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Back to My Roots...

Soul, R&B, funk, disco and everything in between. Trevor tests listener Nicole's knowledge on her East London hood, Hackney, and plays tunes by Alicia Keys, Sam Cooke and Katy B.

Soul, R&B, Funk, Disco and everything in between. Listen out for Trevor's signature game, 5 Seconds to Name. He'll play you a musical mash-up from one act and you must identify who it is. Each night on the show, we return to your Musical Youth... Email [email protected] with your story and the song that transports you back to a memorable time in your life.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Wed 14 Aug 201922:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Jermaine Jackson

    Let's Get Serious

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • The Brand New Heavies

    Midnight At The Oasis

    • (CD Single).
    • ffrr.

  • Michael Kiwanuka

    You Ain't The Problem

  • Alicia Keys

    Fallin'

    • Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor.
    • J.

  • Junior

    Mama Used To Say

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • Aretha Franklin

    Jump To It

    • Aretha.
    • Big Break Records.

  • Tom Misch

    It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul)

    • Geography.
    • Beyond The Groove.

  • Brandy

    I Wanna Be Down

    • I Wanna Be Down.
    • East West.

  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.

  • Silk City & Dua Lipa

    Electricity

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Nas

    The World Is Yours

    • Columbia.

  • Hi‐Tension

    Hi-Tension

    • Trevor Nelson's Soul Nation (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Jimmy Smith

    My Place In Space

  • Katy B

    Broken Record

    • Rinse/Columbia.

  • 5 Seconds to Name

    • Odyssey

      Going Back To My Roots

      • Greatest Hits.
      • RCA.
      • 6.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    One Drop

    • Natural Mystic.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 12.

  • Crown Heights Affair

    Say A Prayer For Two

    • Dazzle Me! Disco De-Lites From New York City.
    • De-Lite.
    • 13.

  • Chance the Rapper

    All Day Long (feat. John Legend)

    • Chance The Rapper.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Spectrum Music.

  • Musical Youth

    • Jhelisa

      Friendly Pressure

      • Most Excellent Dance CD2.
      • Dorado Records Limited.
      • 2.

  • Lights Down

    • Sam Cooke

      A Change Is Gonna Come

      • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
      • RCA.

    • The Gap Band

      Yearning For Your Love

      • Gap Gold: Best Of The Gap Band.
      • Warner Music UK Limited.
      • 8.

  • Gwen Guthrie

    Padlock

    • The Island Story 1962-1987 CD2.
    • 4.

  • Kygo & Whitney Houston

    Higher Love

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA Records.

  • Miles Davis

    Rubber Band Of Life

  • Jason Derulo

    Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)

    • Warners.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Aug 201922:00
    BBC Radio 2