Cher

    Believe

    • Love Songs - 39 All Time Love Classic.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Peter Gabriel

    Panopticom

    • i/o.
    • Real World Records.

  • Tracks Of My Years

    • Madonna

      Borderline

      • Celebration.
      • Warner Bros.
      • 14.

    • The Lovin’ Spoonful

      Darling Be Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Soon

      • Summer In The City - The Collection.
      • Buddah/Legacy.
      • 12.

  • Album Of The Week

    • Shania Twain

      Not Just A Girl

      • Queen Of Me.
      • EMI.

  • America

    Ventura Highway

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • RAYE & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Love Me Again (Radio 2 Piano Room, 08 Feb 2023)

  • RAYE & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Oscar Winning Tears (Radio 2 Piano Room, 08 Feb 2023)

  • RAYE & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

    Ain't No Sunshine (Radio 2 Piano Room, 08 Feb 2023)

  • Suzanne Vega

    In Liverpool

    • Close up, Vol. 2 - People & Places.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Feb 2023 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2