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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. Plus, Manchester music legend Mike Pickering joins Vernon this week to choose his Tracks Of My Years. Mike began his career DJing in the the legendary Hacienda nightclub, and he's credited with introducing house music into the iconic Manchester venue. Later, as an A&R man, he signed Happy Mondays and James to Factory Records, while at Sony he worked with Kasabian, Gossip and Calvin Harris. And with his multi-million selling group M People he sold 11m records, won a Mercury Prize and two BRIT Awards, and helped transform the music industry's attitude to dance music. At the end of April Mike publishes his memoir 'Manchester Must Dance'. A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.