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Jimmy Webb chooses the Tracks of My Years

Jimmy Webb chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Jimmy Webb, American songwriter, composer and singer, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. Jimmy has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". He has had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, The 5th Dimension, Art Garfunkel, and Richard Harris.

The award-winning musician was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1990. He received the National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993, the Songwriters Hall of Fame Johnny Mercer Award in 2003, the ASCAP "Voice of Music" Award in 2006, and the Ivor Novello Special International Award in 2012. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990.

Ken also has the 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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Tue 23 Jan 2018 09:30
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Music Played

  • Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

    Say Say Say

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    International Blue

  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Donna Summer

    This Time I Know It's For Real

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Train

    Drive By

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 12.

  • Naughty Boy & Joe Jonas

    One Chance To Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Mungo Jerry

    Alright, Alright, Alright

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1973.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 1.

  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Toto

    Spanish Sea

    • 40 Trips Around The Sun.
    • Sony Legacy.

  • Will Young

    Your Game

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG/19.

  • Van Morrison

    Someone Like You

    • Van Morrison - Poetic Champions Compo.
    • Mercury.

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

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

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    Another Cup Of Coffee

    • Mike & The Mechanics Hits.
    • Virgin.

  • Dire Straits

    Private Investigations

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • SZA & Calvin Harris

    The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records.
    • 1.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • Simple Minds

    Magic

  • Gerry Rafferty

    Baker Street

    • Songs Of The Century (Disc 2).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Stereophonics

    Graffiti on the Train

    • (CD Single).
    • Stylus Records.
    • 1.

  • Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa

    Saved

    • Black Coffee.
    • Provogue Records.

  • Asia

    Heat Of The Moment

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

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

  • James Taylor

    Fire and Rain

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

  • Joni Mitchell

    A Case Of You

    • Blue.
    • Rhino.
    • 9.

  • Craig David

    I Know You (feat. Bastille)

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.

  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Come Back and Finish What You Started

    • Gladys Knight & The Pips - Singles Al.
    • Pro-Tv.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Jan 2018 09:30
    成人快手 Radio 2