Proving his status as a Radio 2 trouper, Gary Davies, the interim presenter between Bruce and Kay, was the emergency breakfast show fill-in for Zoe Ball and so, not considered hot enough for a permanent slot, had to spend the last part of his segment reading out motivational texts to Kay from listeners.īetween Kay’s early tunes, there were also motivational voicenotes from new airwave mates Ball, Scott Mills and Jo Whiley. That provided BBC balance to Kay’s opening mission statement: “We’re not going to be London-centric: this show is about you!” which risked confusing listeners in London. Such a slick anecdotalist was another reassurance to wavering listeners and Suggs’ first selection gave a second play of the day for Sinatra, with his 1961 recording of a 1937 song, A Foggy Day in London Town. The first guest on Tracks of My Years (a Bruce-era holdover) – Suggs from Madness – began his career when Kay was two. Kay can have only a limited number of older relatives to leaven the records in this way, but “producer Phil” was trying to throw any Radio 2 veterans who tuned in to post fingers-in-ears emojis as the vaporwave and witch house tracks banged out. Remarkably, a later track was 70 years old: Doris Day’s Once I Had a Secret Love from 1953, played for Kay’s mum’s birthday. The biggest new feature – Vernon’s Vault, featuring selections from the BBC archive – is also decidedly retro, even leading to a rare Radio 2 airing these days for Frank Sinatra, whose death 25 years ago this week was one of the things Kay vaulted.
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