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Vernon's mid-morning fun includes delving into the BBC archive in Vernon's Vault and Meera Syal selects two more songs in Tracks Of My Years.

Vernon's mid-morning fun includes delving into the BBC archive in Vernon's Vault, but where and when are we going to today? Plus, two new listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten to The Top.

In Tracks Of My Years, we continue our ten-track journey through the life of a special guest - and this week it's writer, comic and actress Meera Syal. Today she tells Vernon about seeing Nina Simone play an intimate live show at London's Ronnie Scott's jazz bar, and what it was like to perform The Kumars' #1 Comic Relief single with Gareth Gates on Top Of The Pops.

All amongst some great music to keep you smiling through the morning.

Listen to Vernon’s full conversations with his guests for Tracks Of My Years on BBC Sounds, and watch on BBC iPlayer and Radio 2's YouTube channel, just search for 'Tracks Of My Years'.

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Music Played

  • CeCe Peniston

    Finally

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Steely Dan

    Reelin' In The Years

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.

  • Simple Minds

    Beginner Boys

    • Beginner Boys.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Raspberry Beret

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • The Waterboys

    The Whole of the Moon

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • U2

    Silencio

    • Carnaval De Luz.
    • Island.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Crosstown Traffic

    • The Jimi Hendrix Collection.
    • Universal.

  • Take That

    Higher

    • Dreamers.
    • EMI.

  • Phil Collins

    I Missed Again

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Jungle

    Sunshine

    • Sunshine.
    • Well Look At Me.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    You Make My Dreams

    • NOW That's What I Call Gold - The Ultimate Hits (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Bryan Adams

    When You're Gone (feat. Melanie C)

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Freya Skye

    bad taste

    • (CD Single).
    • Hollywood Records.

  • Johnny Hates Jazz

    Shattered Dreams

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Brandy & Monica

    The Boy Is Mine

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Blossoms

    Joke About Divorce

  • Delta Goodrem

    Warrior

    • (CD Single).
    • UMG.

  • Weldon Irvine & Nina Simone

    To Be Young, Gifted and Black

    • Miss Simone: The Hits.
    • RCA/Legacy.
    • 12.

  • Gareth Gates

    Spirit in the Sky (feat. The Kumars)

    • Go Your Own Way.
    • S Records.
    • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    My Life Story Of Love

    • Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP.
    • Motown.

  • Doves

    Kingdom of Rust

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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