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Paul McCartney selects his Tracks Of My Years this week

Paul McCartney is Vernon's guest all this week on Tracks Of My Years, choosing ten songs that have soundtracked his life.

Paul McCartney is Vernon's guest all this week on Tracks Of My Years, choosing ten songs that have soundtracked his life. Today, he takes us back to his childhood in Liverpool, hearing songs by Gene Vincent and Chuck Berry at a young age.

Plus, two listeners take on Ten To The Top and Vernon visits the BBC Archive in Vernon's Vault.

Born in Liverpool in 1942, 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 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

  • The Jacksons

    Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

    • Rhythm Divine 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
  • Eurythmics

    Right By Your Side

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Duran Duran

    Free to Love (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • (CD Single).
    • Tape Modern.
  • Billy Joel

    Uptown Girl

    • An Innocent Man.
    • CBS.
  • The Beach Boys

    Barbara Ann

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..
  • Kylie Minogue

    Light Up

    • (CD Single).
    • Darenote.
  • Timbuk 3

    The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

    • NOW - 80s Alternative (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Paul McCartney

    Home To Us (feat. Ringo Starr)

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.
  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • STELLA LEFTY

    Boston

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Scissor Sisters

    I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • New Radicals

    Get What You Give

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.
  • Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter

    Bring Your Love

    • Confessions II.
    • Warner Records.
  • Amii Stewart

    Friends

    • Love Bites & School Nites (Various).
    • Telstar.
  • Michael Ball

    How Do We Get Back There (feat. Liss Jones)

    • Glow.
    • Tag8 Music.
  • The Coral

    In The Morning

    • (CD Single).
    • Deltasonic.
  • Myles Smith

    Hold Me In The Dark

    • My Mess, My Heart, My Life.
    • RCA.
  • Gene Vincent

    Be Bop A Lula

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.
    • 3.
  • SIENNA SPIRO

    Material Lover

    • The Devil Wears Prada 2 O.S.T..
    • Interscope.

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