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Comedian and presenter Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon - chooses his Tracks of My Years. Plus the Album and Record Of The Week and another round of Ten To The Top.

Comedian Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon and the man behind Bo' Selecta! 鈥� chooses another two songs for his Tracks Of My Years this week.

His first break came on Paramount Television in 1996 when Davina McCall encouraged him to do some telly after seeing him in a comedy club. He went on to play characters on Channel 4鈥檚 鈥楶opworld鈥� and featured what would become his Bo' Selecta! characters.

From there there鈥檚 been numerous shows, including 鈥楰eith Lemon鈥檚 Very Brilliant World Tour鈥� 鈥楥elebrity Juice鈥�, 'The Keith Lemon Sketch Show鈥�, The Keith & Paddy Picture Show and 鈥楽hopping with Keith Lemon鈥�. Leigh has also hosted Sing If You Can鈥� alongside Stacey Solomon, 鈥楰eith Lemon鈥檚 LemonAid鈥� and a reboot of 鈥楾hrough the Keyhole.'

Now he's embarking on his first ever live tour, 鈥楳y First Time鈥�, covering 24 dates between March and April, and concluding with a run of three shows in Leigh鈥檚 hometown of Leeds.

Leigh鈥檚 two tracks today are from Simple Minds and Luther Vandross

There'll also be more audio nuggets from the 麻豆社 Archive in Vernon's Vault; Record and Album Of The Week and the mid-morning music quiz, Ten To The Top.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Jan 2024 09:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Queen

    Another One Bites The Dust

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • Stevie Wonder

    Higher Ground

    • Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9 (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum Music.

  • Georgia Ku

    A Little More Lost

    • (CD Single).
    • 3Beat.

  • Beats International

    Dub Be Good To Me

    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sabrina Carpenter

    Feather

    • emails i can't send (Deluxe Edition).
    • Island.

  • Katy Perry

    I Kissed A Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 7.

  • The Bangles

    Walk Like An Egyptian

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Busted

    One Of These Days

    • Greatest Hits 2.0 (Deluxe Edition).
    • Busted Live.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Goldfinger

    • Global Television.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Can't Get Enough

    • This Is Me... Now.
    • BMG Rights Management (US).

  • Jamiroquai

    Cosmic Girl

    • Simply The Best Radio Hits (Various).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Kings of Leon

    Sex On Fire

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 1.

  • Robbie Williams

    No Regrets

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • Ariana Grande

    yes, and?

    • Eternal Sunshine.
    • Ariana Grande LP6.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Alison Moyet

    Is This Love?

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
    • 8.

  • Ilsey

    No California

    • (CD Single).
    • Elektra.

  • The Police

    So Lonely

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

  • The Vaccines

    Discount De Kooning (Last One Standing)

    • Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations.
    • Thirty Tigers.

  • Aswad

    Shine

    • Now 1994 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Rod Stewart & Jools Holland

    Almost Like Being In Love

    • Swing Fever.
    • East West.

  • Finn Forster

    On My Mind

    • (CD Single).
    • Independent.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Jan 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 2

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