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Emeli Sande's final Tracks Of My Years

Emeli Sande picks her final two Tracks Of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2012. Plus, something special from Neil Diamond ahead of his 80th birthday this weekend.

Emeli Sande picks her final two Tracks Of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2012. Born in Sunderland and raised in Aberdeenshire by an English mother and Zambian father, Emeli studied medicine before deciding to follow her musical career full-time. She rose to prominence after featuring on the 2009 Chipmunk track 'Diamond Rings'. It was their first top 10 single on the UK singles chart and in 2010 she performed on 'Never Be Your Woman' by the rapper Wiley which was another top ten hit.

Emeli released her first solo single 'Heaven'' in 2011 and has two number-one singles across the UK and Ireland with 'Read All About It' featuring Professor Green and 'Beneath Your Beautiful' with Labrinth. Her album 'Our Version of Events' spent ten non-consecutive weeks at number one and became the best-selling album of 2012 in the UK, with over one million sales. She performed in both the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics and the following year claimed Best British Female Solo Artist and British Album of the Year at the Brit Awards.

In 2016, she released her second studio album 'Long Live the Angels', which debuted at number two on the UK album chart and In 2017 was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours for her services to music. Her most recent album 'Real Life' came out in 2019 and peaked at number six on the UK charts.

The final two tracks Emeli has chosen come from Celine Dion and Stevie Wonder. Ken also has the daily love song plus another round of PopMaster. And there's something special from Neil Diamond ahead of his 80th birthday this weekend.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 22 Jan 2021 09:30

Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.
  • Gwen Stefani

    Let Me Reintroduce Myself

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope Records.
  • Talk Talk

    It's My Life

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

    Nights On Broadway

    • Bee Gees Songbook (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Real Groove

    • DISCO (Deluxe).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
    • 3.
  • Wham!

    I'm Your Man

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • Richard Ashcroft

    A Song For The Lovers

    • (CD Single).
    • Hut Music.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • Steps

      To The Beat Of My Heart

      • What The Future Holds.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

    1-2-3

    • Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.
  • Debby Boone

    You Light Up My Life

    • You Light Up My Life.
    • Curb.
    • 7.
  • RAYE & Rudimental

    Regardless

    • Euphoric Sad Songs.
    • Polydor.
  • Rockwell

    Somebody's Watching Me

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Elton John

    This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

    • Elton John Greatest Hits 1970-2002.
    • Mercury.
  • Leslie Odom, Jr.

    Cold (feat. Sia)

    • The Christmas Album.
    • S-Curve Records.
  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Ava Max

    My Head & My Heart

    • Heaven & Hell.
    • Atlantic.
  • Neil Diamond

    Love On The Rocks (Ken Bruce Maida Vale Sesssion, 7 Oct 2014)

  • Tom Grennan

    Little Bit Of Love

    • Evering Road.
    • Insanity Records.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Passenger

      Nothing Aches Like A Broken Heart

      • Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted.
      • Black Crow Records.
  • Lulu

    Independence

    • Now 24 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Jennifer Lopez

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • HITCO.
  • TRACKS OF MY YEARS

    • Stevie Wonder

      Love's In Need Of Love Today

      • Stevie Wonder Ballad Collection.
      • Motown.
  • 闯耻产毛濒

    Weekend Vibe

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Michael Gray

    The Weekend

    • (CD Single).
    • Eye Industries.

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Jan 2021 09:30