Vernon Brings The Big Tunes
Comedian and presenter Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon - chooses his Tracks of My Years. Plus the Album and Record Of The Week and another round of Ten To The Top.
Comedian Leigh Francis - AKA Keith Lemon and the man behind Bo' Selecta! 鈥� chooses another two songs for his Tracks Of My Years this week.
His first break came on Paramount Television in 1996 when Davina McCall encouraged him to do some telly after seeing him in a comedy club. He went on to play characters on Channel 4鈥檚 鈥楶opworld鈥� and featured what would become his Bo' Selecta! characters.
From there there鈥檚 been numerous shows, including 鈥楰eith Lemon鈥檚 Very Brilliant World Tour鈥� 鈥楥elebrity Juice鈥�, 'The Keith Lemon Sketch Show鈥�, The Keith & Paddy Picture Show and 鈥楽hopping with Keith Lemon鈥�. Leigh has also hosted Sing If You Can鈥� alongside Stacey Solomon, 鈥楰eith Lemon鈥檚 LemonAid鈥� and a reboot of 鈥楾hrough the Keyhole.'
Now he's embarking on his first ever live tour, 鈥楳y First Time鈥�, covering 24 dates between March and April, and concluding with a run of three shows in Leigh鈥檚 hometown of Leeds.
Leigh鈥檚 two tracks today are from Simply Red and Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
There'll also be more audio nuggets from the 大象传媒 Archive in Vernon's Vault; Record and Album Of The Week and the mid-morning music quiz, Ten To The Top.
Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk
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Prince & The Revolution
Kiss
- 4Ever.
- Warner Bros.
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Soft Cell
Tainted Love
- Hits & Pieces - The Best of Marc Almond & Soft Cell.
- UMC.
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Noah Kahan
Stick Season
- Stick Season.
- Mercury.
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Sydney Youngblood
If Only I Could
- Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
- Disky.
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Dua Lipa
Houdini
- Radical Optimism.
- Warner Records.
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Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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补鈥恏补
The Sun Always Shines on TV
- Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
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Record of The Week
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Jennifer Lopez
Can't Get Enough
- This Is Me... Now.
- BMG Rights Management (US).
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Shalamar
Take That To The Bank
- Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
- Crimson.
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Teddy Swims
Lose Control
- I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1).
- Warner Records.
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Peggy Gou
(It Goes Like) Nanana
- (CD Single).
- XL Recordings.
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The Weeknd
Sacrifice
- Dawn FM.
- XO/Republic Records.
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Donna Summer
This Time I Know It's For Real
- Best Of Donna Summer.
- Warner Bros..
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X鈥怭ress 2
Lazy (feat. David Byrne)
- (CD Single).
- Skint.
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Lewis Capaldi
Strangers
- Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (Deluxe Edition).
- Vertigo.
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Alicia Keys
Lifeline
- The Color Purple (Music From & Inspired By).
- Alicia Keys Records.
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Vernon's Vault
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Olivia Rodrigo
drivers license (Radio 1 Live Lounge, 2nd October 2023)
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Album of The Week
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The Vaccines
Sunkissed
- Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations.
- Thirty Tigers.
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Carly Simon
Why
- The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
- Global Television.
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Far From Saints
The Weather Left To Go
- Far From Saints.
- Ignition Records.
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Tracks of My Years
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Supertramp
Breakfast In America
- The Very Best Of Supertramp.
- Polygram Tv.
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Rebecca Ferguson
Diamonds In Her Shoes
- Heaven Part II.
- Minerva Oto.
Broadcast
- Thu 18 Jan 2024 09:30大象传媒 Radio 2
Ten To The Top
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