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Russell Crowe chooses the Tracks of My Years

Russell Crowe chooses his final Tracks of My Years with music from Wings and The Sweet. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Russell Crowe, Oscar-winning actor, film producer and musician, chooses his final Tracks of My Years with music from Wings and The Sweet. 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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Fri 8 Dec 2017 09:30
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Music Played

  • Jamiroquai

    Virtual Insanity

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Roy Orbison & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    I Drove All Night (feat. Ward Thomas)

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

  • Leona Lewis

    One More Sleep

    • (CD Single).
    • Syco Music.

  • Keane

    Everybody's Changing

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • Gwen Stefani

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

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

  • Queen

    I Want To Break Free

    • The Works.
    • EMI.

  • Wizzard

    I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

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

  • Liam Gallagher

    Come Back To Me

    • As You Were.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 010.

  • Jason Derulo

    Want To Want Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • CΓ©line Dion

    How Does A Moment Last Forever

    • Beauty And The Beast.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 017.

  • Record of the Week

    • Taylor Swift

      Gorgeous

      • reputation.
      • Big Machine.

  • Chris Squire & Alan White

    Run With The Fox

    • Yesyears (Disc 3).
    • Atco.

  • Michael Jackson

    Earth Song (Album Version)

    • HIStory.
    • Epic.

  • Elbow

    Golden Slumbers

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Ed Sheeran & µώ±π²β΄Η²Τ³¦Γ©

    Perfect Duet

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • The Crystals

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spector).
    • Phil Spector Int.
    • 7.

  • Years & Years

    King

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 90 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Album of the Week

    • U2

      The Little Things That Give You Away

      • Songs Of Experience.
      • Island.

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

    Pandora's Box

    • Omd - Sugar Tax.
    • Virgin.
    • 18.

  • Sheridan Smith

    City Of Stars

    • Sheridan: The Album.
    • Atlantic.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Sweet

      Ballroom Blitz

      • The Sweet - Originals.
      • RCA.

    • Paul McCartney & Wings

      Live And Let Die

      • The 7" Singles Box.
      • MPL.

  • Sigrid

    Strangers

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Dec 2017 09:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2