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Bryan Ferry chooses another two songs in this week's Tracks Of My Years. Plus Ten To The Top and more gems from Vernonβs vault.
Bryan Ferry chooses the tunes that made him in this week's Tracks Of My Years.
Bryan Ferry dominated the charts in the 1970s and 80s, both as the frontman of his band Roxy Music and as a solo singer. Overall, heβs sold more than 30 million albums and topped the charts with his solo albums βBoys and Girlsβ and βStreet Lifeβ.
As well as being a prolific songwriter, Bryan has recorded many cover versions, including standards from the Great American Songbook. He enjoyed a Grammy nomination in 2001 for his album βAs Time Goes Byβ and has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
His voice and style are legendary: Bryan was once described as 'an art object' who 'should hang in the Tate' by writer Peter York. Kate Bush has said he "was the most exciting singer that sheβd heard" and that for her, he "covered the whole emotional spectrum."
Bryan has a new album out which celebrates his immense body of work called βRetrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023β. Itβs an 81 track album marking 50 Years of his music. Excitingly, he also has a new song called βStarβ, which is his first original song in over a decade.
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Black Box
Ride On Time
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
- Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
- Mercury.
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Duran Duran
EVIL WOMAN
- Danse Macabre: De Luxe.
- BMG.
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The Kinks
You Really Got Me
- The Journey - Part 1.
- BMG.
- 7.
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Sophie EllisβBextor
Freedom Of The Night
- (CD Single).
- Decca.
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Tom Jones
Mama Told Me Not To Come (feat. Stereophonics)
- (CD Single).
- Gut Records.
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Blondie
One Way Or Another
- Blondie - Parallel Lines.
- Chrysalis.
- 2.
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Morgan Wallen
Love Somebody
- (CD Single).
- Mercury.
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The Ritchie Family
The Best Disco In Town
- The Ultimate Disco Collection (Various Artists).
- Reader's Digest.
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Girls Aloud
Love Machine
- Now 59 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Ella Henderson
Filthy Rich
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Annie I'm Not Your Daddy
- Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
- Columbia.
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The Cure
A Fragile Thing
- Songs Of A Lost World.
- Polydor.
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MC Hammer
U Can't Touch This
- Fast Forward (Various Artists).
- Telstar.
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Thin Lizzy
The Boys Are Back In Town
- (Single).
- Vertigo.
- 10.
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Lainey Wilson
Hang Tight Honey
- (CD Single).
- Broken Bow Records.
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Shannon
Let The Music Play
- The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
- Warner Strategic Market.
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RagβnβBone Man
Chokehold
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Pet Shop Boys
West End Girls
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Donna Summer
I Feel Love
- Donna Summer - On The Radio.
- Casablanca.
- 7.
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Manic Street Preachers
Hiding In Plain Sight
- Critical Thinking.
- Columbia.
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Jr. Walker & the All Stars
(I'm a) Road Runner
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Neil Young
After The Gold Rush
- Neil Young - After The Gold Rush.
- Reprise.
- 2.
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Jake Isaac
EVER YOURS
- BENJAMIN.
- Nettwerk Music Group.
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Supertramp
Breakfast In America
- The Very Best Of Supertramp.
- Polygram Tv.
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- Wed 30 Oct 2024 09:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
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