Sir Richard Stilgoe picks the Tracks of My Years
Composer and lyricist Sir Richard Stilgoe picks the Tracks of My Years. Plus Ken has another round of the PopMaster music quiz and the daily love song.
Sir Richard Stilgoe, the composer and lyricist, picks the Tracks of My Years with songs from Michael Crawford and Joe Stilgoe Richard has spent fifty years as a performer and writer in all forms of the performing arts. On television he appeared on Nationwide, That's Life and several series of his own. On stage he toured for many years with his one-man show and subsequently his two-man show with Peter Skellern.
He wrote lyrics for Cats, Starlight Express and The Phantom of the Opera and music and lyrics for Bodywork, Brilliant the Dinosaur, ‘Orpheus – the Mythical’ and Road Rage. His broadcasting work has earned him the New York Radio Festival Gold Award, three Monaco Festival Prizes and the Prix Italia. Richard sits on various boards involved in music education. In 1997 he founded the Orpheus Centre in Surrey, where young disabled people prepare for independent living through a series of performing arts courses.
Ken also has another round of the PopMaster music quiz, the daily love song and the record and album of the week. To contact the show, email ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk
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Cher
Love & Understanding
- (CD Single).
- Geffen.
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Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man
Giant
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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George Michael
Outside
- George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
- Epic.
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Silk City & Dua Lipa
Electricity
- (CD Single).
- Sony Music.
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Take That
Everlasting
- Odyssey.
- Polydor.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Maneater
- Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
- BMG.
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Climax Blues Band
Couldn't Get It Right
- Top Gear 3 - Various Artists.
- Sony.
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Record of the Week
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Jack Savoretti
Candlelight
- Singing To Strangers.
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
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Johnny Hates Jazz
I Don't Want To Be A Hero
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Céline Dion
My Heart Will Go On
- 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artist.
- Elektra.
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Kygo
Happy Now (feat. Sandro Cavazza)
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Love I Lost
- Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
- Music Club.
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10cc
Rubber Bullets
- Greatest Hits... And More.
- Mercury.
- 11.
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Busted
Radio
- Half Way There.
- Rhino.
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Supergrass
Grace
- (CD Single).
- Parlophone.
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Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
Together In Electric Dreams
- Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
- Telstar.
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Andy Burrows & Matt Haig
Barcelona
- Reasons To Stay Alive.
- Fiction.
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Savage Garden
To The Moon & Back
- Passion (Various Artists).
- Universal/Warner E.S.P..
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Tom Walker
Just You And I
- What A Time To Be Alive.
- Relentless Records.
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Album of the Week
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Alice Merton
No Roots
- (CD Single).
- Paper Plane Records International.
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Al Stewart
On The Border
- Year Of The Cat.
- Esoteric Recordings.
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Nina Nesbitt
Colder
- The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change.
- Cooking Vinyl.
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Marillion
Kayleigh
- The 80's Love Album (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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Tracks of My Years
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Joe Stilgoe
Waterloo Sunset
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Michael Crawford
The Music Of The Night
- The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
- Polydor.
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Kacey Musgraves
Wonder Woman
- Golden Hour.
- Decca.
- 10.
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M People
Moving On Up
- The Best Of M People.
- BMG.
Broadcast
- Tue 15 Jan 2019 09:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2