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Sir Lenny Henry - comedian, actor, author, pioneer, activist - continues on his 10 song journey on Tracks Of My Years. Plus there's more music quizzing on Ten to the Top.
Sir Lenny Henry - comedian, actor, author, pioneer, activist - takes us on his 10 song journey on this week's 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.
Plus there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top; another dip into the 蜜芽传媒 Archive in Vernon's Vault, and Record and Album Of The Week.
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The Doobie Brothers
Long Train Runnin'
- The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers.
- Warner Bros.
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Vanessa Carlton
A Thousand Miles
- (CD Single).
- A&M.
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The Lottery Winners
Turn Around
- KOKO.
- Virgin.
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D:Ream
U R The Best Thing
- Now 28 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Dasha
Not At This Party
- (CD Single).
- Warner Music.
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The Supremes
Baby Love
- Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
- Polygram Tv.
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Electric Light Orchestra
All Over The World
- Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
- Epic.
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Sabrina Carpenter
Please Please Please (feat. Dolly Parton)
- Short n' Sweet (Deluxe Edition).
- Island.
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A Tribe Called Quest
Can I Kick It?
- (CD Single).
- Jive.
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Olly Murs
Dance With Me Tonight
- In Case You Didn't Know.
- Epic.
- 24.
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Benson Boone
Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else
- (CD Single).
- Warner Records.
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
One Love / People Get Ready
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
- Island.
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Rizzle Kicks
Vice
- Competition Is For Losers.
- BMG Rights Management (UK).
- 1.
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Billy Joel
The River Of Dreams
- Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume III.
- Columbia.
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The Human League
Tell Me When
- Now 30 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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LISA
Born Again (feat. Doja Cat & RAYE)
- Alter Ego.
- RCA.
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Wang Chung
Dance Hall Days
- Hits Of The 60s, 70s & 80s (Various).
- Kenwest.
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Inhaler
Your House
- Open Wide.
- Polydor.
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Kate Hudson
Right On Time (Radio 2 Piano Room, 20 Feb 2025)
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The Rolling Stones
Tumbling Dice
- The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
- Abkco.
- 1.
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Luther Vandross
Speak Your Love
- Never Too Much: Greatest Hits.
- Sony Music.
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Fatback
Wicky Wacky
- Original Funk - The Best Of.
- Music Club.
- 36.
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CCS
Whole Lotta Love
- The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
- Premier.
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iLEVEL
Minefield
- I-Level.
- UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
- 1.
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Cat Burns
GIRLS!
- (CD Single).
- RCA.
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Bruce Channel
Hey! Baby
- Oldies But Goodies (Various Artists).
- UME.
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