Taylor Swift chooses the Tracks of My Years
Taylor Swift, Grammy award winning singer songwriter, chooses the Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2011. There's the daily love song plus PopMaster.
Taylor Swift, Grammy award winning singer songwriter, chooses the Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2011. At the time she had recently released her third studio album 'Speak Now' written entirely by herself as the follow up to 'Fearless' and described as a loose concept album about confessions. Earlier this year Taylor released her eighth studio album 'Folklore' which marked a departure from the upbeat pop sound of the singer's previous albums to mellow tunes driven by piano and guitar. It was all written in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and produced by Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff. The album sold two million copies in its first week globally, 1.3 million of which were sold on its first day. 'Folklore' reached number one in the UK, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and several other countries.
The Country and Pop superstar was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1989 and spent her early years on her family's Christmas tree farm in nearby Wyomissing. Her grandmother had been a professional opera singer and Taylor soon followed in her musical footsteps. By the age of 10 she was singing at a variety of local events, including fairs and contests. She sang 'The Star Spangled Banner' at a Philadelphia 76ers basketball game at the age of 11 and began writing her own songs and learning guitar a year later. To pursue her music career, she often visited Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital where she co-wrote songs and continued to perform. She calls it her home now and tries to get back there as much as possible.
The first two tracks Taylor has chosen come from Owl City and Coldplay. Ken also has the daily love song and PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk
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Bryan Ferry
Let's Stick Together
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Dua Lipa
Levitating
- Future Nostalgia.
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Train
Drive By
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- Columbia.
- 12.
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Madonna
Deeper And Deeper
- Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
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Eliot Kennedy
My Destiny
- A Yacht Named Sue.
- Universal Spinnup.
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Ultra Nat茅
Free
- Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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The Coral
In The Morning
- (CD Single).
- Deltasonic.
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Candi Staton
Young Hearts Run Free
- Disco Fever (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Gary Barlow
Incredible
- Music Played By Humans.
- Polydor.
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Sophie B. Hawkins
Right Beside You
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Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn
Hopelessly Devoted To You
- Grease (Original Movie Soundtrack).
- Polydor.
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Record of the Week
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成人快手 Children In Need
Stop Crying Your Heart Out (成人快手 Radio 2 Allstars)
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Kenny Loggins
Danger Zone
- Top Gun O.S.T. (Various Artists).
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Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell
- The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
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220 KID & JC Stewart
Too Many Nights
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- Polydor.
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Supertramp
Breakfast In America
- The Very Best Of Supertramp.
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Bruno Mars
24K Magic
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The Weeknd
Save Your Tears
- After Hours.
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Des O鈥機onnor
Careless Hands
- Des O'Connor - The Best Of The EMI Ye.
- EMI.
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Amy Macdonald
Fire
- The Human Demands.
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Paloma Faith
If This Is Goodbye
- Infinite Things.
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Smith & Burrows
Old TV Shows
- Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough.
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Prince
Little Red Corvette
- 4Ever.
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Tracks of My Years
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Owl City
Fireflies
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Coldplay
Yellow
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Wings
Let 'Em In
- The 7" Singles Box.
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Marisha Wallace
Before I Go
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- Mon 16 Nov 2020 09:30成人快手 Radio 2