{"id":482256,"date":"2026-05-13T08:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/482256\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:21:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:21:25","slug":"sir-paul-mccartney-joins-vernon-kay-on-bbc-radio-2-to-choose-ten-songs-that-have-soundtracked-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/482256\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Paul McCartney joins Vernon Kay on BBC Radio 2 to choose ten songs that have soundtracked his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today on Vernon\u2019s mid-morning Radio 2 show, he announced that Paul McCartney has recorded a special Tracks of My Years, airing on Monday 25 May.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Radio 2, Vernon said: \u201cYes Paul McCartney! Paul McCartney has done Tracks of My Years \u2013 it was awesome. As a music fan myself, sitting down with one quarter of the Beatles. Paul McCartney who has had an amazing solo career as well. Paul McCartney who is very very very highly regarded with his songwriting and everything else that he does. It was special. We were excited and you know what, Paul did not disappoint. What a lovely lovely fella. Really personable, asked lots of questions. We got on like a house on fire&#8230; we laughed, we giggled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was quite emotional at times because I\u2019m sat opposite blooming Paul McCartney. And there was a moment where the room just fell silent. I couldn\u2019t hear what Paul McCartney was saying because I was just in a trance staring at his face. And in my head all I said to myself was \u2018It\u2019s Paul McCartney\u2026it\u2019s Paul McCartney.\u2019 His lips were moving but I didn\u2019t hear anything. It\u2019s Paul McCartney&#8230; I\u2019m sat opposite Paul McCartney. I\u2019m talking to Paul McCartney for an hour and a half. Like it\u2019s me and Paul time. Vern and Paul time on BBC Radio 2! It was special. It really was extra extra special. He\u2019s releasing his brand-new album, it\u2019s called The Boys of Dungeon Lane \u2013 his first in over five years\u2026it\u2019s out on the 29th of May.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m002vxq6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vernon teased listeners with a clip of Paul McCartney talking about his relationship with Bob Dylan (listen back from 10.29am)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a wide-ranging conversation spanning his life and extraordinary career, Paul talks to Vernon Kay on BBC Radio 2 on Tracks Of My Years, which sees a special guest choose ten songs that have soundtracked their life.<\/p>\n<p>Paul reflects on his childhood, recalls his earliest musical memories, and discusses the artists and influences that first shaped his love of music. Through his choices, listeners will hear brilliant stories about The Beatles\u2019 relationship with The Rolling Stones and The Kinks as well as recollections of meetings with Elvis Presley, Brian Wilson and Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2019s 10 tracks are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gene Vincent &#8211; Be-bop-a-Lula<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Berry &#8211; Maybelline<\/li>\n<li>Buddy Holly &#8211; That\u2019ll Be The Day<\/li>\n<li>Elvis &#8211; All Shook Up<\/li>\n<li>The Kinks &#8211; You Really Got Me<\/li>\n<li>The Human League &#8211; Don\u2019t You Want Me<\/li>\n<li>Prince &#8211; Kiss<\/li>\n<li>Bob Dylan &#8211; Tambourine Man<\/li>\n<li>The Beach Boys &#8211; God Only Knows<\/li>\n<li>John Lennon \u2013 Imagine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UK premiere of the full interview will be at 6pm on Radio 2 and BBC Sounds in a special programme on Bank Holiday Monday 25 May. The show will then be available on BBC Sounds. Viewers will be able to watch the exclusive interview on BBC iPlayer from 7pm. Daily episodes will be broadcast in Vernon\u2019s Radio 2 show from Tuesday 26 \u2013 Friday 29 May.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul began playing music at an early age, teaching himself Spanish guitar, trumpet and piano and writing the song When I\u2019m Sixty-Four by the age of 16. In 1957, he met John Lennon and was invited to join John\u2019s band The Quarrymen, who by 1960 had become The Beatles. They became one of the most influential bands of the time and Paul wrote a huge number of their songs including Yesterday, Hey Jude, Let It Be and Yesterday to name just a few. After releasing twelve studio albums they disbanded in 1970 and Paul began a solo career with the self-titled album McCartney that year. He has continued recording music and touring ever since, with a brand new album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, his first in over five years, out on 29th May.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/brand\/m001lzng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vernon Kay hosts the UK\u2019s most popular radio show each weekday morning<\/a> (9.30am \u2013 noon), attracting a weekly audience of 6.7m (RAJAR Q4 2025).<\/p>\n<p>BBC Radio 2 is the UK\u2019s most popular single radio station, with a weekly audience of 12.7m listeners.<\/p>\n<p>Every week, one artist is featured on Tracks Of My Years, which sees special guest choose ten songs that have soundtracked their life. Listen on BBC Sounds and watch on BBC iPlayer \u2013 just search Tracks Of My Years.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.<\/p>\n<p>The network\u2019s presenters include Richie Anderson, Zoe Ball, Michael Ball, Tony Blackburn, OJ Borg, Revd. Kate Bottley, Fearne Cotton, Sara Cox, Jamie Cullum, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Gary Davies, Paul Gambaccini, Mark Goodier, Angela Griffin, Bob Harris, Vernon Kay, Shaun Keaveny, Cerys Matthews, Paddy McGuinness, Jason Mohammad, Trevor Nelson, Dermot O\u2019Leary, Elaine Paige, Mark Radcliffe, Romesh Ranganathan, Rylan, DJ Spoony, Jeremy Vine, Michelle Visage, Jo Whiley, Emma Willis and Owain Wyn Evans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EC2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow for more<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today on Vernon\u2019s mid-morning Radio 2 show, he announced that Paul McCartney has recorded a special Tracks of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-482256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116566300498648918","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}