Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Radio 2 Piano Room - Rod Stewart & Jools Holland

Rod Stewart and Jools Holland are the latest megastars to step into Maida Vale studio 3 and perform for Radio 2 Piano Room Month 2024. And we dive into Vernon's Vault after 10am.

In the final week of Radio 2鈥檚 Piano Room month, today Rod Stewart and Jools Holland are the latest megastars to perform.

Rod and Jools have teamed up for a new album called 鈥楽wing Fever鈥� - a 13-track sparkling salute to the timeless songs of the big band years. Recorded at Jools' own studio in Greenwich, this is the first time he and Rod have teamed up on record and came from Rod's dream of making an album of the songs that were, in many ways, the rock 'n' roll of their day.

"I'd already started making a swing album, but it didn't turn out how I wanted it," explains Rod. "It was more Frank Sinatra than it was Louis Prima, let's say. So I cancelled that, and then I realised the guy I should go to is Jools. Also, our fanatical model railway enthusiasm bonded us together. So we started recording."

Also, 'Line Of Duty' star Martin Compston chooses his ten favourite songs in Tracks of My Years all this week. First shooting to fame in Ken Loach's 'Sweet 16' back in 2002, Martin鈥檚 had a varied career on big and small screen, but he's perhaps best loved for his role as DI Steve Arnott in the 大象传媒'S smash-hit drama 'Line of Duty'. He's also had notable TV roles in Monarch of the Glen, The Nest, Traces and Vigil, and he's appeared in The Damned United, The Wee Man and A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints on the big screen. This month, Martin returns with a new six-part series, 鈥楳artin Compston鈥檚 Norwegian Fling.鈥�

Vernon also has a trip in to the 大象传媒 Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the 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

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 22 Feb 2024 09:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

More episodes

Previous

Elbow perform in the Radio 2 Piano Room and it's Olivia Colman vs Jessie Buckley on Ten To The Top

Next

Radio 2 Piano Room - Pet Shop Boys

See all episodes from Vernon Kay

Music Played

  • Madonna

    Material Girl

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 2.

  • Chic

    Good Times

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.

  • Zara Larsson

    You Love Who You Love

    • Venus.
    • Sommer House.

  • Blondie

    Denis

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

  • Record of The Week

    • Dua Lipa

      Training Season

      • Radical Optimism.
      • Warner Records.

  • Arthur Conley

    Sweet Soul Music

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

  • Shania Twain

    Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    TEXAS HOLD 'EM

    • Renaissance Act II.
    • Parkwood Entertainment.

  • Chas & Dave

    Snooker Loopy

    • Chas & Dave - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Five

    Let's Dance

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • ABBA

    Super Trouper

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 006.

  • The Weeknd

    Save Your Tears

    • After Hours.
    • XO/Republic.
    • 11.

  • Diana Ross

    Upside Down

    • And They Danced The Night Away Volume 2 CD2.
    • Debutante.

  • Benson Boone

    Beautiful Things

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Records.

  • Doja Cat

    Say So

    • Hot Pink.
    • Kemosabe/Ministry of Sound.
    • 005.

  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Torn

    • 1999 Grammy Nominees (Various Artist.
    • Elektra.

  • Sia & Kylie Minogue

    Dance Alone

    • Reasonable Woman.
    • Atlantic.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Dion

      Runaround Sue

      • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
      • Sequel Records.

    • Runrig

      Loch Lomond Live

      • Once In A Lifetime.
      • Chrysalis Records.
      • 9.

  • Album of The Week

    • Paloma Faith

      Say My Name

  • Radio 2 Piano Room

    • Rod Stewart & Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

      Have I Told You Lately (Radio 2 Piano Room, 22 Feb 2024)

    • Rod Stewart & Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

      Almost Like Being In Love (Radio 2 Piano Room, 22 Feb 2024)

    • Rod Stewart & Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

      Them There Eyes (Radio 2 Piano Room, 22 Feb 2024)

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Go West

    • Pet Shop Boys - Very.
    • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Feb 2024 09:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2

Ten To The Top

Ten To The Top

Get all the details of how to enter and listen to Vernon's daily music quiz.