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Toyah chooses her Tracks Of My Years

80s icon Toyah takes us on her 10-song journey all this week on Tracks Of My Years. Plus more audio gold in Vernon's Vault, and music quizzing in Ten To The Top.

80s icon Toyah takes us on her 10-song journey all this week on Tracks Of My Years.

Performing on stage and screen for over 50 years, Toyah is an award-winning performer with hit singles like It's A Mystery, I Want to Be Free and Brave New World. She has amassed thirteen top 40 singles, recorded twenty-five albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays, acted in over twenty feature films and presented many television programmes.

As well as her music and touring, Toyah hosts a very successful YouTube channel called Sunday Lunch. Her and her husband, Robert Fripp, started the channel during lockdown, with the videos featuring a mix of songs Robert has played on or that they’ve both been connected to over the years.

Last year, she played at Glastonbury with Robert, and she appeared on the 22nd series of 'Strictly Come Dancing', as first revealed on Vernon's show.

In 2018, Paul McCartney awarded Toyah a Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Companionship for Outstanding Achievement in music, drama, performance and media.

Plus the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the BBC Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.

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Mon 1 Sep 202509:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Duran Duran

    Rio

    • Duran Duran - Greatest.
    • EMI.

  • Elton John

    Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Louise

    Only Dancer

    • Lil Lou Records.

  • The La’s

    There She Goes

    • Love - 38 All Time Love Classics.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Perrie

    If He Wanted To He Would

    • PERRIE.
    • Sony Music.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Holding Out For A Hero

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Charlotte OC

    Romeo

    • Seriously Love, Go Home E.P..
    • Embassy Of Music.

  • Roachford

    Cuddly Toy

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

  • Olivia Dean

    Man I Need

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Toto

    Africa

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Jessie J

    Believe In Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • DAP.

  • Stereophonics

    Handbags and Gladrags

    • (CD Single).
    • V2.

  • Phil Collins

    You Can't Hurry Love

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Chappell Roan

    The Subway

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Kinks

    All Day And All Of The Night

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 23.

  • Bryan Adams

    Life Is Beautiful

    • Roll With The Punches.
    • Bad Records.

  • U2

    Angel Of Harlem

    • U2 - The Best Of 1980-1990.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Nectar Woode

    When The Rain Stops

    • It's Like I Never Left E.P..
    • Since93/RCA.

  • The Beatles

    She Loves You

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 003.

  • Jefferson Airplane

    White Rabbit

    • Million Sellers Vol.9 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • sombr

    12 to 12

    • I Barely Know Her.
    • Warner Records.

  • Otis Redding

    Love Man

    • Legends Of Soul - The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin & Otis Redding.
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

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  • Mon 1 Sep 202509:30
    BBC Radio 2

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