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Babatunde AlΓ©shΓ© Picks His Tracks Of My Years

Comedian, writer and actor Babatunde AlΓ©shΓ© goes on a 10-song musical journey this week in Tracks Of My Years. Plus there's music quiz Ten To the Top, and a new Album Of The Week.

Award-winning comedian, writer, actor and podcaster Babatunde AlΓ©shΓ© starts his musical journey, choosing some of his favourite songs in Tracks of My Years.

One of the fastest rising stars in British Comedy, he came to widespread attention in series 22 of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, being eliminated fifth in the series won by Jill Scott.

But he's been appearing on TV long before heading to the jungle, with acting appearances in the likes of Waking the Dead, Doctor Who and Eastenders. He's also starred alongside his friend Mo Gilligan in Celebrity Gogglebox, and last year Babatunde’s Mission Imagination podcast won a prestigious ARIA Award.

Babatunde's recently added amore dates to his debut tour, titled Babatunde AlΓ©shΓ©: Babahood, with gigs from December right through to February.

His first two tracks are from Michael Jackson and The Prodigy.

Plus, Vernon has the mid-morning music quiz Ten to the Top, a brand new Record and Album of the Week, and we go diving into the archives for Vernon's Vault.

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you: email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you’d like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 Oct 2023 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Snap!

    Rhythm Is A Dancer

    • Holiday Hits: Non Stop Euro Pop (Var).
    • Virgin.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Let's Groove

    • 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Olivia Dean

    Ladies Room

    • Messy.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Madonna

    Papa Don't Preach

    • Madonna - The Immaculate Collection.
    • Sire.
    • 4.

  • Duran Duran

    Black Moonlight

    • Danse Macabre.
    • BMG Rights Management (US).

  • Janet Jackson

    Whoops Now

    • Now 30 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Donna Summer

    Hot Stuff

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Ed Sheeran

    American Town

    • Autumn Variations.
    • Gingerbread Man Records.

  • °Υ°ω²Ή²Τ²υ‐X

    Living On Video

    • The 80's Collection 1983 Alive And Kicking (Various Artists).
    • Time Life Music.

  • Record of The Week

    • Beverley Knight

      I'm On Fire (feat. London Community Gospel Choir)

      • The Fifth Chapter.
      • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Rihanna

    We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 80 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Labelle

    Lady Marmalade

    • Soul Chartbusters (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Thirty Seconds To Mars

    Seasons

    • (CD Single).
    • Concord.

  • Status Quo

    Caroline

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Mess It Up

    • Hackney Diamonds.
    • Polydor.

  • Vernon's Vault

    • Calum Scott

      I Heard It Through The Grapevine (ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2, May 2018)

      • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 The Piano Room 2019.
      • 16.

  • Album of The Week

    • James Blunt

      Some Kind Of Beautiful

      • Who We Used To Be.
      • Atlantic.

  • Take That

    Everything Changes

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Taylor Swift

    Blank Space

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Machine Records.
    • 1.

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Michael Jackson

      Bad

      • Michael Jackson - Bad.
      • Epic.

    • Michael Jackson

      Thriller

      • Diana-Michael-Gladys-Stevie (Compilat.
      • Priority.

    • Michael Jackson

      Bad

      • Single.
      • Epic.
      • 1.

    • The Prodigy

      Out of Space

      • (CD Single).
      • XL.

  • Albin Lee Meldau

    Hold Your Head Up (feat. Jack Savoretti)

    • (CD Single).
    • Glassnote Music.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Oct 2023 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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