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Beverley Knight MBE

Singer, songwriter, actor and radio personality Beverley Knight takes us on her 10-song journey in this omnibus edition of Tracks of My Years.

Singer, songwriter, actor and radio personality Beverley Knight MBE takes us on her 10-song journey in this omnibus edition of Tracks of My Years.

And Beverley is no stranger to Radio 2, as she presented her show Beverley鈥檚 Gospel Nights for six seasons - it explored the origins and impact of gospel music. And throughout the next hour we鈥檒l hear how she was heavily influenced by those traditions through Sam Cooke, Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston.

Beverley has scored 14 UK Top 40 singles, which include Shoulda Woulda Coulda, Come As You Are and Keep This Fire Burning and is one of the UK's most successful soul singers. She made her first foray into musical theatre in 2013 as Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard and has since starred in Memphis, The Drifters Girls and Sister Act and this year won the Olivier Award for her charismatic performance as Mama Emmeline in The Old Vic鈥檚 production of Sylvia.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Aug 2023 05:00

Music Played

  • Sam Cooke

    A Change Is Gonna Come

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

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.
  • Musical Youth

    Pass The Dutchie

    • Young at Heart (Various Artists).
    • Reader's Digest.
  • Prince

    Little Red Corvette

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Sounds of Blackness

    Optimistic

    • (CD Single).
    • Perspective.
  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Take That

    Relight My Fire (feat. Lulu)

    • Simply The Best Radio Hits (Various).
    • Warner E.S.P..
  • Mica Paris

    My One Temptation

    • Heart & Soul - 40 Smooth Soul Grooves.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • George Michael

    A Different Corner

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
  • Whitney Houston

    I Have Nothing

    • Whitney Houston - Love, Whitney.
    • Arista.

Broadcast

  • Sun 27 Aug 2023 05:00