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Vernon brings the big tunes

Legendary DJ and Radio 2 icon Johnnie Walker chooses his penultimate Tracks of My Years. Plus there's the Record and Album of the Week and two more trips to Vernon's Vault.

Legendary DJ and Radio 2 icon Johnnie Walker chooses his penultimate Tracks of My Years.

Johnnie made his name in the 60s with the pirate ship Radio Caroline, and his night-time show was essential listening. When he moved to Radio 1 in 1969, Johnnie established a reputation as a DJ who accorded more importance to the records he played than the chat in between.

After a spell broadcasting in America, Johnnie returned home in the early 80s, and, following stints with ILR stations Radio West and Wiltshire Radio in the West Country, he returned to Radio 1 to present the Stereo Sequence. Over 30 years of music fandom was then channelled into Radio 2's drivetime show, which he hosted until March 2006. Johnnie now presents Sounds of the 70s (Sundays, 3-5pm) and the Radio 2 Rock Show (Fridays 11pm).

There'll also be more audio nuggets from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive in Vernon's Vault and the mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you: email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you’d like to apply to take part in Ten to the Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk.

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Thu 3 Aug 2023 09:30
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Music Played

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Junior Senior

    Move Your Feet

    • Smash Hits Chart Summer 2003.
    • EMI/Virgin/Universal Music.

  • Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry & Ella Henderson

    0800 HEAVEN

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Bad Habits

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.

  • Jax Jones & Fireboy DML

    Me and My Guitar

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Baccara

    Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    On The Floor

    • CD Single.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Record of The Week

    • S Club

      These Are The Days

      • (CD Single).
      • UMC.

  • Snow Patrol

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Jake Shears

    Last Man Dancing

    • Last Man Dancing.
    • Mute.

  • Supergrass

    Grace

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Darkness

    Friday Night

    • The Darkness - Permission To Land.
    • Atlantic.

  • Dermot Kennedy

    Don't Forget Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Do I Do

    • Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collec.
    • Universal.

  • Blur

    Barbaric

    • The Ballad Of Darren.
    • Parlophone.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Dolly Parton

      Jolene (Glastonbury 2014)

  • Album of The Week

    • Rita Ora

      Unfeel It

      • You & I.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • David Bowie

    Fashion

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Leadley

    Love For The Last Time

    • (CD Single).
    • AWAL.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • The Beatles

      All You Need Is Love

      • The Beatles - 1.
      • Apple.
      • 018.

    • Eagles

      Take It Easy

      • The Best Of Eagles.
      • Asylum.

    • Steely Dan

      Reelin' In The Years

      • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
      • MCA.

    • Steve Miller Band

      The Joker

      • Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-.
      • Mercury.

  • Olivia Rodrigo

    vampire

    • GUTS.
    • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Aug 2023 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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