Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,772 playable programmes from the BBC

My Life in Five Songs

Series 5

Eleanor McEvoy

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Eleanor McEvoy is one of Ireland's most successful and popular singers.

She wrote the song Only A Woman's Heart which was on the album A Woman's Heart which also featured fellow musicians Mary Black, Dolores Keane, Sharon Shannon, Frances Black and Maura O'Connell and was the biggest selling album in Irish musical history.

In the 20 years since the album's release Eleanor has made her mark on the music scene at home in Ireland and abroad.

Born in Dublin she took an interest in music and song from an early age, joined the Junior Irish Youth Orchestra as a young teenager and for four years played with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland before pursuing her career in popular music.

Eleanor tells Phil Cunningham about her love of both pop and classical music and she picks five tracks that have been milestones along her musical journey.

Phil opens the show with the track Only a Woman's Heart and Eleanor goes on to pick these five songs:

Mama Weer All Crazee Now" by Slade

Sylvia's Mother from Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

Music For a While - Henry Purcell. Sung by countertenor James Bowman.

Memphis Tennesseeby by Chuck Berry

Someone Like You by Adele

Phil closes the programme with Eleanor's song You'll Hear Better Songs (Than This). Show less

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More