Pete Tong chooses his Tracks Of My Years
Radio 1 presenter and dance music legend Pete Tong chooses his Tracks Of My Years this week. Plus more music quizzing in Ten To The Top and another dip into Vernon's Vault
Radio 1 presenter and dance music legend Pete Tong chooses his Tracks Of My Years all this week.
Starting out DJ-ing weddings at just 15, Pete moved into local music promotion and booking before setting up his own club. Then, after various jobs in advertising and a stint as an A&R manager at London Records, he committed full-time to his musical career, releasing his debut compilation album, The House Sounds of Chicago, Vol. 1.
Pete then became a prominent radio host throughout the 80s, working on Radio Invicta, Radio London, ѿý Radio Medway, and Capital Radio, before going on to host the inaugural Essential Selection on ѿý Radio 1 in 1991. Pete still hosts on Radio 1 to this day and leads the station's charge to Ibiza each summer.
In 2015, Pete curated the first 'Ibiza Prom' as part of the ѿý's Proms season at The Royal Albert Hall, and he's returning to the venue for a series of tenth anniversary shows. Each night will feature unique programming, with special guest vocalists including Becky Hill, Jacob Lusk (Gabriels), Jazzy, Clementine Douglas and Barbara Tucker. The bill is completed by a star-studded roster of guest DJs, including Seth Troxler, Damian Lazarus, David Morales and Paul Oakenfold. And all are set to appear on stage with Pete, conductor Jules Buckley and the Essential Orchestra.
As a producer, Pete has assembled the music for movie soundtracks such as The Beach, Human Traffic and 24 Hour Party People and has produced his own material under various guises. He's had notable releases on Pets Recordings, Ministry of Sound, Toolroom Records and more, and his compilations have garnered critical acclaim - most notably the 60-track anthology The Pete Tong Collection.
Plus the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the ѿý Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.
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Simply Red
Something Got Me Started
- Simply Red Greatest Hits.
- East West Records.
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The Rolling Stones
Let's Spend The Night Together
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
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Pulp
Spike Island
- More.
- Rough Trade.
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Electric Light Orchestra
Turn To Stone
- Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
- Epic.
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Declan J Donovan
More Than A Feeling
- (CD Single).
- BKM.
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The Cure
In Between Days
- The Cure - Staring At The Sea.
- Fiction.
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James Bay
You And Me Time (feat. Sheryl Crow)
- Changes All The Time (Deluxe).
- Mercury Records.
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Samuel E. Wright
Under The Sea
- Absolutely Disney (Various Artists).
- Walt Disney Records.
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Sophie Ellis‐Bextor
Taste
- (CD Single).
- Decca.
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Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey
Together In Electric Dreams
- Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
- Telstar.
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Morgan Wallen & Post Malone
I Ain't Comin' Back
- I'm The Problem.
- Mercury.
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Chairmen of the Board
Give Me Just A Little More Time
- Hits Of Hot Wax & Invictus (Various).
- Hdh.
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U2
Beautiful Day
- Now 47 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Ed Sheeran
Azizam
- Play.
- Atlantic.
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Madonna
Lucky Star
- Celebration.
- Warner Bros.
- 5.
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Andy Bell & Sarah Potenza
Lies So Deep
- Lies So Deep.
- Crown Recordings.
- 1.
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Tina Turner
What's Love Got To Do With It
- No Greater Love (Various Artists).
- Global Records & Tapes.
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Mumford & Sons
Caroline
- Rushmere.
- Island.
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T. Rex
Ride a White Swan
- Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
- Disky.
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Deep Purple
Smoke On The Water
- Singles A's & B's.
- EMI.
- 2.
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David Bowie
Watch That Man
- Aladdin Sane (2013 Remastered).
- Parlophone UK.
- 1.
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Louise
Borderline
- Confessions.
- Lil Lou Records.
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- Mon 12 May 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 2