There's something about BBC Radio 2's fabled Piano Room that brings out an emotive intensity in singers. Stripping a song back to its core elements - an instrument and a voice - forces performers ...

The singer covers a hit by the man himself on Radio 2's Elton John piano. Ryan Tedder covers Elton John's Candle in the Wind Ryan tackles a huge Elton hit on the Rocketman's own piano live in session.

Chris Martin had only heard the Proclaimers single "Sunshine on Leith" for the first time three days before Coldplay performed a cover of the 1988 record for BBC's Radio 2 Piano Room. But the ...