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Bob Mortimer is this week's guest on Tracks Of My Years

Comedian and writer Bob Mortimer joins Vernon this week choosing ten songs from his life so far. Plus, two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top.

Comedian and writer Bob Mortimer joins Vernon this week choosing ten songs from his life so far, today starting with The Tams and Bob's favourite Steely Dan track. Plus, two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top and Vernon catches up with Radio 1's Greg James who is currently cycling 1,000km from Weymouth to Edinburgh for Comic Relief.

Born in 1959 and growing up in Middlesbrough, Bob Mortimer says he was very shy for much of his childhood and it wasn't until he moved to London and met Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) that he got into comedy. The two formed a beloved double-act, with shows like Vic Reeves Big Night Out and Shooting Stars to name just a few. In more recent years he's starred in Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse, Taskmaster and show-stealing appearances in Would I Lie To You. This month he's returning as defending champion for the second series of Last One Laughing UK on Prime Video, with a new cast including Romesh Ranganathan, Mel Giedroyc, Alan Carr & Diane Morgan.

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Music Played

  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
    • Arista.

  • Luke Combs

    Sleepless In A Hotel Room

    • The Way I Am.
    • Columbia Nashville.

  • Irene Cara

    Fame

    • NOW Yearbook '82 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • U2

    Song Of The Future

    • Days Of Ash E.P..
    • Island.

  • The Wombles

    The Wombling Song

    • NOW - Yearbook 1974 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 12.

  • Ella Langley

    Be Her

    • Dandelion.
    • Columbia.

  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

    • The Very Best Of Randy Crawford.
    • Dino.

  • RAYE

    Nightingale Lane.

    • THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE..
    • RAYE.

  • Scotty McCreery

    Bottle Rockets (C2C Country to Country Festival 2026, London) (feat. Darius Rucker)

  • Keane

    Everybody's Changing

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • Harry Styles

    American Girls

    • Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.
    • Columbia.

  • The Beatles

    Something

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 024.

  • Neil Diamond

    Sweet Caroline

    • NOW That's What I Call Legendary (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Pussycat Dolls

    Club Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Access Records.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Kiss On My List

    • Looking Back - The Best Of Hall & Oat.
    • BMG.

  • Squeeze

    Why Don't You

  • The Tams

    Hey Girl Don't Bother Me

    • The Classic Soul Years - 1964 (Vario.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Steely Dan

    Only A Fool Would Say That

    • The Very Best Of Steely Dan.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 4.

  • Seafret & James Morrison

    Driftwood

    • Fear Of Emotion.
    • Nettwerk.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Mar 202609:30
    BBC Radio 2

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