Sir Lenny Henry chooses his final Tracks Of My Years
Sir Lenny Henry - comedian, actor, author, pioneer, activist 鈥� shares his final two songs on Tracks Of My Years. Plus there's more music quizzing on Ten To The Top.
Sir Lenny Henry - comedian, actor, author, pioneer, activist - shares his final two songs on this week鈥檚 Tracks Of My Years.
First shooting to fame on the TV show 'New Faces' when he was just 16, Lenny rose from being a cult star on children's TV to one of Britain's best-known and most-celebrated comedians. He's also variously been a writer, a Radio 1 DJ, a TV presenter, an award-winning actor on stage and screen and the co-founder of Comic Relief.
Lenny's most recent TV appearance was on the hit Netflix show 'Missing You', based on the multi-million selling book by Harlan Coben.
A passionate champion of World Book Day, Lenny has now written six children's books, starting with The Boy With Wings in 2021, and releasing 'Tyrone's Cool Crown' most recently. When asked why he had wanted to write for children, he said: "Children of every age need to see themselves in the stories they love".
One of Lenny's previous works 'Book Of Legends' was dedicated to staff at a library who inspired him to become an author. Lenny was enrolled at Dudley library as a boy by his Aunty Pearl, where he become a voracious reader.
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The Fratellis
Chelsea Dagger
- Now 65 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Go West
We Close Our Eyes
- Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
- EMI.
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Sabrina Carpenter
Busy Woman
- Short n' Sweet (Deluxe Edition).
- Island.
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Donna Summer
Bad Girls
- Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
- Mercury.
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LISA
Born Again (feat. Doja Cat & RAYE)
- Alter Ego.
- RCA.
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Jamiroquai
Virtual Insanity
- Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
- Columbia.
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The Pointer Sisters
Jump (For My Love)
- The Best Of The Pointer Sisters.
- RCA.
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Lady Gaga
Abracadabra
- MAYHEM.
- Interscope.
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Tom Petty
Free Fallin'
- Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever.
- MCA.
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Benson Boone
Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else
- (CD Single).
- Warner Records.
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Queen
We Will Rock You
- News Of The World.
- Island.
- 1.
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Free
All Right Now
- Back To The 70's (CD1) (Various).
- EMI.
- 15.
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Rizzle Kicks
Vice
- Competition Is For Losers.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
- 1.
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The Beach Boys
Fun Fun Fun
- The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
- EMI.
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Roxy Music
Over You
- Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
- Eg.
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Livin鈥� Joy
Don't Stop Movin'
- Now 1996: The Millennium Series.
- Now.
- 15.
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Rozalla
Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
- Rozalla - Everybody's Free.
- Epic.
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Pete Heller
Big Love (Eat Me Edit)
- 90 Club Hits From The 90's (Various Artists).
- Warner Music TV.
- 1.
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The Lottery Winners
Turn Around
- KOKO.
- Virgin.
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Inhaler
A Question Of You
- Open Wide.
- Polydor.
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Mica Paris
Redemption Song (Radio 2 Piano Room, 6 Feb 2025)
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Teddy Pendergrass
Turn off the Lights
- The Essential Teddy Pendergrass.
- P.I.R..
- 4.
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Kate Bush
Rubberband Girl
- Remastered Part I.
- Fish People.
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Deacon Blue
Turn Up Your Radio!
- The Great Western Road.
- Cooking Vinyl.
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