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Olly Alexander performs live

Olly Alexander, best known as a member of the band Years and Years performs live in the Radio 2 Piano Room. Plus The Proclaimers pick the Tracks of My Years.

Olly Alexander, best known as a member of the band Years and Years performs live in the Radio 2 Piano Room with music from their latest album Palo Santo. It follows their much-celebrated debut album Communion which, the fastest-selling record of the year, it hit the Top Spot in the UK Charts and went on to sell over 1.7 million copies. It also generated over 1.7 billion streams & 500 million video views online. Their debut album also featured 4 UK platinum singles; 鈥楰ing鈥�, 鈥楽hine鈥�, 鈥楧esire鈥� and 鈥楨yes Shut鈥�. Years and Years have also picked up 5 BRIT nominations and ended a phenomenal tour with a sold out date at Wembley Arena.
Charlie and Craig Reid aka The Proclaimers pick the Tracks of My Years. Their latest album Angry Cyclist is their first new material for three years and the band are currently on tour across the UK. Twin brothers Craig and Charlie emerged 31 years ago with their debut album This Is The Story and Top 3 single 鈥楲etter from America鈥�. They have inspired the musical, the play and film Sunshine on Leith. The Proclaimers have carved out a niche for themselves in the netherworld where pop, folk, new wave and punk collide. In the process they have enjoyed Gold and Platinum singles and albums in UK, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Born in Leith in 1962, Craig and Charlie Reid grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall and Auchtermuchty in Fife. At home, they listened to early rock 鈥榥鈥� roll and country greats such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Haggard and Hank Williams. At school, they played in punk bands and formed The Proclaimers in 1983.

Ken also has another round of PopMaster, the daily Love Song and record and album of the week. If you want to contact the show, email - ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 11 Dec 2018 09:30
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Music Played

  • Darlene Love

    Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • James Arthur & Anne-Marie

    Rewrite The Stars

    • The Greatest Showman: Reimagined (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • Don Henley

    The Boys Of Summer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • MCA.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Take Your Mama

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Gwen Stefani

    You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton)

    • You Make It Feel Like Christmas.
    • Interscope.
    • 001.

  • Katy Perry

    Cozy Little Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Calvin Harris

    This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 6.

  • Chris Rea

    Driving Home For Christmas

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • NOW.
    • 1.

  • Record of the Week

    • John Gibbons & Nina Nesbitt

      A Spaceman Came Travelling

      • (CD Single).
      • Good Soldier.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Castle On The Hill

    • 梅 Divide.
    • Atlantic.

  • Gloria Estefan

    Christmas Through Your Eyes

    • Christmas Through Your Eyes.
    • Epic.

  • Rick Astley

    She Makes Me

    • Beautiful Life.
    • BMG Rights Management.

  • Dire Straits

    Private Investigations

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Emma Bunton

    What Took You So Long?

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Los Unidades & Pharrell Williams

    E-Lo (feat. Jozzy)

    • Global Citizen EP1 (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Feeling

    Feels Like Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • The Dandy Warhols

    Bohemian Like You

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 7.

  • Olly Alexander

    If You're Over Me (Radio 2 Session, 11 Dec 2018)

  • Olly Alexander

    King (Radio 2 Session, 11 Dec 2018)

  • Album of the Week

    • Clean Bandit

      Mama (feat. Ellie Goulding)

      • What Is Love?.
      • Atlantic.

  • Olly Alexander

    Time After Time (Radio 2 Session, 11 Dec 2018)

  • The Ronettes

    Frosty The Snowman

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • Ariana Grande

    thank u, next

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Motown.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • The Beatles

      Lady Madonna

      • The Beatles - 1.
      • Apple.
      • 020.

    • Little Richard

      Keep a Knockin'

      • Little Richard - British Hit Singles.
      • Ace.

  • Lady Gaga

    Always Remember Us This Way

    • A Star Is Born O.S.T..
    • Interscope.
    • 17.

  • Queen

    Thank God It's Christmas

    • It's Christmas Time (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Dec 2018 09:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2