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Joe Brown picks his Tracks of My Years

Joe Brown chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Beatles and Sam Brown. Plus Ken has another round of the PopMaster music quiz.

Joe Brown MBE picks his favourite songs in the Tracks of My Years with songs from The Beatles and Sam Brown. Joe is one of our great guitar pioneers, champion of the ukulele and king of the British rock 鈥榥鈥� roll scene of the sixties. With his trademark cheeky smile and spikey haircut he鈥檚 filled the Royal Albert Hall, played Glastonbury and has just celebrated an amazing sixty years in the music business with a 3 month nationwide tour. Joe was born in Lincolnshire but when he was two his parents moved to Plaistow to run an East End pub 鈥� The Sultan. Joe鈥檚 first job was with British Rail as a steam locomotive fireman in the Plaistow works in the 1950s. But music was his first love and in his spare time he formed a skiffle band called The Spacemen. Then he heard a new singer 鈥� Little Richard - and Joe鈥檚 love of rock and roll was born. As a session guitarist - his early career highlights include playing with Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Johnny Cash. Then Joe was signed up by the legendary impresario Larry Parnes and as "Joe Brown and the Bruvvers" he had a string of hits including 鈥淎 Picture of You鈥� , 鈥淚t Only Took A Minute鈥� and 鈥淭hat鈥檚 What Love Will Do鈥�. On one of their early tours the Beatles were the support act 鈥� and George Harrison became a good friend. Joe鈥檚 career included regular TV and radio appearances, films and he even appeared on the West End stage in the David Heneker musical 鈥淐harlie Girl鈥�.

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.
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Mon 13 Jan 2020 09:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • King Calaway

    Rivers

    • Rivers.
    • Stoney Creek Records.

  • Genesis

    Jesus He Knows Me

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Avicii

    Wake Me Up

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 86 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Record of the Week

    • The Weeknd

      Blinding Lights

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

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Deacon Blue

    City Of Love

    • City Of Love.
    • earMUSIC.

  • Michael Jackson

    Bad

    • Michael Jackson - Bad.
    • Epic.

  • Jennifer Rush

    The Power Of Love

    • Now That's What I Call Love (Compilat.
    • Now.

  • The Script

    Run Through Walls

    • Sunsets & Full Moons.
    • Columbia.

  • Chris Rea

    I Can Hear Your Heartbeat

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

  • Rush

    The Spirit Of Radio

    • Born To Be Wild (Various Artists).
    • Music Collection.
    • 3.

  • MistaJam

    Ultimatum (feat. Laura White)

    • (CD Single).
    • Armada Music.

  • Bandwagon & Johnny Johnson

    Blame It On The Pony Express

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Toto

    Rosanna

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Lucky Daye

    Fly

    • Spies In Disguise O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Keep Cool/RCA Records.

  • 10cc

    Rubber Bullets

    • Greatest Hits... And More.
    • Mercury.
    • 11.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    All My Love

    • From Out Of Nowhere.
    • Columbia.

  • Album of the Week

    • Louise

      Lead Me On

      • (CD Single).
      • Lil Lou Records.

  • Alphaville

    Forever Young

    • Forever Young.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • U2 & AR Rahman

    Ahimsa

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Sam Brown

      Stop!

      • Woman (Various Artists).
      • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

    • The Beatles

      Something

  • Travis

    Kissing In The Wind

    • (CD Single).
    • Red Telephone Box.

  • David Bowie

    Space Oddity

    • Space Oddity.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 Jan 2020 09:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2