David Harewood chooses his Tracks of My Years
David Harewood - actor, director, author and activist - chooses his Tracks of My Years all this week. Plus, Radio 2’s new mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top is back at 10:30.
David Harewood - actor, director, author and activist - chooses his Tracks of My Years all this week.
One of the most acclaimed and in-demand actors this country has produced, David's starred in work as diverse as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔland, The Vice and Supergirl on the small screen, while in theatre he’s portrayed Martin Luther King, Othello and the roman general Marc Anthony.
His best-known roles are probably that of CIA counterterrorism director David Estes in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔland and J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter and Hank Henshaw/Cyborg Superman in Supergirl, the show where he made his directorial debut in 2021.
As a mental health ambassador, David has highlighted his own battle with mental health in work such as the Bafta-nominated documentary David Harewood: Psychosis and Me. Having published his first book in 2021 called Maybe I Don’t Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, David's also continued to explore issues around race in documentaries such as Black is the New Black, Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister? and Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?
In his latest two-part documentary, Get On Up: The Triumph of Black America, David journeys across the US to meet his heroes and discover some of the true stories behind the incredible artists who shaped his life and changed the world. Smokey Robinson, Bond girl Gloria Hendry and disco pioneer Nile Rogers are just some of the names to feature.
His first choices are from The Temptations and The Supremes.
Plus, Gary's got another edition of Radio 2’s new mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top, as well as The Love Song messages and the Record and Album of the Week.
If you’d like to apply to take part in Ten to the Top, email tentothetop@bbc.co.uk, and if you want to contact the show, just email gary.davies@bbc.co.uk.
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Pet Shop Boys
It's A Sin
- Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
- EMI.
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Jessie Ware
Pearls
- That! Feels Good!.
- EMI.
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Texas
Summer Son
- Texas - The Greatest Hits.
- Mercury.
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Robert Palmer
Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You
- Now 19 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Niall Horan
Heaven
- The Show.
- Capitol Records.
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The Beach Boys
Wouldn't It Be Nice
- The Best Of The Beach Boys (CD 1).
- EMI.
- 3.
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Candi Staton
Young Hearts Run Free
- Disco Fever (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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Simply Red
Better With You
- Time.
- Simplyred.com.
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Original Dodger & Romina Johnson
Movin' Too Fast
- Huge Hits 2000 (Various Artists).
- Global Television.
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The Hollies
The Air That I Breathe
- The Gold Album (Various Artists).
- The Hit Label Ltd.
- 14.
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Record Of The Week
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Ed Sheeran
Eyes Closed
- - (Subtract).
- Atlantic.
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The Tubes
Prime Time
- (Single).
- A&M.
- 20.
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Brooke
Come Alive
- (CD Single).
- Brooke Patricia Scullion.
- 03.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Private Eyes
- Single Mixes.
- RCA.
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Rod Stewart
Baby Jane
- The Best Of Rod Stewart.
- Warner Bros.
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Jax Jones
Whistle (feat. Calum Scott)
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Minnie Riperton
Les Fleurs
- Distinctive.
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Album Of The Week
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Depeche Mode
Wagging Tongue
- Memento Mori.
- Columbia.
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Womack & Womack
Love Wars
- Soul Years: 1984 (Various Artists).
- Knight Records.
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Mimi Webb
Freezing
- Amelia.
- Epic.
- 6.
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Stevie Wonder
I Wish
- Motown Party (Various Artists).
- Motown.
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- Mon 27 Mar 2023 09:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2