Who's up for Ten to the Top?
Broadway icon Idina Menzel selects her Tracks of My Years. Plus, there's Vernon's music quiz and two more contestants take on 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 next two choices come from Diana Ross and Duran Duran.
There'll also be more audio nuggets as we dive in to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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.
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Katy Perry
Firework
- (CD Single).
- Virgin.
- 1.
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The KLF
Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)
- (CD Single).
- K.L.F. Communications.
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Jake Shears
Last Man Dancing
- Last Man Dancing.
- Mute.
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The La’s
There She Goes
- Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
- Polygram Tv.
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Record of The Week
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James Blunt
Beside You
- Who We Used To Be.
- Atlantic.
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The Isley Brothers
Summer Breeze
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You
- Γ· Divide.
- Atlantic.
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Birdy
Paradise Calling
- Portraits.
- Atlantic.
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TLC
Waterfalls
- (CD Single).
- Laface.
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S Club
These Are The Days
- (CD Single).
- UMC.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
You Make My Dreams
- Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
- 5.
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Shirley Bassey
Diamonds Are Forever
- The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
- EMI.
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Propaganda
Duel
- A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
- ZTT.
- 12.
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Thomas Headon
W4NNA DO
- six songs that thomas headon likes and thinks you would like too.
- Warner Music.
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Aretha Franklin & George Michael
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
- Epic.
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Grace Carter
Riot
- A Little Lost, A Little Found.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Joni Mitchell
Woodstock
- Ladies Of The Canyon.
- Reprise.
- 11.
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Vernon's Vault
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Pretenders
Stop Your Sobbing (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Live in London, Jan. 1979)
- Pretenders (Deluxe Edition).
- WM UK.
- 2.
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Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall
If I Come Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
- Face To Face.
- Sun Records.
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Liberty X
Just A Little
- Now 52 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Blur
Barbaric
- The Ballad Of Darren.
- Parlophone.
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Tracks of My Years
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Diana Ross
I'm Coming Out
- Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
- Polygram Tv.
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Idina Menzel
Move
- (CD Single).
- BMG Rights Management.
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Duran Duran
The Reflex
- CD Single.
- Columbia.
- 1.
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Duran Duran
The Reflex
- Now 1984 (Various Artists).
- Now.
- 6.
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Train, Tenille Townes & Bryce Vine
I Know
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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- Tue 15 Aug 2023 09:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2