Vernon Kay's mid-morning show featured an extended chat with songwriter and 4 Non Blondes frontwoman Linda Perry as part of Tracks Of My Years. Perry told Kay she wrote the band's global hit What's Up in minutes at home, alone with a new puppy. "It took me 10, 15 minutes to write it," she said, adding she still tweaks small details every time she performs it live. She also picked tracks from The Beach Boys and Supertramp, explaining how the latter's music helped her through a darker period as a teenager, and discussed forming her band in San Francisco in 1989, whose first rehearsal coincided with the city's earthquake.
The Ten to the Top quiz saw two listeners take part. Tony Evans, a keen sea angler from Kettering who had recently been to Radio 2's Stirling event, scored 19 points, including correctly naming Mary Wilson on a birthday-themed music clip round. Ian from Sheerness, a self-confessed snooker fan who once did a surprise tandem skydive for his 40th birthday, scored 10.
Vernon's Vault delved into the BBC archive for a 1965 Tonight programme report from Halifax, in which reporter Fyfe Robertson covered controversy over the town's first women's wrestling match at the Victoria Hall, including objections from the hall committee and local councillors.
Elsewhere, listeners shared messages for the "register", including a birthday shout-out for 85-year-old Delia Higgins, and Kay noted Rod Stewart's newly announced final tour, starting next April. Jeremy Vine also joined briefly to preview his own show.
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