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Singer, songwriter and record producer Cathy Dennis chooses her Tracks of My Years all this week. Plus, two more contestants take on Vernon's music quiz Ten to the Top.

Singer, songwriter and record producer Cathy Dennis chooses her Tracks of My Years all this week.

Signed by manager Simon Fuller aged 17, Cathy achieved her first success as a vocalist with D Mob, singing on tracks like C’mon and Get My Love. Moving into work as a solo artist, she released four solo albums featuring hit singles including Touch Me (All Night Long) and Too Many Walls.

From the 90s into the 2000s, Cathy progressively moved into work as a songwriter and producer, penning multiple number one hits like Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You Out of My Head, Britney Spears’ Toxic (for which she won a Grammy) and Will Young’s Anything Is Possible.

After 15 years without a public performance, Cathy returned to performing at London’s Mighty Hoopla in London in 2019, and has recently teamed up again with S Club 7 co-writer Simon Ellis to pen S Club’s new single These Are the Days.

Cathy's penultimate choices this week come from Chic and Billy Joel.

There'll also be more audio nuggets as we dive in to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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

Thu 7 Sep 2023 09:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

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

  • Madison Avenue

    Don't Call Me Baby (Motez Vicious21 Remix)

    Remix Artist: Motez.
    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.

  • James Blunt

    Beside You

    • Who We Used To Be.
    • Atlantic.

  • The Beatles

    Get Back (feat. Billy Preston)

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 022.

  • Edwyn Collins

    A Girl Like You

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

  • Mae Muller

    Me, Myself & I

    • Sorry I'm Late.
    • Capitol.

  • The Troggs

    Wild Thing

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1966.
    • Premier.

  • Michael Sembello

    Maniac

    • Flashdance O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • VIRGIN.

  • Kula Shaker

    WAVES

    • (CD Single).
    • Strange F.O.L.K. LLP.

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Teach Your Children

    • Over The Years....
    • Rhino.
    • 008.

  • Record of The Week

    • Kylie Minogue

      Tension

      • Tension.
      • BMG Rights Management.

  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 004.

  • Blur

    Country House

    • The Best Album In The World Ever!(Va).
    • Virgin.

  • Camila Cabello

    Havana (feat. Young Thug)

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Calvin Harris & Sam Smith

    Desire

  • The Jacksons

    Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

    • Rhythm Divine 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Used To Be Young

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Taylor Swift

      We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 2014)

  • Album of The Week

    • Alice Cooper

      Baby Please Don't Go

      • Road.
      • earMUSIC.

  • Vanessa Carlton

    A Thousand Miles

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    Open The Door, See What You Find

    • Council Skies.
    • Sour Mash Records.

  • Real McCoy

    Another Night

    • (CD Single).
    • Logic.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Chic

      Le Freak

      • The Very Best Of.
      • Rhino.

    • Cathy Dennis

      Everybody Move

      • Move To This.
      • Polydor.
      • 6.

    • Katy Perry

      I Kissed A Girl

      • Single.
      • Capitol.
      • 1.

    • Billy Joel

      She's Always A Woman

      • The Stranger.
      • Columbia.
      • 7.

  • The Pretenders

    A Love

    • Relentless.
    • BMG Rights Management.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Sep 2023 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

Ten To The Top

Ten To The Top

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