Fred’s Jukebox

Fred’s Jukebox is a personal selection of songs that mean something to me. Each week I pick a track that takes me back to a particular time, place or moment – whether that’s growing up, discovering new music, or just a song I’ve heard on the radio that I enjoy.

It’s not about chart positions or big hits, but the songs that have stayed with me over time. Each one has its own story, and together they build a picture of the music that’s shaped my journey.

I put a new entry in to Fred’s Jukebox on my Saturday morning programme, just after 10:30 each week.

  1. Steve Winwood – Valerie: My favourite decades for music are the 60s, 70s and 80s. As my upcoming show on Monday 1st June is a 1980s special, I thought I’d pick a song from the ’80s to go in to the Jukebox this week.
  2. Skipinnish – Steer By the Stars: Scottish (Celtic) Folk music: One of my favourite bands, I’ve enjoyed their music for many years.
  3. Cammy Barnes – Let Me Down: Scottish Country music: A nod to my Scottish (Napier) ancestry.
  4. Sandi Thom – I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker: Corinium Radio started broadcasting in 2006, and I remember this song being played by a couple of our presenters back then, when this song was big in the charts
  5. Vera Lynn – We’ll Meet Again: This is a song that reminds me of my grandparents and their generation – music that has always been part of the background growing up, and still carries so much warmth and history.
  6. George Ezra – Budapest: This song takes me back to 2014. I remember it being big on Radio 2, and it has always been one my sister’s loved too, so I played it for Corrie as well.
  7. The Beatles – Yellow Submarine: The Beatles were one of the first bands I got in to, when I was around 9 or 10. I love their music and Yellow Submarine is one of my favourite songs of theirs.
  8. Tim McGraw – Just to See You Smile: The song which got me in to Country music properly – I played it extensively on the radio during my student radio says.
  9. Don McLean – American Pie: A song I’ve loved since childhood, one of the first I learnt to play on guitar, and a record that really shaped my love of music.
  10. The Scissor Sisters – Mary: From the time I was starting secondary school, when I was really beginning to find my own taste in music and fall in love with radio.