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Lenny Kravitz chooses the Tracks of My Years

Lenny Kravitz, US rock singer-songwriter, picks his final Tracks of My Years with music from Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. There's also another competitive round of PopMaster.

Lenny Kravitz, American rock singer-songwriter, picks his final Tracks of My Years in an interview first broadcast in 2014. It came at the time he released his tenth studio album 'Strut' which produced five singles released in both 2014 and 2015. Lenny wrote all the songs on the album, except for "Ooo Baby Baby" written by Smokey Robinson and Warren "Pete" Moore, and played various instruments as well. He decided to cover "Ooo Baby Baby" while filming 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' where he played character Cinna, the stylist to Jennifer Lawrence's heroine. He heard it in a makeup trailer, and the song pleased him so much that he soon decided to include it as the twelfth title for the new album. The lead single, "The Chamber", was released on June 24, 2014. The video is set in Paris, a city where Lenny has been living on and off for the past nine years. In 2011, he was even awarded the France's highest cultural honourβ€”Order of Arts and Letters.

Lenny won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category and setting the record for most consecutive wins in one category by a male. He has been nominated for and won other awards, including American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, Brit Awards, and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. He was also ranked at No. 93 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock". His final two chosen tracks come from Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye.

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

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Aug 2020 09:30

Music Played

  • ABBA

    Voulez-Vous

    • Abba Gold.
    • Polydor.
    • 013.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • Kylie Minogue

      Say Something

      • DISCO.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd..
  • Genesis

    Jesus He Knows Me

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.
  • Cerrone

    Supernature

    • Disco Inferno (Various Artists).
    • EastWest.
  • The Killers

    My Own Soul's Warning

    • Imploding The Mirage.
    • Island Records.
  • Survivor

    Eye Of The Tiger

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Jamiroquai

    Virtual Insanity

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.
  • Joel Corry & MNEK

    Head & Heart

    • (CD Single).
    • Perfect Havoc.
  • Alphaville

    Big In Japan

    • The 80's Collection: 1984 (Various).
    • Time Life.
  • Whitney Houston

    Run To You

    • Whitney Houston - Love, Whitney.
    • Arista.
  • Keith Urban

    Superman

    • The Speed Of Now Pt. 1.
    • Capitol Nashville.
  • Craig David

    7 Days

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.
  • Ronan Keating

    Love Will Remain (feat. Clare Bowen)

    • Twenty Twenty.
    • Decca.
  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.
  • The Rolling Stones

    Scarlet (feat. Jimmy Page)

    • Goats Head Soup (2020).
    • Polydor.
  • Texas

    Inner Smile

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • The Shires

    Crazy Days

    • Good Years.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd..
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Taylor Swift

      the 1

      • folklore.
      • TS/Republic.
  • Captain & Tennille

    Love Will Keep Us Together

    • Captain & Tennille - Scrapbook.
    • Spectrum.
  • Will Ferrell & My Marianne

    Husavik (My Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔtown)

    • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Arista.
  • Jack Savoretti

    Youth And Love (feat. MIKA)

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
  • TRACKS OF MY YEARS

    • Stevie Wonder

      Jesus Children Of America

      • InnerVisions.
      • Universal-Island Records Limited.
      • 6.
    • Marvin Gaye

      Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

  • McFly

    Happiness

    • Young Dumb Thrills.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Traveling Wilburys

    End Of The Line

    • Traveling Wilburys Vol.1.
    • Wilbury.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Aug 2020 09:30