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Mavis Staples chooses the Tracks of My Years

Mavis Staples chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Band and Bonnie Raitt. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Mavis Staples, American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Band and Bonnie Raitt. Mavis was born July 10, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. She began singing with her family, The Staple Singers, at local Chicago churches before signing with the gospel label Vee-Jay Records in 1953. The family put on a concert in Montgomery, Alabama, which Martin Luther King Jr. was attending. The group later had a number of soul hits and a No. 1 pop song with "Let's Do It Again," from the film soundtrack of the same name. Mavis has also established a successful solo career while working with a range of artists, from Prince to Natalie Merchant. Her brand new album "If All I Was Was Black" was released last November via Anti-Records. It's her sixteenth studio album which was written and produced by Jeff Tweedy who features on the fourth track "Ain't No Doubt About It". Mavis has said about the album "it brings us all together as a people. That's what I hope to do. You can't stop me. You can't break me. I'm too loving. These songs are going to change 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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Tue 16 Jan 2018 09:30
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Music Played

  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Naughty Boy & Joe Jonas

    One Chance To Dance

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • George Michael

    Amazing

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Kylie Minogue

    On A Night Like This

    • Light Years.
    • Parlophone.

  • Toto

    Spanish Sea

    • 40 Trips Around The Sun.
    • Sony Legacy.

  • Jean鈥怣ichel Jarre

    Oxyg猫ne Part IV

  • ABBA

    The Day Before You Came

    • Abba - Love Stories.
    • Polydor.

  • Sigrid

    Strangers

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Tears for Fears

    Everybody Wants To Rule The World

    • Rule The World: The Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 4.

  • Journey

    Open Arms

    • American Dream (Various Artists).
    • CBS.
    • 3.

  • Record of the Week

    • Simple Minds

      Magic

  • Marmalade

    Falling Apart At The Seams

    • Falling Apart At The Seams ... Plus.
    • C 5 Records.

  • Lisa Stansfield

    The Real Thing

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Hoseah Partsch

    Paper Planes

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin/EMI.

  • Status Quo

    Caroline

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Album of the Week

    • Hugh Jackman & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

      From Now On

      • The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
      • Atlantic.

  • Emeli Sand茅

    Hurts

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • Neil Diamond

    Beautiful Noise

    • Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise.
    • Columbia.

  • Camila Cabello

    Havana (feat. Young Thug)

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Level 42

    Something About You

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

  • Craig David

    I Know You (feat. Bastille)

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.

  • Holly Johnson

    Americanos

    • Holly Johnson - Blast.
    • MCA.
    • 3.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Bonnie Raitt

      Something To Talk About

      • (CD Single).
      • Capitol.

    • The Band

      The Weight

      • The Hits Of 1968 (Various Artists).
      • MFP.

  • SZA & Calvin Harris

    The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)

    • (CD Single).
    • Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 16 Jan 2018 09:30
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 2