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Let’s start the week right!

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.
Richie Anderson gets you ready for a brand new week, bringing you Monday Motivation, live from Salford.

Make sure you're listening very carefully to his Secret Star. Can you guess the celebrity with the distorted voice from the clues? You'll get one clue every Monday morning, so make sure you make note of them all if you're going to figure it out!

Richie will also be looking ahead to the brand new week, with The Week in Songs, 3 songs linked to 3 things you need to know about in the next 7 days.

To get involved with the show, e-mail Richie@bbc.co.uk

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Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 2.

22 days left to listen

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Take That

    Could It Be Magic

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Katrina and the Waves

    Walking On Sunshine

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • Dan Hartman

    Instant Replay

    • Freak Out! (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • RAYE

    Nightingale Lane.

    • THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE..
    • RAYE.
  • Kylie Minogue

    Step Back In Time

    • Kylie Minogue - Rhythm Of Love.
    • Pwl Records.
  • Lemar

    Dance (With You)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
  • Freya Ridings

    Wild Horse

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Luke Combs

    Soon As I Get Home

    • The Way I Am.
    • Sony Music Nashville.
  • Whitney Houston

    Saving All My Love For You

    • Whitney Houston.
    • Arista.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Put The Bucket Down

    • Full Moon.
    • Real World.
  • Netta

    Toy

    • Eurovision Song Contest Lisbon 2018.
    • Universal Music A/S.
    • 25.
  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Livin’ Joy

    Don't Stop Movin'

    • Now 1996: The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 15.
  • Alex Warren

    FEVER DREAM

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.
  • Frankie Valli

    Can't Take My Eyes Off You

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 19.
  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.
  • Ella Langley

    Be Her

    • Dandelion.
    • Columbia.
  • Dolly Parton

    Here You Come Again

    • Dolly Parton: The Ultimate Collection.
    • BMG/RCA.
  • Taylor Swift

    Elizabeth Taylor

    • The Life Of A Showgirl.
    • TS/Republic.
  • Britney Spears

    Baby One More Time

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Don Henley

    The Boys Of Summer

    • The Very Best Of.
    • MCA.
  • Snow Patrol

    Run

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Elles Bailey

    Better Days

    • Can't Take My Story Away.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • The Boo Radleys

    Wake Up Boo!

    • Various Artists - Untitled.
    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Jessie J

    California

    • Don't Tease Me With A Good Time.
    • D.A.P..
  • Zara Larsson

    Lush Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.
  • Anastacia

    Left Outside Alone

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Bruce Springsteen

    A Rainy Night In Soho

    • (CD Single).
    • Rubyworks.
  • Billie Eilish

    Birds Of A Feather

    • HIT ME HARD AND SOFT.
    • Darkroom/Interscope.
  • SIENNA SPIRO

    The Visitor

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
  • Ricky Martin

    Livin' La Vida Loca

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
  • Madonna

    Don't Cry For Me Argentina

    • Madonna - Greatest Hits Volume 2.
    • Maverick.
  • Curtis Mayfield

    Move On Up

    • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
    • Global Television.

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