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Russell Crowe chooses the Tracks of My Years

Russell Crowe chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Paper Lace and Jim Croce. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Russell Crowe, Oscar-winning actor, film producer and musician, chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Paper Lace and Jim Croce. Although a New Zealand citizen, he has lived most of his life in Australia. He came to international attention for his role as the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, for which Russell won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, an Empire Award for Best Actor and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and no less than ten further nominations for best actor. Russell also appeared as the tobacco firm whistle blower in the 1999 film The Insider for which he received five awards as best actor and seven nominations in the same category. In 2001, Russell's portrayal of mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John F Nash in the biopic A Beautiful Mind brought him numerous awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. His other films include Romper Stomper (1992), L.A. Confidential (1997), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), American Gangster (2007), State of Play (2009), Robin Hood (2010), Les Miserables (2012), Man of Steel (2013) and Noah (2014). He is also the co-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, an Australian National Rugby League team.

The Hollywood star always maintains he was a musician long before he started serious acting, first with his band TOFOG and in various other incarnations over the years. His latest musical project is a band called Indoor Garden Party featuring himself, Alan Doyle, Samantha Barks, Scott Grimes and Carl Falk. They released their debut album 'The Musical' in June of this year.

Ken also has the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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Wed 6 Dec 2017 09:30
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Music Played

  • Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

    Hollywood Nights

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Gwen Stefani

    You Make It Feel Like Christmas (feat. Blake Shelton)

    • You Make It Feel Like Christmas.
    • Interscope.
    • 001.

  • Calvin Harris

    Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • KT Tunstall

    Mele Kalikimaka (Christmas in Hawaii)

    • The KT Tunstall Holiday Collection.
    • EMI.

  • Robin Schulz

    Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Always Ascending

    • Always Ascending.
    • Domino.

  • Eddie Rabbitt

    I Love A Rainy Night

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

  • Starship

    We Built This City

    • Now 1985 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.

  • Stereophonics

    What's All The Fuss About?

    • Scream Above The Sounds.
    • Parlophone.

  • Greg Lake

    I Believe In Father Christmas

    • The Anthology, A Musical Journey.
    • BMG.

  • The Chi‐Lites

    It's Time For Love

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.

  • Record of the Week

    • Taylor Swift

      Gorgeous

      • reputation.
      • Big Machine.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Foot of the Mountain

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 3.

  • Billy Joel

    Piano Man

    • Piano Man.
    • Columbia.

  • Sheridan Smith

    City Of Stars

    • Sheridan: The Album.
    • Atlantic.

  • Wham!

    Last Christmas

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Script

    Arms Open

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Crash Test Dummies

    Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • The Fizz

    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ For My Heart

    • CD Single.
    • 001.

  • Album of the Week

    • U2

      The Showman (Little More Better)

      • Songs Of Experience.
      • Island.

  • Lulu

    Independence

    • Now 24 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Roy Orbison & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Love Hurts

    • A Love So Beautiful: Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Legacy Recordings.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Jim Croce

      Time In A Bottle

      • Time For Love (Various Artists).
      • Truetrax.

    • Paper Lace

      Billy Don't Be A Hero

      • Living In The 70s (Various Artists.
      • BMG.
      • 1.

  • Ed Sheeran & ΅ώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Perfect Duet

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Jamie Cullum

    Show Me The Magic

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 6 Dec 2017 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2