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Global pop icon Cher chooses her penultimate Tracks Of My Years, plus at 1030 two more contestants battle it out for a smart speaker in the mid-morning music quiz 'Ten To The Top'.

Global pop icon Cher is the special guest on this week's Tracks Of My Years, taking us on a journey through her six decade career as well as picking a few of her favourite Christmas songs.

Across a six decade career, she’s sold over 100m records, has a trophy cabinet chock full of awards including a Grammy, an Emmy and an Oscar, and is known for her being a trendsetter, an activist, a philanthropist and just a fabulous human being.

Even at 77, she’s still capable of firsts, and she recently released her first festive album called, appropriately, Christmas. Her first new studio album in five years, it includes several holiday classics and four originals, and has a star-studded list of guests including Darlene Love, Stevie Wonder, Michael Bublé and Cyndi Lauper.

Today's Christmas choice from Cher comes from Sia.

Plus more audio nuggets from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Archive in Vernon's Vault; the Record and Album Of The Week; and the mid-morning music quiz, Ten To The Top.

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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Thu 7 Dec 2023 09:30
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Music Played

  • Adamski

    Killer (feat. Seal)

    • Now 17, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • The Crystals

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spector).
    • Phil Spector Int.
    • 7.

  • Paloma Faith

    Bad Woman

    • The Glorification Of Sadness.
    • RCA.

  • Eurythmics

    Love Is A Stranger

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • RAYE

    Worth It.

    • My 21st Century Blues.
    • RAYE.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Jingle Bell Rock

    • Pop & Soul: Holiday Hits 2 (Various Artists).
    • BMG.
    • 20.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • Cat Burns

    know that you're not alone

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Murray Head

    One Night In Bangkok

    • Heart Full Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.

  • Taylor Swift

    Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)

    • 1989 (Taylor's Version).
    • Republic.

  • µώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    BREAK MY SOUL

    • RENAISSANCE.
    • Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia.

  • Fern Kinney

    Together We Are Beautiful

    • The All Time Greatest Love Songs Vol.
    • Columbia.

  • Chuck Berry

    Run Rudolph Run

    • Chuck Berry - The Chess Years (Cd 2).
    • Chess.

  • The Pogues

    Fairytale Of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.

  • P!nk

    All Out Of Fight

    • TRUSTFALL: Tour Deluxe Edition.
    • RCA.

  • The Beach Boys

    The Man With All The Toys

    • Elton John's Christmas Party (Various Artists).
    • Universal Music.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Beatles

    Now And Then

    • The Beatles 1967-1970 (2023 Edition).
    • Universal Music Recordings.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra

      AKA... What a Life! (Radio 2 Piano Room, 12 May 2023)

  • Album of The Week

    • Peter Gabriel

      i/o

      • i/o.
      • Real World.

  • Madonna

    Deeper And Deeper

  • Jess Glynne

    Friend Of Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Cher & Andy GarcΓ­a

      Fernando

    • ABBA

      One Of Us

      • Single.
      • Polar.
      • 1.

    • Hank Williams

      Hey Good Lookin'

      • Single.
      • Mercry Nashville.
      • 1.

  • Eartha Kitt

    Santa Baby

    • Single.
    • 1.

  • Sia

    Snowman

    • Everyday Is Christmas.
    • Atlantic.

  • James Bay

    All My Broken Pieces

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Bob Dylan

    Must Be Santa

    • Christmas In The Heart.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

Broadcast

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

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