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Russell Crowe chooses the Tracks of My Years

Russell Crowe chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from The Boomtown Rats and Johnny Cash. 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 The Boomtown Rats and Johnny Cash. 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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Thu 7 Dec 2017 09:30
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Music Played

  • Chris Rea

    Driving ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ For Christmas

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • NOW.
    • 1.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    He Wants To

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

  • Jennifer Lopez

    Ain't It Funny

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic/Sony.

  • Clean Bandit

    Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    Private Eyes

    • Single Mixes.
    • RCA.

  • Sia

    Santa's Coming For Us

    • Everyday Is Christmas.
    • Atlantic.

  • Shirley Bassey

    Get The Party Started

    • Get The Party Started.
    • Lock Stock And Barrel Records.

  • Status Quo

    Roll Over Lay Down

    • Hits Of 1975 & 1976 (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.
    • 4.

  • Paloma Faith

    Guilty

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Jess Glynne

    Hold My Hand

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Calum Scott

    You Are The Reason

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol.

  • Record of the Week

    • Taylor Swift

      Gorgeous

      • reputation.
      • Big Machine.

  • Jethro Tull

    Ring Out, Solstice Bells

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Total Eclipse Of The Heart

  • Shania Twain

    Who's Gonna Be Your Girl

    • Now.
    • Mercury.

  • Elton John

    Step Into Christmas

    • Caribou.
    • Mercury.

  • Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie

    Lay Down For Free

    • (CD Single).
    • EastWest.

  • Olivia Newton‐John

    Physical

    • Physical.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Album of the Week

    • U2

      13 (There Is A Light)

      • Songs Of Experience.
      • Island.

  • Vanessa Paradis

    Joe Le Taxi

    • (CD Single).
    • Now.

  • P!nk

    Beautiful Trauma

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Johnny Cash

      Hurt

      • (CD Single).
      • Lost Highway.

    • The Boomtown Rats

      Rat Trap

      • Greatest Hits Of 1978 (Various Artis.
      • Premier.

  • Pete Tong & Heritage Orchestra

    Sing It Back (feat. Becky Hill)

    • Ibiza Classics.
    • UMG.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Dec 2017 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2