Billy Ocean is the latest guest on Smooth's Famous Firsts podcast, and the legendary performer opens up about his incredible life and career.In episode 10 of Famous Firsts, Billy Ocean speaks to Jenni Falconer in-depth about his family's move

9. Tony Hadley

Jan 24th, 2022 38m 39s

Tony Hadley is the latest guest on Smooth Radio's Famous Firsts podcast with Jenni Falconer, and the former Spandau Ballet singer opens up about the various fascinating 'firsts' through his life and career.In episode 9 of Famous Firsts, Tony

8. Marti Pellow

Jan 17th, 2022 46m 50s

Marti Pellow is the latest guest on Smooth's Famous Firsts podcast, and the Scottish music icon reflects on his fantastic career, and the amazing artists he has worked with.In episode 8 of Famous Firsts, host Jenni Falconer chats to Marti Pel

7. Gabrielle

Jan 10th, 2022 38m 59s

In episode 7 of Famous Firsts, host Jenni Falconer chats to Gabrielle about the various firsts of her career, including how she first performed live at her school canteen and her local supermarket, how she first found her stunning voice, and wh

6. Richard Marx

Dec 13th, 2021 51m 39s

In episode 6 of Famous Firsts, Jenni Falconer chats to American singer-songwriter Richard Marx about how he first got into music thanks to his similarly-talented father, and how Lionel Richie was the person to get his first foot in the door.R

5. Paul Young

Dec 6th, 2021 31m 54s

In episode 5 of Famous Firsts, Jenni Falconer speaks to Paul Young about his unique journey from quirky novelty band lead singer to one of the greatest pop and soul singers of the 1980s.We hear the stories behind some of his biggest hits, how

4. Leona Lewis

Nov 29th, 2021 34m 38s

In episode 4 of Famous Firsts, Jenni Falconer catches up with Leona Lewis about how she first discovered her love of music from a young age, how she attended BRIT School with some very famous faces, and how her life changed forever when she aud

3. Michael Bolton

Nov 22nd, 2021 45m 58s

In episode 3 of Smooth's Famous Firsts podcast, Jenni Falconer speaks to soul superstar Michael Bolton.Michael opens up about his past struggles in the early days of his career, singing on commercials for McDonald's and beer, how important a

2. Westlife

Nov 15th, 2021 39m 54s

In episode 2, Westlife stars Shane Filan and Nicky Byrne speak to Jenni in depth about how the iconic boyband met at school and were shaped by future X Factor star Louis Walsh.In a hilarious and revealing chat, the Irish singers also chat abo

1. Ed Sheeran

Nov 8th, 2021 18m 48s

In the first episode of Smooth's Famous Firsts, host Jenni Falconer catches up with pop superstar Ed Sheeran.Ed opens up about the last 10 years of his incredible career, and how we went from getting booed off stage in dingy pubs to headlinin

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Famous Firsts - Coming Soon!

Oct 28th, 2021 2m 39s

Welcome to Famous Firsts, a new Global Original podcast from Smooth Radio, with host Jenni Falconer.We all remember our first concert, our first album and the first song we slow danced to, but what about our favourite artists’ firsts? In Famo

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