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Making your mid-mornings memorable, Vernon's bringing big tunes, big names and big laughs to weekdays. Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk

Roland Gift, frontman of Fine Young Cannibals, joins Vernon to choose the songs that have soundtracked his life in Tracks Of My Years.

Born in Birmingham and raised in Hull, Roland joined Fine Young Cannibals after answering an advertisement for a vocalist by bassist David Steele and guitarist Andy Cox – both former members of The Beat. They took their name from the 1960 film All The Fine Young Cannibals and released two albums; their self-titled debut in 1985 and The Raw & The Cooked in 1989. The latter featured singles like She Drives Me Crazy and Good Thing - both of which topped the chart in the US. The Raw & The Cooked was globally successful, topping the album charts in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. It sold over five million copies worldwide, topping charts on both sides of the Atlantic, and earned the band two BRIT Awards, an Ivor Novello, four MTV Music Video nominations and three Grammy nominations. The band split in 1992, and Roland has also worked as an actor on stage and screen

To mark forty years since the band's self-titled debut album, this month they're releasing a new career-spanning compilation, FYC40. Next year, Roland is playing live, with a 40 Years Of Songs By Fine Young Cannibals UK tour.

Also, Vernon has the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the Â鶹Éç Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk

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