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The Love Song and Natalie Imbruglia

Singer and actor Natalie Imbruglia chooses her Tracks Of My Years all this week, plus there's another track from Album of The Week and, of course, the latest edition of PopMaster!

Singer and actor Natalie Imbruglia chooses her Tracks Of My Years all this week.

A former star of the soap opera 'Neighbours', Natalie took the pop world by storm in 1997 with her breakthrough single 'Torn', becoming one of THE faces of the late nineties. Nearly a quarter of a century later Natalie's releasing 'Firebird', her first album of original material since 2009 and her sixth overall. It was written in an array of international locations, but in contrast, the album was almost entirely recorded in lockdown. It also features a bevy of collaborations, including artists such as Albert Hammond Jr of The Strokes, Romeo Stodart of The Magic Numbers, and KT Tunstall.

Away from music Natalie has continued to act since her music breakthrough, most notably appearing alongside Rowan Atkinson in 'Johnny English', alongside a number of indie films and theatre productions

Growing up the second of four daughters to a Sicilian father and an Aussie mother, Natalie always knew she wanted to be an entertainer. She was 16 when she first appeared on Neighbours in 1992 playing surfer girl Beth Brennan. The job took her to Melbourne, 10 hours from home, and after a year, she travelled even further, to the UK, to appear in panto in Canterbury. She decided to stay, and she now lives in Oxfordshire.

Natalie's latest choices come from INXS and Marvin Gaye. Plus Ken's got another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's love song. There's also the record and album of the week.

If you want to contact the show, just email - ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 20 Oct 2021 09:30

Music Played

  • Bee Gees

    Tragedy

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
  • Kylie Minogue & Years & Years

    A Second To Midnight

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
  • Record of the Week

    • Adele

      Easy On Me

      • 30.
      • Columbia.
  • Chris Rea

    I Can Hear Your Heartbeat

    • The Best Of Chris Rea.
    • East West Records.
  • Simply Red

    Ain't That a Lot of Love

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.
  • Ed Sheeran

    Shivers

    • = Equals.
    • Atlantic.
  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.
  • Richard Marx

    Right Here Waiting

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Gregory Porter & Troy Miller

    Dry Bones

    • The Collection.
    • Blue Note.
  • Howard Jones

    Like To Get To Know You Well

    • The Best Of Howard Jones.
    • East West Records.
  • George Michael

    Cowboys And Angels

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
  • Will Young

    Indestructible

    • Crying On The Bathroom Floor.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Hold On Tight

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Steps

    The Slightest Touch

    • What The Future Holds Pt. 2.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Gwen Stefani

    The Sweet Escape (feat. Akon)

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • Sex And The City (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Album of the Week

    • Coldplay & Selena Gomez

      Let Somebody Go

      • Music Of The Spheres.
      • Parlophone.
  • Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caball茅

    Barcelona

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Lil Nas X

    THATS WHAT I WANT

    • MONTERO.
    • Columbia.
  • The Drifters

    Down On The Beach Tonight

    • Very Best Of Ben E.King & The Drifters.
    • Global Television.
  • Tracks of My Years

    • INXS

      Never Tear Us Apart

      • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
      • Polygram Tv.
    • Marvin Gaye

      Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

      • The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye.
      • Motown.
  • Nell Bryden

    Gaslight

    • (CD Single).
    • 157 Records.
  • Erasure

    Sometimes

    • Erasure - Pop!.
    • Mute Records.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Oct 2021 09:30