The chances of writing a novel which sells more than 80 million copies are about as remote as a lad from Stockport making it to the NBA, but Dan Brown pulled it off with The Da Vinci Code. That book, like his new novel, delves into literature, symbology, secret societies and so on. None of which were his first passion. Dan Brown’s first passion was music - as he reveals in his Inheritance Tracks.Inherited: Todo a Pulmón by Miguel Ríos
Passed on: Morning Mood by Edvard GriegProducer: Ben Mitchell
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Oti Mabuse
Oti Mabuse was the first professional dancer to win the Strictly Glitterball two years in a row with her partners Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey.But prior to her success on the Stricktly ballroom Oti had already become South African Latin American Champion no fewer than eight times. Music remains massively important to her, both professionally and personally, as she tells us in her Inheritance Tracks.Inherited: Modimo by Sowetto Gospel Choir
Pass on: I was here by BeyoncéProducers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell
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Janet Street-Porter
Janet Street-Porter is a writer, broadcaster and a former newspaper editor. Before starting her journalistic career, she originally studied architecture. Janet would later move on to presenting television and radio programmes but her roots in design remain when she became an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. These are her Inheritance Tracks.Inherited: The mad scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor sung by Joan Sutherland.
Pass On: Enjoy Yourself by Buster Prince.Producer: Anna Bailey
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Ade Adepitan
Ade Adepitan is the former professional wheelchair basketball player, and Paralympic bronze medallist, who's now one of our best loved TV presenters. Born in Nigeria and raised in East London, after contracting polio as a baby, Ade's journey has taken him from sport's stardom to broadcasting success. He is also one of our most recognisable and respected disability advocates. He shared with us the tracks that shaped him and his son may well benefit from Ade's choices. Inherited: One Drop by Bob Marley and the Wailers
Pass on: Optimistic by Sounds of BlacknessProducer: Ribika Moktan and Lowri Morgan
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Rick Edwards
Presenter Rick Edwards is familiar to many on the radio as the co-host of BBC Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast programme but for those with a proclivity for day-time TV you’ll know him as the host of the gameshow Impossible! Rick’s career has been incredibly varied from hosting Channel 4’s 2012 Paralympics coverage to becoming the poster boy of mid-noughties teenage telly on T4. He even has a book on the science behind our much loved films. He shares the music that has shaped his life. Inherited: Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n' Roses
Pass on: Witness - Roots ManuvaProducer: Lowri Morgan & Gareth Nelson-Davies
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