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Two listeners take on Vernon's mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top. Also, BRIT-winning singer-songwriter Myles Smith joins Vernon to choose two more songs from his life.

Two listeners take on Vernon's mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top. Also, BRIT-winning singer-songwriter Myles Smith joins Vernon to choose two more songs from his life in Tracks Of My Years, and Vernon delves into the BBC archives for Vernon's Vault.

Born in 1998 in Luton, Myles Smith grew up listening to a mixture of church music, motown and R&B, starting to play music at school during his lunch breaks. He went to Nottingham University to study sociology, also working in a supermarket and performing music in his spare time. In 2022, his TikTok videos were spotted by music manager Eric Parker, who went on to sign Myles. He released the global hit Stargazing in 2024, which has hit over a billion streams, and in 2025 he was nominated for three BRIT Awards, including winning the Rising Star Award. He has played live across the world, including huge tours with Ed Sheeran, and next month releases his highly anticipated debut album My Mess, My Heart, My Life, followed by a headline arena tour in the autumn.

You can find Vernon's full chat with Myles 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

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • Katy Perry

    Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 79.
    • Now.

  • Duran Duran

    Free to Love (feat. Nile Rodgers)

    • (CD Single).
    • Tape Modern.

  • John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Better The Devil You Know

    • Kylie Minogue - Rhythm Of Love.
    • Pwl Records.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    • Whitney Houston - Whitney.
    • Arista.

  • Paul McCartney

    Home To Us (feat. Ringo Starr)

    • The Boys Of Dungeon Lane.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Cher

    If I Could Turn Back Time

    • Cher - The Greatest Hits.
    • WEA/Universal.

  • Myles Smith

    Hold Me In The Dark

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

  • The Beach Boys

    Help Me, Rhonda

    • The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

    Blinded By The Light

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Laufey

    Madwoman

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

  • Wilson Phillips

    Hold On

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Enola Gay

    • Into The Eighties - Various Artists.
    • Global Television.
    • 3.

  • Harry Styles

    Dance No More

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

  • Destiny’s Child

    Independent Women, Part I

    • Destiny's Child #1's.
    • Columbia.

  • Neneh Cherry

    Buffalo Stance

    • Now 1988 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Neil Diamond

    You're Getting To Me

    • Wild At Heart.
    • Neil Diamond.
    • 7.

  • Los Lobos

    La Bamba

    • Hits Of '87 & '88 Vol.12 (Various).
    • Polydor.

  • Kehlani

    Shoulda Never (feat. Usher)

    • KEHLANI.
    • Atlantic.

  • Bruno Mars

    Grenade

    • NOW 100 Hits The Decade (2010s) (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Labrinth

    Treatment

    • Electronic Earth - Clean Version.
    • Syco Music UK.
    • 4.

  • Marshmello & Portugal. The Man

    Phoenix

    • (CD Single).
    • Joytime Collective.

Broadcast

  • Tuesday09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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