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Two listeners take on Vernon’s mid-morning music quiz, Ten To The Top and actress Sue Johnston has two more musical selections from her Tracks of My Years.

Two listeners take on Vernon's mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top and Vernon delves into the BBC archives for Vernon's Vault, in amongst some great music to keep you smiling through the morning.

Plus, actress Sue Johnston has two more selections from her Tracks of My Years. Today she tells Vernon all about her time working in Liverpool where she was a regular at The Cavern Club and witnessed the first rise of The Beatles.

Sue Johnston is the star of Brookside, The Royle Family, Waking The Dead, Downton Abbey and many more. Born in Padgate and raised in Warrington, she discovered acting during a school play and left at seventeen determined to become an actor. However, she took a job in a tax office, which is where she discovered Liverpool's iconic Cavern Club and a love of music. She was awarded an OBE in 2009, and made a Freeman of the city of Liverpool in 2024. She will next be seen in the new BBC comedy Ann Droid, created by and co-starring Diane Morgan. Sue plays Sue, a widower whose son Michael buys her a social humanoid robot called Linda (played by Diane Morgan) to look after her.

Listen to Sue's full conversation with Vernon 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

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Go Your Own Way

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 006.

  • Lady Gaga

    Poker Face

    • The Fame.
    • Interscope.
    • 6.

  • Madonna

    Danceteria

    • Confessions II.
    • Maverick.
    • 5.

  • RAYE

    WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

    • THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE..
    • RAYE.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Private Eyes

    • Single Mixes.
    • RCA.

  • Deacon Blue

    Real Gone Kid

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

  • Taylor Swift

    I Knew It, I Knew You

    • (CD Single).
    • Walt Disney Records.

  • Sam Ryder

    SPACE MAN

    • There's Nothing But Space, Man!.
    • Parlophone.

  • U2

    Street Of Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Sister Sledge

    Lost In Music

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • East West.
    • 9.

  • Joe Jackson

    Is She Really Going Out With Him?

    • Stepping Out - Very Best Of Joe Jacks.
    • A&M.

  • Take That

    Sweet July

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Bon Jovi

    It's My Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.

  • Laura Branigan

    Gloria

    • Disco Queens: The '80s (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Snow Patrol & Kylie Minogue

    These Alarms

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Rough And Twisted

  • Michael Jackson

    Rock With You

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • Sérgio Mendes

    Mas Que Nada (feat. Black Eyed Peas)

    • (CD Single).
    • Concord.

  • Jack Savoretti & KT Tunstall

    Tempting Fate

    • We Will Always Be The Way We Were.
    • Lanza Music.
    • 9.

  • Elvis Presley

    Big Boots

    • G. I. Blues (1960).
    • Bringins Music.
    • 3.

  • The Beatles

    Twist and Shout

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 14.

  • The Swinging Blue Jeans

    You're No Good

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • The Beatles

    In My Life

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 11.

  • Niall Horan

    Taste So Good

    • Dinner Party.
    • Capitol.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday 09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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