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Mavis Staples chooses the Tracks of My Years

Mavis Staples chooses her final Tracks of My Years with music from Mahalia Jackson and Prince. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Mavis Staples, American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, chooses her final Tracks of My Years with music from Mahalia Jackson and Prince. Mavis was born July 10, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. She began singing with her family, The Staple Singers, at local Chicago churches before signing with the gospel label Vee-Jay Records in 1953. The family put on a concert in Montgomery, Alabama, which Martin Luther King Jr. was attending. The group later had a number of soul hits and a No. 1 pop song with "Let's Do It Again," from the film soundtrack of the same name. Mavis has also established a successful solo career while working with a range of artists, from Prince to Natalie Merchant. Her brand new album "If All I Was Was Black" was released last November via Anti-Records. It's her sixteenth studio album which was written and produced by Jeff Tweedy who features on the fourth track "Ain't No Doubt About It". Mavis has said about the album "it brings us all together as a people. That's what I hope to do. You can't stop me. You can't break me. I'm too loving. These songs are going to change the world."

Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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Fri 19 Jan 2018 09:30
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Music Played

  • The Jacksons

    Can You Feel It

    • Fantastic 80's Go For It! - Various.
    • Parlophone.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    International Blue

  • Robbie Williams

    Supreme

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Clout

    Substitute

    • Hard 2 Get Hits - Various Artists.
    • Disky.

  • Bryan Adams

    Cloud Number Nine

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Bruno Mars

    Finesse (Remix) (feat. Cardi B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

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

  • Peter Cetera

    Glory Of Love

    • The Very Best Of The Greatest Love.
    • Telstar.

  • Record of the Week

    • Simple Minds

      Magic

  • Sydney Youngblood

    If Only I Could

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy

    • Now That's What I Call Music 19.
    • Now.

  • Midge Ure

    Breathe

    • Orchestrated.
    • BMG.

  • ZZ Top

    Sharp Dressed Man

    • (Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tom Walker

    Leave A Light On

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.

  • America

    You Can Do Magic

    • America's Greatest Hits - Encore.
    • Rhino.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Dancing

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Album of the Week

    • Camila Cabello

      Something's Gotta Give

      • Camila.
      • Syco Music.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Prince & The Revolution

      Purple Rain

      • 4Ever.
      • Warner Bros.

    • Mahalia Jackson

      How I Got Over

      • Jubilation: Great Gospel Performances Volume 2: More Black Gospel.

  • Toto

    Spanish Sea

    • 40 Trips Around The Sun.
    • Sony Legacy.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Jan 2018 09:30
    成人快手 Radio 2