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Mavis Staples chooses the Tracks of My Years

Mavis Staples chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Bob Dylan and Bill Withers. 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 Bob Dylan and Bill Withers. 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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Wed 17 Jan 2018 09:30
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Music Played

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Bruno Mars

    Finesse (Remix) (feat. Cardi B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Corrs

    Old Town

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Yeah You's

    Getting Up With You

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Hates Jazz

    I Don't Want To Be A Hero

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

  • Moon Taxi

    Two High

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Avicii

    Wake Me Up

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

  • Paul Simon

    Graceland

    • The Paul Simon Anthology (Disc 2).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    International Blue

  • Keane

    This Is The Last Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal Island.

  • Kool & the Gang

    Cherish

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.
    • 3.

  • Record of the Week

    • Simple Minds

      Magic

  • CeeLo Green

    Wildflower

    • The Lady Killer.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 3.

  • John Miles

    Music

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Liam Payne & Rita Ora

    For You (Fifty Shades Freed)

    • Fifty Shades Freed O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Island.

  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

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

  • Tom Walker

    Leave A Light On

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.

  • Ultra Nat茅

    Free

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

  • England Dan & John Ford Coley

    Love Is The Answer

  • Album of the Week

    • Camila Cabello

      All These Years

      • Camila.
      • Syco Music.

  • Prefab Sprout

    Hey Manhattan!

    • (CD Single).
    • Kitchenware Records.

  • Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble

    This Is Me

    • The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 7.

  • Mr. Mister

    Broken Wings

    • NOW That's What I Call Power Ballads: Total Eclipse of the Heart (Various Artis.
    • NOW.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Bill Withers

      Grandma's Hands

      • Sampled (Various Artists).
      • Virgin.

    • Bob Dylan

      Tangled Up In Blue

      • The Best Of Bob Dylan.
      • Columbia.

  • Magnum

    Without Love

    • Lost On The Road To Eternity.
    • Steamhammer.

  • Archie Bell & the Drells

    Soul City Walk

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Jan 2018 09:30
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 2