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Martin Kemp chooses his final Tracks Of My Years

Martin Kemp - actor, presenter, author and former member of Spandau Ballet - picks his final Tracks Of My Years. Plus there's more music quizzing in Ten To The Top at 1030

Martin Kemp - actor, presenter, author and former member of Spandau Ballet - picks his final two songs on this week's Tracks Of My Years.

A founding member of the iconic 80s band Spandau Ballet, Martin has successfully segued into a thriving media career, winning awards for his acting work, which has taken in stage and screen, both big and small.

Notable acting roles include 'The Krays', 'Eastenders' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', and he's hosted 'Martin & Roman's Sunday Best' for ITV alongside his son Roman Kemp. He's also released an album with his wife Shirlie called 'Swing Of It', and in recent years, he's turned his hand to writing - he's has just published his second novel, 'The Fall'.

Plus the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the BBC Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.

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Fri 6 Jun 2025 09:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • T. Rex

    Children of the Revolution

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 006.

  • Madonna

    Borderline

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 14.

  • Myles Smith

    Gold

    • A Minute... A Moment E.P..
    • RCA.

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • The Beatles

    All My Loving

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 3.

  • ABC

    All Of My Heart

    • In Touch II (Various Artists).
    • Solitaire Collection.

  • The Foundations

    Build Me Up Buttercup

    • Million Sellers Vol.12 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • James Morrison

    Fight Another Day

    • Fight Another Day.
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Wet Wet Wet

    Love Is All Around

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

  • BTS

    Dynamite

    • (CD Single).
    • BigHit Entertainment.

  • Elton John & Brandi Carlile

    Little Richard's Bible

    • Who Believes In Angels?.
    • EMI.

  • Chuck Berry

    You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • MCA.

  • Boyzlife

    Save The Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Boyzlife.

  • Soul II Soul

    Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (feat. Caron Wheeler)

    • NOW 100 Hits 80s No.1s (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Miley Cyrus

    Walk Of Fame

    • Something Beautiful.
    • Columbia.

  • Whitney Houston

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody

  • Mica Paris

    My One Temptation

    • Heart & Soul - 40 Smooth Soul Grooves.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl (Instrumental)

    • Single.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Van Morrison

    Brown Eyed Girl

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.

  • Stereophonics

    Make It On Your Own

    • Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Cry, Make 'Em Wait.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Jun 2025 09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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