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Vernon brings the big tunes

Actor, singer and all-round icon Idina Menzel chooses her penultimate Tracks of My Years. Plus, there's Vernon's music quiz Ten to the Top.

Broadway superstar Idina Menzel chooses her Tracks of My Years.

Idina is probably best known for her performance as Elsa in the hit Frozen franchise, but before then she’d already established herself as a Broadway icon. She made her debut on the Great White Way in 1997 in the rock-musical Rent, and in 2003 she performed in the original cast of Wicked. Her performance as Elphaba, the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West, garnered critical acclaim and led her to winning a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

A decade later, her role as Elsa in Frozen made Idina a household name, with her performance of the track Let It Go storming the charts and securing an Oscar for Best Original Song.

Alongside her acting career, Idina has had parallel success as a recording artist, and in August she’s releasing her fifth album, Drama Queen. The record is an ode to disco past and present, and sees Idina work alongside Nile Rogers and Jake Shears.

Idina’s penultimate choices come from Whitney Houston and Annie Lennox.

There'll also be more audio nuggets as we dive in to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Archive in Vernon's Vault, plus there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top and a brand new Record and Album of the Week.

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.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 17 Aug 2023 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande

    Rain On Me

    • Chromatica.
    • Interscope Records.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Dancing In The Dark

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Blur

    Barbaric

    • The Ballad Of Darren.
    • Parlophone.

  • Take That

    Pray

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Jessie Ware & RΓ³isΓ­n Murphy

    Freak Me Now

    • That! Feels Good!.
    • EMI.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Dancing In The Street

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.

  • Texas

    Keep On Talking

    • The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023.
    • PIAS.

  • The Police

    Don't Stand So Close To Me

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Another Star

    • (Single).
    • Motown.

  • Jake Shears

    Last Man Dancing

    • Last Man Dancing.
    • Mute.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    The Living Daylights

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • Bill Withers

    Lovely Day

    • It's Cool (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

  • Record of The Week

    • James Blunt

      Beside You

      • Who We Used To Be.
      • Atlantic.

  • Barry White

    Let The Music Play

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    A Song For The Lovers

    • (CD Single).
    • Hut Music.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Belinda Carlisle & ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

      Superstar (Radio 2 Piano Room, 01 Feb 2023)

  • Album of The Week

    • Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall

      Truth As My Weapon

      • Face To Face.
      • Sun Records.

  • Ronan Keating

    Life Is A Rollercoaster

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Grace Carter

    Riot

    • A Little Lost, A Little Found.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Whitney Houston

    Saving All My Love For You

    • Whitney Houston.
    • Arista.

  • The Company of Rent

    Seasons Of Love

    • Rent: The Musical.
    • Dreamworks Records.
    • 2.

  • Annie Lennox

    Why

    • Greatest Hits 92 (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
    • 8.

  • Birdy

    Paradise Calling

    • Portraits.
    • Atlantic.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Aug 2023 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

Ten To The Top

Ten To The Top

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