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Sir Lenny Henry chooses his Tracks Of My Years

Sir Lenny Henry - comedian, actor, author, pioneer, activist - takes us on his 10 song journey this week 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 this week on 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 a brand new Record and Album Of The Week.

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Music Played

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    River Deep - Mountain High

    • The Best Of The Rock'n'Roll Years Vo.
    • 蜜芽传媒.

  • The Police

    So Lonely

    • The Police - Message In A Box (Cd 1).
    • A&M.

  • Sabrina Carpenter

    Busy Woman

    • Short n' Sweet (Deluxe Edition).
    • Island.

  • Genesis

    Jesus He Knows Me

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Rizzle Kicks

    Vice

    • Competition Is For Losers.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
    • 1.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Call Me Maybe

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Benson Boone

    Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Records.

  • Squeeze

    Cool For Cats

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Rachel Chinouriri

    All I Ever Asked

    • What A Devastating Turn Of Events.
    • Parlophone.

  • Katy Perry

    Roar

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.
    • 1.

  • ABBA

    Money, Money, Money

    • Polar.

  • Snow Patrol

    But I'll Keep Trying

    • The Forest Is The Path (Extended Edition).
    • Polydor.

  • George Ezra

    Green Green Grass

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • The Trammps

    Hold Back The Night

    • (Single).
    • Buddah Records.
    • 14.

  • Meat Loaf

    Dead Ringer for Love

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Lady Gaga

    Abracadabra

    • MAYHEM.
    • Interscope.

  • The Bellamy Brothers

    Let Your Love Flow

    • Country Moods (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Inhaler

    Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)

    • Open Wide.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 2.

  • Oasis

    The Importance Of Being Idle

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Brother Records.

  • Tom Grennan & 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra

    Without You (Radio 2 Piano Room, 05 Feb 2025)

  • Elvis Presley

    Jailhouse Rock

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Junior Murvin

    Police And Thieves

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Dasha

    Not At This Party

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music.

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  • Mon 3 Mar 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

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