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Bryan Ferry chooses two more songs in this week's Tracks Of My Years. Plus Ten To The Top and more gems from Vernon鈥檚 vault.

Bryan Ferry chooses the tunes that made him in this week's Tracks Of My Years.

Bryan Ferry dominated the charts in the 1970s and 80s, both as the frontman of his band Roxy Music and as a solo singer. Overall, he鈥檚 sold more than 30 million albums and topped the charts with his solo albums 鈥楤oys and Girls鈥 and 鈥楽treet Life鈥.

As well as being a prolific songwriter, Bryan has recorded many cover versions, including standards from the Great American Songbook. He enjoyed a Grammy nomination in 2001 for his album 鈥淎s Time Goes By鈥 and has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

His voice and style are legendary: Bryan was once described as 'an art object' who 'should hang in the Tate' by writer Peter York. Kate Bush has said he "was the most exciting singer that she鈥檇 heard" and that for her, he "covered the whole emotional spectrum."

Bryan has a new album out which celebrates his immense body of work called 鈥楻etrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023鈥. It鈥檚 an 81 track album marking 50 Years of his music. Excitingly, he also has a new song called 鈥楽tar鈥, which is his first original song in over a decade.

Whatever you're up to, Vernon wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Madonna

    Express Yourself

    • (Single).
    • Sire.
  • Architechs

    Body Groove (feat. Nana)

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Beat.
  • Tom Grennan

    Higher

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Sympathy For The Devil

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.
  • Perrie

    You Go Your Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

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

    Lights Camera Action

    • Tension II.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Gene Simmons

    Haunted House

    • Jumpin' Gene Simmons.
    • Fat Possum / Hi Records.
    • 1.
  • Morgan Wallen

    Love Somebody

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • 碍鈥怟濒补蝉蝉

    Rhythm Is A Mystery

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
  • 搁翱厂脡 & Bruno Mars

    APT.

    • rosie.
    • Atlantic.
  • Nik Kershaw

    Wouldn't It Be Good

    • Now 1984 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    You And I, Part II

    • Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Bee Gees

    Night Fever

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
  • U2

    Country Mile

    • How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (20th Anniversary Edition).
    • Island.
  • Cliff Richard

    Devil Woman

    • Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats.
    • EMI.
  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    D茅j脿 Vu

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.
  • The Lottery Winners

    You Again (feat. Reverend and the Makers)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Sly & the Family Stone

    If You Want Me To Stay

    • The Best Of Sly & The Family Stone.
    • Epic.
  • Al Green

    Take Me to the River

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Boyzlife

    I Would

    • (CD Single).
    • Vanguard.
  • Little Richard

    Keep a Knockin'

    • Little Richard - British Hit Singles.
    • Ace.

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