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Popstars Turned Actors

Mark takes a look at popstars turned film actors, and there's music from movies including Pink Flamingos, Beetlejuice and The Harder They Come.

Film critic Mark Kermode hosts another highly personal, eclectic tour of his own Celluloid Jukebox - exploring the strange and fascinating relationship between pop music and the movies over the last sixty-plus years. Mark takes a look at popstars turned film actors, and there's music from movies including Pink Flamingos, Beetlejuice and The Harder They Come.

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24 minutes

Music Played

  • LaVern Baker

    Jim Dandy

    • Soul On Fire: The Best Of Lavern Baker.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
  • Harry Belafonte

    Jump In The Line

    • Harry Belafonte: The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • The Raincoats

    Fairytale in the Supermarket

    • Fairytale in the Supermarket.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Bobby Vinton

    Mr Lonely

    • Blue Velvet.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Prince & The Revolution

    I Would Die 4 U

    • Music From Purple Rain.
  • Tommy Steele and the Steelmen

    Take Me Back Baby

  • Elvis Presley

    Flaming Star

  • Lulu

    To Sir With Love

  • David Bowie

    Station To Station

  • James Brown

    The Boss

  • Toots & The Maytals

    Pressure Drop

  • The Clash

    Pressure Drop

  • Joan Baez

    Silver Dagger

  • Luna

    Bonnie And Clyde

  • Bette Midler

    Stay With Me

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  • Wed 6 Dec 2017 22:00

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