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Forty years on from his hit album 'Suddenly' entering the charts., Billy Ocean will be picking his Tracks Of My Years all this week. Plus another round of Ten To The Top.

One of music's best loved performers, Billy Ocean selects his favourite music all this week on Tracks Of My Years.

Prior to the release of his seminal album, 'Suddenly', Billy had already enjoyed two big hits in 'Love Really Hurts Without You' and 'Red Light Spells Danger', but it was this 1984 album that gave him his first entry in the Album Charts. The album spawned hits such as 'Loverboy', 'Suddenly' and a cover of 'The Long and Winding Road', but it was lead single 'Caribbean Queen' which became Billy's most acclaimed work.

The track reached number six in the UK, topped the US charts and earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B performance. Billy is marking the fortieth anniversary of the album's release with a limited run of the album on ocean blue vinyl.

Also, you can test your music trivia knowledge with another round of Ten To The Top, explore the past in Vernon’s Vault, and hear the Vern's first plays of the 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

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Wed 11 Sep 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • Meat Loaf

    Bat Out Of Hell

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • The Rembrandts

    I'll Be There For You

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Alex Warren

    Carry You Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ (feat. Ella Henderson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Eternal

    I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)

    • Eternal - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Lady Blackbird

    Let Not (Your Heart Be Troubled)

    • Slang Spirituals.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Billy Joel

    It's Still Rock and Roll To Me

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Phil Collins

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Paul Heaton

    Quicksand (feat. Rianne Downey)

    • The Mighty Several.
    • EMI.

  • The Christians

    Harvest For The World

    • The Best Of The Christians.
    • Island.

  • Johnny Marr

    Easy Money

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Sabrina Carpenter

    Taste

    • Short n' Sweet.
    • Polydor.

  • The Beatles

    Magical Mystery Tour

    • Magical Mystery Tour.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Toto

    Hold The Line

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

  • Haircut One Hundred

    The Unloving Plum

    • (CD Single).
    • H100 / Absolute Label Services.

  • Delta Goodrem

    Hearts On The Run (Radio 2 In The Park 2024)

  • Kool & the Gang

    Get Down On It

    • Classic Kool & The Gang.
    • Mercury.

  • Hozier

    Nobody's Soldier

    • Unaired E.P..
    • Island.

  • Robert Miles

    Children

    • New Pure Moods (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • David Gilmour

    The Piper's Call

    • Luck And Strange.
    • Legacy Recordings.

  • Oasis

    Cigarettes & Alcohol

  • Snow Patrol

    All

    • The Forest Is The Path.
    • Polydor.

  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Sexual Healing

    • The Greatest Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Shed Seven

    Waiting For The Catch (feat. Issy Ferris)

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Sep 2024 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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