Vernon brings the big tunes
Actor, singer and all-round icon Idina Menzel chooses her penultimate Tracks of My Years. Plus, there's Vernon's music quiz Ten to the Top.
Broadway superstar Idina Menzel chooses her Tracks of My Years.
Idina is probably best known for her performance as Elsa in the hit Frozen franchise, but before then she鈥檇 already established herself as a Broadway icon. She made her debut on the Great White Way in 1997 in the rock-musical Rent, and in 2003 she performed in the original cast of Wicked. Her performance as Elphaba, the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West, garnered critical acclaim and led her to winning a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.
A decade later, her role as Elsa in Frozen made Idina a household name, with her performance of the track Let It Go storming the charts and securing an Oscar for Best Original Song.
Alongside her acting career, Idina has had parallel success as a recording artist, and in August she鈥檚 releasing her fifth album, Drama Queen. The record is an ode to disco past and present, and sees Idina work alongside Nile Rogers and Jake Shears.
Idina鈥檚 penultimate choices come from Whitney Houston and Annie Lennox.
There'll also be more audio nuggets as we dive in to the 大象传媒 Archive in Vernon's Vault, plus there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top and a brand new Record and Album of the Week.
Whatever you're up to, Vern 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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Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
Rain On Me (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
Remix Artist: Purple Disco Machine.- Chromatica.
- Interscope Records.
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Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Dark
- Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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Blur
Barbaric
- The Ballad Of Darren.
- Parlophone.
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Take That
Pray
- Take That - Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Jessie Ware & R贸is铆n Murphy
Freak Me Now
- That! Feels Good!.
- EMI.
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Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Dancing In The Street
- Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
- Universal Music Tv.
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Supergrass
Alright
- The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
- Virgin.
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Texas
Keep On Talking
- The Very Best Of 1989 - 2023.
- PIAS.
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The Police
Don't Stand So Close To Me
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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Stevie Wonder
Another Star
- (Single).
- Motown.
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Jake Shears
Last Man Dancing
- Last Man Dancing.
- Mute.
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The Living Daylights
- The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
- EMI.
- 11.
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Bill Withers
Lovely Day
- It's Cool (Various Artists).
- Parlophone.
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Record of The Week
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James Blunt
Beside You
- Who We Used To Be.
- Atlantic.
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Barry White
Let The Music Play
- Barry White - The Collection.
- Mercury.
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Richard Ashcroft
A Song For The Lovers
- (CD Single).
- Hut Music.
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Vernon's Vault
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Belinda Carlisle & 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Superstar (Radio 2 Piano Room, 01 Feb 2023)
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Album of The Week
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Suzi Quatro & KT Tunstall
Truth As My Weapon
- Face To Face.
- Sun Records.
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Ronan Keating
Life Is A Rollercoaster
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Grace Carter
Riot
- A Little Lost, A Little Found.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Whitney Houston
Saving All My Love For You
- Whitney Houston.
- Arista.
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The Company of Rent
Seasons Of Love
- Rent: The Musical.
- Dreamworks Records.
- 2.
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Annie Lennox
Why
- Greatest Hits 92 (Various Artists).
- Telstar.
- 8.
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Birdy
Paradise Calling
- Portraits.
- Atlantic.
Broadcast
- Thu 17 Aug 2023 09:30大象传媒 Radio 2
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