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Calvin Harris chooses his Tracks of My Years

DJ, producer and songwriter Calvin Harris chooses his Tracks of My Years all this week. Plus, there's Vernon's music quiz Ten to the Top and a new Album of the Week.

DJ, producer and songwriter Calvin Harris chooses his Tracks of My Years all this week.

Calvin grew up in Dumfries in Scotland, initially working in a fish processing factory and stocking shelves in supermarkets to save up and buy DJ gear. He moved to London to pursue a career in music but a lack of job opportunities led to him returning to Dumfries, where he created his first album, I Created Disco, in his bedroom.

Uploading his music to MySpace, Calvin had hits with The Girls and Acceptable in the 80s, which led to a record deal with Columbia in 2006. Since then, Calvin has released six albums, had 11 UK number ones and won two Brit awards, a Grammy and an Ivor Novello. He has performed all over the world, and this summer had a residency at Ibiza's UshuaΓ―a nightclub. Calvin’s new single, Desire, is out now. It's his third collaboration with Sam Smith and follows on from the success of Promises, which spent six weeks at number one, and I’m Not Here To Make Friends.

Calvin’s first two choices this week come from Jamiroquai and Nirvana.

There'll also be more audio nuggets as we dive in to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Archive in Vernon's Vault, plus 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

Mon 21 Aug 2023 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Pulp

    Common People

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Birdy

    Paradise Calling

    • Portraits.
    • Atlantic.

  • Sheila & B. Devotion

    Spacer

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • Post Malone

    Enough Is Enough

    • Austin.
    • Island.

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

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

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Left To My Own Devices

    • Introspective / Further Listening 1988-1989.
    • EMI.

  • Texas

    Keep On Talking

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

  • Carole King

    I Feel The Earth Move

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Record of The Week

    • Delta Goodrem

      Back To Your Heart

      • (CD Single).
      • Atled Records.

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Blur

    Barbaric

    • The Ballad Of Darren.
    • Parlophone.

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Jessie Ware & RΓ³isΓ­n Murphy

    Freak Me Now

    • That! Feels Good!.
    • EMI.

  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    Sign Your Name LOOP

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 21.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Total Eclipse of the Heart Instrumental

    • Total Eclipse of the Heart.
    • Cleopatra Records.
    • 2.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Paul McCartney

      Any Way (Recorded At Abbey Road, 2009)

      • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 The Piano Room 2019.
      • UMOD (Universal Music On Demand).
      • 4.

  • Album of The Week

    • Tom Speight

      Wonderful Wonder (feat. Ward Thomas)

      • Love & Light.
      • Nettwerk.

  • All Saints

    Never Ever

    • Love (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Rod Stewart

    Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

    Desire

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Jamiroquai

      Too Young To Die

      • (CD Single).
      • Sony.

    • Spin Doctors

      Two Princes

      • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
      • Global Records & Tapes.

    • Jamiroquai

      Little L

      • (CD Single).
      • Sony.

    • Nirvana

      Lithium

      • Lithium.
      • DGC.
      • 1.

  • Sophie Ellis‐Bextor

    Beyond The Universe

    • Hana.
    • BMG Rights Management.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Aug 2023 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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