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Good News Wednesday

Vernon hears your positive stories for Good News Wednesday, and there's two more Tracks Of My Years selections from the legendary Paul McCartney.

Vernon hears your positive stories for Good News Wednesday, there's a visit to the BBC Archive in Vernon's Vault and two listeners play our mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top.

Plus two more Tracks Of My Years selections from the legendary Paul McCartney, who is our guest all this week on the show. Today, he has stories about his love of Buddy Holly and going to visit Elvis Presley.

Born in Liverpool in 1942, Sir Paul McCartney began playing music at an early age, teaching himself Spanish guitar, trumpet and piano and writing the song When I’m Sixty-Four by the age of 16. In 1957, he met John Lennon and was invited to join John’s band The Quarrymen, who by 1960 had become The Beatles. They became one of the most influential bands of the time and Paul wrote a huge number of their songs including Yesterday, Hey Jude, Let It Be and Yesterday to name just a few. After releasing twelve studio albums, they disbanded in 1970, and Paul began a solo career with the self-titled album McCartney that year. He has continued recording music and touring ever since, with a brand new album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, his first in over five years, out on 29th May.

You can find Vernon's full chat with Paul in Tracks Of My Years on BBC Sounds, and watch the conversation on BBC iPlayer, just search for 'Tracks Of My Years'.

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Music Played

  • Wham!

    The Edge Of Heaven

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.
  • Mud

    Tiger Feet

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • Laufey

    Madwoman

    • A Matter Of Time: The Final Hour.
    • Vingolf Recordings.
    • 16.
  • Modern Romance

    Best Years Of Our Lives

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.
  • Jess Glynne

    Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.
  • Tina Charles

    I Love To Love

    • NOW 100 Hits 70s (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Rolling Stones

    In The Stars

    • Foreign Tongues.
    • Polydor.
  • Don Henley

    The Boys Of Summer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • MCA.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Build It Up (feat. Johnny Marr)

    • (CD Single).
    • Domino.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Light Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Darenote.
  • Toto

    Africa

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

    Eclipse

    • Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2026 (Various Artists).
    • Universal UK.
  • Survivor

    Eye Of The Tiger

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • S Club

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • (CD Album Sampler).
    • Polydor.
  • Four Tops

    Loco In Acapulco

    • Their Greatest Hits.
    • Telstar.
  • Olivia Rodrigo

    drop dead

    • you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.
    • Geffen.
  • The Four Seasons

    December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 11.
  • Michael Ball

    Holding On And Letting Go

    • Glow.
    • Tag8 Music.
  • Maroon 5

    This Love

    • (CD Single).
    • J.
  • Natalie Imbruglia

    Upside Down

    • Algorithm.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • The Crickets

    That'll Be The Day

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.
  • Elvis Presley

    All Shook Up

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

    Shoulda Never (feat. Usher)

    • KEHLANI.
    • Atlantic.

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