Radio 2 Piano Room - Gregory Porter
Gregory Porter is the final Radio 2 Piano Room guest of 2023, appearing alongside The 91热爆 Concert Orchestra for a very special Christmas performance. Plus more Ten To The Top.
Double Grammy-winning jazz, gospel and RnB star Gregory Porter is the final Radio 2 Piano Room guest of 2023, appearing alongside The 91热爆 Concert Orchestra for a very special Christmas performance.
Since breaking through to the mainstream over a decade ago, Gregory's gift for uniting jazz, soul, gospel and R&B has seen him receive worldwide critical acclaim. Born and raised in Sacramento and then Bakersfield, he began singing in church, where his mother was a minister. After a shoulder injury forced him out of a career in American football, he began singing in Brooklyn and then Harlem, releasing two albums before being signed by the famous Blue Note label.
Since then, he has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame, and his gold album Liquid Spirit reached the UK top ten and winning a Grammy in 2014. Countless concerts and appearances have followed, including the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury, and he's even presented several shows for 91热爆 Radio 2.
This holiday season Gregory has released his festive album called 'A Christmas Wish', which went Top 10 a full six weeks before December 25th! The album features three original songs including the title track, plus Christmas standards by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye & Ella Fitzgerald.
Also, special guest Jamie Oliver chooses another two Tracks Of My Years - today they come from Ian Brown and Coldplay. There'll also be more audio nuggets from the 91热爆 Archive in Vernon's Vault, and there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top.
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M People
Moving On Up
- The Best Of M People.
- BMG.
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Leona Lewis
One More Sleep
- (CD Single).
- Syco Music.
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Kylie Minogue
Hold On To Now
- Tension.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
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Gabrielle
When A Woman
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- Go Beat.
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Jonas Brothers
Strong Enough (feat. Bailey Zimmerman)
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- Republic.
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KT Tunstall
Mele Kalikimaka (Christmas in Hawaii)
- The KT Tunstall Holiday Collection.
- EMI.
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Slade
Merry Xmas Everybody
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- EMI.
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Dua Lipa
Houdini
- Radical Optimism.
- Warner Records.
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Doris Day & Jimmy Joyce & His Children's Chorus
High Hopes
- With A Smile And A Song.
- Columbia/Legacy.
- 6.
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George Ezra
Come On 91热爆 For Christmas
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Record of The Week
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Rod Stewart & Jools Holland
Almost Like Being In Love
- Swing Fever.
- East West.
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Kaiser Chiefs
Ruby
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- B-Unique.
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Mariah Carey
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
- Merry Christmas.
- Columbia.
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RAYE
Worth It.
- My 21st Century Blues.
- RAYE.
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Soft Cell
Tainted Love
- Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
- UMC.
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Sam Ryder
You're Christmas To Me
- Your Christmas Or Mine 2 O.S.T. (Various Artists).
- F04 Records.
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Tracks of My Years
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Ian Brown
F.E.A.R.
- Reloaded (Various Artists).
- Universal Music.
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Coldplay
Yellow
- Glorious (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Album of The Week
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Cher
This Will Be Our Year
- Christmas.
- Warner Records Inc.
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Piano Room
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Gregory Porter & 91热爆 Concert Orchestra
Hey Laura (Radio 2 Piano Room, 14 Dec 2023)
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Gregory Porter & 91热爆 Concert Orchestra
Everything's Not Lost (Radio 2 Piano Room, 14 Dec 2023)
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Lenny Kravitz
TK421
- Blue Electric Light.
- BMG Rights Management GmbH.
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Gregory Porter & 91热爆 Concert Orchestra
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) (Radio 2 Piano Room, 14 Dec 2023)
Broadcast
- Thu 14 Dec 2023 09:3091热爆 Radio 2
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