Mike Pickering chooses his final two Tracks Of My Years

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Gary explores the BBC archive in De Ja Woo and two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top. Plus, Mike Pickering chooses his final two 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.