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Actor and singer Limahl chooses 鈥楳ove Over Darling鈥 by Doris Day and 鈥楩our Brothers鈥 by Manhattan Transfer.

Actor and singer Limahl chooses 鈥楳ove Over Darling鈥 by Doris Day and 鈥楩our Brothers鈥 by Manhattan Transfer.

After a short spell as a punk rocker, Limahl found fame with the band Kajagoogoo after responding to an advert in a music magazine in 1982, where the then named Art Noveau were looking for a new lead singer.

The following year he left the band 鈥 but quickly went onto find his own success as a solo artist with his hit 鈥淭he Never Ending Story鈥. His early ambitions, growing up in Wigan, were for a career as an actor and he even toured in production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Inherited: Move Over Darling by Doris Day
Passed on: Four Brothers by Manhattan Transfer

Producers: Catherine Powell and Anna Bailey

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 2025.

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