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Idina Menzel chooses her final Tracks of My Years

Frozen star Menzel chooses her final Tracks of My Years. Plus, two more contestants take on Vernon's music quiz, Ten to the Top.

Broadway superstar Idina Menzel chooses her final 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 final two choices come from U2 and Bruno Mars.

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

Fri 18 Aug 2023 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Yazz & The Plastic Population

    The Only Way Is Up

    • Wanted (Deluxe Edition).
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 010.

  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Billy Porter

    Broke A Sweat

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Dua Lipa

    Physical

    • Future Nostalgia.
    • Warner Records.

  • Cian Ducrot

    Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • µώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    • I Am.. Sasha Fierce.
    • Music World Music.
    • 1.

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • Peggy Gou

    (It Goes Like) Nanana

    • (CD Single).
    • XL Recordings.

  • The Weeknd

    I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk)

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Republic Records.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    Hip To Be Square

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

  • Record of the Week

    • James Blunt

      Beside You

      • Who We Used To Be.
      • Atlantic.

  • Neil Young

    Heart Of Gold

    • Neil Young - Decade.
    • Reprise.
    • 4.

  • Dusty Springfield

    Son Of A Preacher Man

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Open The Door, See What You Find

    • Council Skies.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • Busted & Jonas Brothers

    Year 3000 (2023 version)

    • GREATEST HITS 2.0.
    • Busted Music.

  • Busted & Jonas Brothers

    Year 3000 (2023 version)

    • GREATEST HITS 2.0.
    • Busted Music.

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • The Police

    Every Breath You Take

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • The Killers

      Smile Like You Mean It (Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 Live Lounge, 2005)

  • Album of the Week

    • Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall

      Damage

      • Face To Face.
      • Sun Records.

  • Maurice Jarre

    Parkinson

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Everything

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Tracks of my Years

    • Bruno Mars

      Count On Me

      • Doo-Wops & Hooligans.
      • Atlantic.
      • 9.

  • U2

    With Or Without You

    • U2 - The Joshua Tree.
    • Island.

  • Delta Goodrem

    Back To Your Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Atled Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Aug 2023 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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