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Actor, director, and musician John Simm chooses two more songs in this week's Tracks Of My Years. Plus the Album and Record Of The Week.
Actor, director, and musician John Simm chooses two more songs on his 10 track journey in Tracks Of My Years.
He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the Master in Doctor Who and most recently south-coast sleuth DS Roy Grace in 鈥淕race鈥� on ITV. In the late 90s, he played lead role of Danny Kavanagh in the hard-hitting Jimmy McGovern TV drama 鈥楾he Lakes鈥� .
Other TV credits include State of Play, Crime and Punishment, Exile, Prey, and Cracker. His film roles include Wonderland, Everyday, Boston Kickout, Human Traffic and 24 Hour Party People and has twice been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
Besides his love of acting , John was a founding member, songwriter and guitarist with the rock band Magic Alex, supporting Echo and the Bunnymen on two tours, as well as playing lead guitar on a few of Ian McCulloch's solo live shows.
He now returns as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace in ITV鈥檚 Grace, based on the best-selling novels by author Peter James. On top of that, John is also starring in a brand new drama called I, Jack Wright, airing late April on U&Alibi.
Plus the the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the 蜜芽传媒 Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.
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Curtis Mayfield
Move On Up
- The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
- Global Television.
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Blur
Girls & Boys
- Now 28 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Ed Sheeran
Azizam
- Play.
- Atlantic.
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Arthur Conley
Sweet Soul Music
- Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Tom Grennan
Boys Don't Cry
- Everywhere I Went Led Me To Where I Didn't Want To Be.
- Sony.
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Stevie Wonder
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
- You've Got Mail (Film S/Track).
- Warner Sunset/Atlantic.
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Queen
A Kind Of Magic
- Queen - Greatest Hits II.
- Parlophone.
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Chappell Roan
The Giver
- (CD Single).
- Island.
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The Police
Don't Stand So Close To Me
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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Remember Monday
What The Hell Just Happened?
- Eurovision Song Contest Basel 2025 (Various Artists).
- Universal Music.
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ABBA
Super Trouper
- Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
- Polar.
- 006.
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Pulp
Spike Island
- More.
- Rough Trade.
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ABC
The Look Of Love
- And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
- Debutante.
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Eurythmics
Who's That Girl?
- Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Jonas Brothers
Love Me To Heaven
- (CD Single).
- Jonas Brothers Recording.
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Ini Kamoze
Here Comes The Hotstepper
- Pleasure Island (Various Artists).
- Global Records & Tapes.
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The Lottery Winners & Shed Seven
The Ceiling
- KOKO.
- Modern Sky UK.
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Rachel Platten
Fight Song
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
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Whitney Houston
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
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Elvis Presley
A Mess Of Blues
- From Nashville To Memphis (60's Maste.
- RCA.
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The Shadows
Apache
- The Shadows - First 20 Years At The T.
- EMI.
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Ray Charles
What'd I Say
- The Very Best Of Jazz Moods (Various).
- Telstar.
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- Tue 22 Apr 2025 09:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 2
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