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Vernon Kay: Vernon brings the big tunes

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Actor, singer and all-round icon Idina Menzel chooses her penultimate Tracks of My Years.

Actor, singer and all-round icon Idina Menzel chooses her penultimate Tracks of My Years. Plus, there's Vernon's music quiz Ten to the Top.

Broadway superstar Idina Menzel chooses her Tracks of My Years.

Idina is probably best known for her performance as Elsa in the hit Frozen franchise, but before then she’d already established herself as a Broadway icon. She made her debut on the Great White Way in 1997 in the rock-musical Rent, and in 2003 she performed in the original cast of Wicked. Her performance as Elphaba, the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West, garnered critical acclaim and led her to winning a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

A decade later, her role as Elsa in Frozen made Idina a household name, with her performance of the track Let It Go storming the charts and securing an Oscar for Best Original Song.

Alongside her acting career, Idina has had parallel success as a recording artist, and in August she’s releasing her fifth album, Drama Queen. The record is an ode to disco past and present, and sees Idina work alongside Nile Rogers and Jake Shears. 

Idina’s penultimate choices come from Whitney Houston and Annie Lennox.

There'll also be more audio nuggets as we dive in to the BBC Archive in Vernon's Vault, plus there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top and a brand new Record and Album of the Week.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you: email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you’d like to apply to take part in Ten to the Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk.

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