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Roland Gift from Fine Young Cannibals chooses his final Tracks Of My Years

Roland Gift, frontman of Fine Young Cannibals, joins Vernon Kay to select his final two Tracks Of My Years. Plus Ten to the Top and more archive gems in Vernon's Vault.

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Roland Gift, frontman of Fine Young Cannibals, joins Vernon to choose the songs that have soundtracked his life in Tracks Of My Years.

Born in Birmingham and raised in Hull, Roland joined Fine Young Cannibals after answering an advertisement for a vocalist by bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox – both former members of The Beat. They took their name from the 1960 film All The Fine Young Cannibals and released two albums; their self-titled debut in 1985 and The Raw & The Cooked in 1989. The latter featured singles like She Drives Me Crazy and Good Thing - both of which topped the chart in the US. The Raw & The Cooked was globally successful, topping the album charts in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. It sold over five million copies worldwide, topping charts on both sides of the Atlantic, and earned the band two BRIT Awards, an Ivor Novello, four MTV Music Video nominations and three Grammy nominations. The band split in 1992, and Roland has also worked as an actor on stage and screen

To mark forty years since the band's self-titled debut album, this month they're releasing a new career-spanning compilation, FYC40. Next year, Roland is playing live, with a 40 Years Of Songs By Fine Young Cannibals UK tour.

Also, Vernon has 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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Music Played

  • Aswad

    Shine

    • Now 1994 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Daniel Bedingfield

    Gotta Get Thru This

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Katy Perry

    bandaids

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.

  • George Ezra

    Shotgun

    • Staying At Tamara's.
    • Columbia.

  • M People

    How Can I Love You More

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.

  • The Nolans

    I'm In The Mood For Dancing

    • Chegger's Choice (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
    • 1.

  • Tina Turner

    The Best

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Ella Eyre

    hell yeah

    • everything, in time.
    • PIAS.

  • Adele

    Rumour Has It

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Bastille

    Save My Soul

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Turn To Stone

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Remember Monday

    More Than Ever

    • (CD Single).
    • Nothing Nice To Say.

  • Christina Aguilera

    Candyman

    • Back To Basics.
    • RCA.

  • Todd Terry, Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown

    Something Goin' On

    • (CD Single).
    • Manifesto.

  • Livin’ Joy

    Dreamer

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Run‐D.M.C. vs Jason Nevins

    It's Like That

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Lewis Capaldi

    The Day That I Die

    • Survive E.P..
    • Vertigo Berlin.

  • Elvis Presley

    Way Down

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Olly Murs

    Run This Town

    • Knees Up.
    • EMI.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Nowhere To Run

    • Motown - The Hits Collection Vol.2.
    • Motown.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Dance Stance

    • Searching For The Young Soul Rebels.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 1.

  • Roland Gift

    Everybody Knows It's Christmas

    • (CD Single).
    • London Records.

  • Billie Holiday

    Willow, Weep For Me

    • Lady Sings The Blues.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 11.

  • Kylie Minogue

    XMAS

    • Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped).
    • Warner Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Nov 202509:30
    BBC Radio 2

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