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Clarke Peters chooses the Tracks of My Years

Clarke Peters chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Marvin Gaye and Three Dog Night. There's the daily love song, record and album of the week plus PopMaster.

Clarke Peters, American actor, singer, writer and director chooses the Tracks of My Years with music from Marvin Gaye and Three Dog Night. Clarke has a long-established and wide-ranging career in theatre, television, radio and film. His many stage credits include: King Lear (Shakespeare in the Park), Race, Chicago, The Iceman Cometh (New York), Guys and Dolls, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Mourning Becomes Electra (National Theatre), Porgy in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess (Savoy Theatre), Driving Miss Daisy, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Little Shop of Horrors, Blues in the Night and the Olivier Award-winning musical Five Guys Named Moe also written by Clarke. Films include: Spike Lee's Red Hook Summer, Notting Hill, Mona Lisa, Bad Education, Marley and Me, Freedomland, The Benefactor, Endgame, Mandela: The Prison Years and Nativity! Peters is also known for his varied television career including regular appearances in The Wire, Treme, Jericho, The Divide, Chance and The Corner.
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.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Slade

    Merry Xmas Everybody

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
  • Sia

    Santa's Coming For Us

    • Everyday Is Christmas.
    • Atlantic.
  • Alexander O鈥橬eal

    Criticize

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 9.
  • Spandau Ballet

    This Is The Love

    • The Very Best Of Spandau Ballet - The Story.
    • Rhino.
  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
  • Leading Ladies

    I'm Every Woman

    • Songs From The Stage.
    • EastWest.
  • Neil Sedaka

    Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.
  • Jona Lewie

    Stop The Cavalry

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.
  • U2

    Get Out Of Your Own Way

    • Songs Of Experience.
    • Island.
  • Katy Perry

    Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.
  • Whitney Houston

    All The Man That I Need

    • All The Man That I Need.
    • Arista.
  • Record of the Week

    • Sigrid

      Strangers

      • (CD Single).
      • Island.
  • No Hat Moon

    Seasons

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    The Power Of Love

    • Mixed Emotions III (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Elbow

    Golden Slumbers

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Brenda Lee

    Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

    • Brenda Lee - The EP Collection.
    • See For Miles.
  • The Ronettes

    Frosty The Snowman

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.
  • Taylor Swift

    Gorgeous

    • reputation.
    • Big Machine.
  • Barry Manilow

    Copacabana

    • (Single).
    • Arista.
  • Rick Parfitt

    Without You

    • Over And Out.
    • earMUSIC.
    • 001.
  • Album of the Week

    • Gwen Stefani

      My Gift Is You

      • You Make It Feel Like Christmas.
      • Interscope.
  • Cliff Richard

    Mistletoe & Wine

    • It's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • David Grant & Jaki Graham

    Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

    • Jaki Graham: 35th Anniversary Collection.
    • Cherry Pop.
  • Magnus Carlson & Weeping Willows

    Snow (Like The Snow)

  • Tracks of My Years

    • Marvin Gaye

      What's Going On

      • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
      • Global Television.
    • Three Dog Night

      One

  • Tom Chaplin

    Under A Million Lights

    • Twelve Tales Of Christmas.
    • Island.
  • Kay Starr

    (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag

    • Ultra Lounge Vol.13: Christmas Cocktails (Various Artists).
    • Capitol.
  • Joe Tex

    Show Me

    • The 60's - Soul (Various Artists).
    • Knight Records.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Dec 2017 09:30