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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.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 15 Aug 2023 09:30

Music Played

  • Katy Perry

    Firework

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • The KLF

    Justified & Ancient (Stand by The JAMs) (feat. Tammy Wynette)

    • (CD Single).
    • K.L.F. Communications.
  • Jake Shears

    Last Man Dancing

    • Last Man Dancing.
    • Mute.
  • The La’s

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Record of The Week

    • James Blunt

      Beside You

      • Who We Used To Be.
      • Atlantic.
  • The Isley Brothers

    Summer Breeze

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Shape Of You

    • Γ· Divide.
    • Atlantic.
  • Birdy

    Paradise Calling

    • Portraits.
    • Atlantic.
  • TLC

    Waterfalls

    • (CD Single).
    • Laface.
  • S Club

    These Are The Days

    • (CD Single).
    • UMC.
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    You Make My Dreams

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 5.
  • Shirley Bassey

    Diamonds Are Forever

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

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.
  • Thomas Headon

    W4NNA DO

    • six songs that thomas headon likes and thinks you would like too.
    • Warner Music.
  • Aretha Franklin & George Michael

    I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
  • Grace Carter

    Riot

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

    Woodstock

    • Ladies Of The Canyon.
    • Reprise.
    • 11.
  • Vernon's Vault

    • Pretenders

      Stop Your Sobbing (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Live in London, Jan. 1979)

      • Pretenders (Deluxe Edition).
      • WM UK.
      • 2.
  • Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall

    If I Come Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    • Face To Face.
    • Sun Records.
  • Liberty X

    Just A Little

    • Now 52 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Blur

    Barbaric

    • The Ballad Of Darren.
    • Parlophone.
  • Tracks of My Years

    • Diana Ross

      I'm Coming Out

      • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
      • Polygram Tv.
    • Idina Menzel

      Move

      • (CD Single).
      • BMG Rights Management.
    • Duran Duran

      The Reflex

      • CD Single.
      • Columbia.
      • 1.
  • Duran Duran

    The Reflex

    • Now 1984 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 6.
  • Train, Tenille Townes & Bryce Vine

    I Know

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Aug 2023 09:30

Ten To The Top

Ten To The Top

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