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Jim Lea picks his Tracks of My Years

Jim Lea, legendary singer-songwriter and former Slade bassist chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Shadows and The Beatles. There's the love song plus PopMaster.

Jim Lea, legendary British singer-songwriter, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Shadows and The Beatles. Jim is most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, piano, violin, and guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade from their inception until 1992, and for co-writing most of their songs. He was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Influenced by French jazz-violinist St茅phane Grappelli, Lea's first musical love was the violin which he began playing aged 10. His parents Frank Lea and Edna Whild owned The Grange pub in Bilbrook where he grew up. He attended Codsall Comprehensive School 鈥� now Codsall Community High School. He joined the Staffordshire Youth Orchestra in 1961 and gained first class honours in a London music-school practical exam, before moving on to piano, guitar and finally bass guitar. He first played guitar, and then bass, in the schoolboy group 'Nick and The Axemen'. In a Q&A session for his official website in March 2017, Jim disclosed his three favourite Slade songs were "How Does It Feel", "Far Far Away", and "Coz I Luv You". He also identified "When the Lights Are Out" from Old New Borrowed and Blue as an album track he would have liked to have seen released as a Slade single. At the end of last year he released a newly remixed single called 'Am I The Greatest Now' and continues to be one of the most played artists on radio across the world.

Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk

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Mon 2 Mar 2020 09:30
成人论坛 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Maroon 5

    Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • James Blunt

    Halfway (feat. Ward Thomas)

    • Once Upon A Mind.
    • Atlantic.

  • Coldplay

    Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Heatwave

    Boogie Nights

    • Too Hot To Handle.
    • BBR.
    • 013.

  • Avicii

    Wake Me Up

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

  • The Pussycat Dolls

    React

    • (CD Single).
    • Access Records.

  • Climax Blues Band

    Couldn't Get It Right

    • Top Gear 3 - Various Artists.
    • Sony.

  • Jamiroquai

    Virtual Insanity

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

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • Alicia Keys

      Underdog

      • ALICIA.
      • RCA.

  • The Cardigans

    My Favourite Game

    • Q The Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Have Nothing

    • Whitney Houston - Love, Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Luke Combs

    Refrigerator Door

    • What You See Is What You Get.
    • River House Artists.
    • 2.

  • Take That

    Shine

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Level 42

    Running In The Family

    • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Billie Eilish

    No Time To Die

    • (CD Single).
    • Darkroom/Interscope Records.

  • Don Henley

    The End Of The Innocence

    • Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence.
    • Geffen.

  • Tom Grennan

    This is The Place

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity.

  • Paul McCartney

    The Man (feat. Michael Jackson)

    • Pipes Of Peace.
    • Parlophone.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    River

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Deacon Blue

      Weight Of The World

      • City Of Love.
      • earMUSIC.

  • Barry Manilow

    I Write the Songs

    • Manilow Greatest Hits - Platinum Coll.
    • Arista.

  • C茅line Dion

    Change My Mind

    • Courage.
    • Columbia.

  • TRACKS OF MY YEARS

    • The Shadows

      Wonderful Land

      • The Shadows - First 20 Years At The T.
      • EMI.

    • The Beatles

      Twist and Shout

  • Gregory Porter

    Revival

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • M People

    Search For The Hero

    • No Greater Love (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Mar 2020 09:30
    成人论坛 Radio 2