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| Birth name | John Robert Parker Ravenscroft |
| Born | 30 August 1939 Heswall, England |
| Died | 25 October 2004 (aged 65) Cusco, Peru |
| Style | Disc Jockey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | BBC minisite |
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter and journalist. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Heswall is a town on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " ||} Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the local Quechua language as Qusqu 'qos Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Known for his eclectic taste in music and his honest and warm broadcasting style, John Peel was a popular and respected DJ and broadcaster. He was one of the first to play reggae and punk on British radio. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s His significant influence on alternative rock, pop, death metal, British hip hop and dance music is acknowledged. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics British hip hop is a genre of music, and a culture that covers a variety of styles of Hip hop music made in the United Kingdom. This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. He was the longest-serving of the original DJs of BBC Radio 1, broadcasting on it from 1967 until his death in 2004. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience
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Early life
Peel was born in Heswall Cottage Hospital in Heswall on the Wirral Peninsula, near Liverpool, and grew up in the nearby village of Burton. Heswall is a town on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, England. Wirral or the Wirral (ˈwɪrəl is a Peninsula in the north west of England. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Burton is a Village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the district of Ellesmere Port and Neston in Cheshire, England His father was an upper middle class cotton merchant, and he was sent away to be educated as a boarder at Shrewsbury School. The upper middle class is a sociological concept referring to the Social group constituted by higher-status members of the Middle class. Cotton is a soft staple Fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant ( Gossypium sp Merchants function as professionals who deal with Trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves in order to produce Profit. Shrewsbury School (formally known as King Edward VI Grammar School Shrewsbury) is an public school, located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, His housemaster, R H J Brooke, whom Peel described as "extraordinarily eccentric" and "amazingly perceptive", wrote on one of his school reports:
Perhaps it's possible that John can form some kind of nightmarish career out of his enthusiasm for unlistenable records and his delight in writing long and facetious essays.
In his posthumously published autobiography, Peel revealed that he had been subjected to sexual abuse by an older pupil while at Shrewsbury. His decision to reveal this was praised by campaigners for children's rights. [1]
After finishing his National Service in 1959 in the Royal Artillery as a B2 Radar Operator, he worked as a mill operative at Townhead Mill in Rochdale and travelled home each weekend to Heswall on a scooter borrowed from his sister. "National Service" redirects here For national service in other countries see National service. The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Radar is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range altitude direction or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as Aircraft, ships Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England Whilst in Rochdale Monday to Friday he stayed in a bed and breakfast in the Milkstone Road / Drake Street area.
United States
In 1960, he went to the United States to work for a cotton producer who had business dealings with his father. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Once this job had finished, he took a number of others, including working as a travelling insurance salesman, remaining in the United States until 1967. While in Dallas, he spoke to John F. Kennedy as the presidential candidate and Lyndon B. Johnson toured the city during the 1960 election campaign. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Following Kennedy's assassination, he passed himself off as a reporter for the Liverpool Echo in order to attend the arraignment of Lee Harvey Oswald and he and a friend can be seen in the footage of the press conference shortly before Oswald's assassination. The Liverpool Echo is a newspaper published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in England. Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18 1939 &ndash November 24 1963 was according to three United States government investigations the assassin of U He later phoned in the story to the Liverpool Echo.
While working for an insurance company based in Dallas, Texas, filing card programs for an early IBM 1410 computer (which led to his entry in Who's Who noting him as a former computer programmer), he got his first radio job, albeit unpaid, working for WRR Radio in Dallas. The IBM 1410, a member of the IBM 1400 series, was a variable wordlength decimal computer that was announced by IBM on Who's Who (2007 edition ISBN 978-0-7136-7527-6 is an annual British publication of biographies which vary in length (typically a single paragraph or A programmer is someone who writes Computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist WRR (1011 FM, "Classical 101" is a municipally-owned Radio station, owned by the city of Dallas Texas, that broadcasts a classical music Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. There, he presented the second hour of the Monday night programme Kat's Karavan. Following this, and as Beatlemania hit the United States, Peel got a job as the official Beatles correspondent with the Dallas radio station KLIF due to his connection to Liverpool. Beatlemania is a term that was used during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy (particularly demonstrated by young teen girls directed toward The Beatles, particularly The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. KLIF is a conservative news and talk AM Radio station licensed to Dallas Texas. He later worked for KOMA in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until 1965 when he moved to KMEN in San Bernardino, California, using the name John Ravencroft to present the breakfast show. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. KKDD is a commercial Radio station located in San Bernardino California, broadcasting to the Riverside -San Bernardino area on 1290 AM.
I had been working on radio in America since 1961, initially Dallas, Texas; then I got into it full time as a Beatle expert in Oklahoma City in '64/66. I was in California for a year and half in San Bernadino, came back here [to Britain] in '67 and was by and large unemployable at the time. I hadn't anything to come home to. Just luck really, being in the right place at the right time, music lovers might argue the wrong place at the wrong time.
While in Dallas in 1965, he married his first wife, Shirley Anne Milburn, in what Peel later described as a "mutual defence pact". She was only 15 at the time, a fact she successfully concealed from Peel, and both her parents had recently died. The marriage was never happy and although Shirley accompanied Peel back to Britain in 1967, they were soon separated. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The divorce became final in 1973. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. She later committed suicide.
Favourite music
John Peel writes in his autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes, that the band of which he owns the most records is The Fall. The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 Regulars in the Festive 50, and easily recognised by vocalist Mark E Smith's distinctive delivery, The Fall became synonymous with Peel's Radio 1 show through the 1980s and 90s. The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's fifty (though the exact figure varied above and below this number best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for Mark Edward Smith (born 5 March 1957) is the Lead singer, Lyricist, Frontman, and sole constant member of English Peel kept in contact with many of the artists he championed but only met Mark E Smith on two, apparently awkward, occasions. Mark Edward Smith (born 5 March 1957) is the Lead singer, Lyricist, Frontman, and sole constant member of English
The Misunderstood is the only band that Peel ever personally managed—he first met the band in Riverside, California in 1966 and convinced them to move to London. The Misunderstood were a Psychedelic rock band originating from Riverside California in the mid-1960s He championed their music throughout his career; in 1968, he described their 1966 single "I Can Take You To The Sun" as "the best popular record that's ever been recorded. "I Can Take You To The Sun" is a Psychedelic rock song that was composed and recorded by The Misunderstood at "[2] and shortly before his death, he stated, "If I had to list the ten greatest performances I've seen in my life, one would be The Misunderstood at Pandora's Box, Hollywood, 1966. In Greek mythology, Pandora's box is the large jar (πιθος pithos) carried by Pandora (Πανδώρα that contained all the evils of mankind&mdash such My god, they were a great band!"[3]
His favourite single is widely known to have been Teenage Kicks by The Undertones; in an interview in 2001, he stated "There's nothing you could add to it or subtract from it that would improve it. " Teenage Kicks " is a 1978 song originally recorded by Northern Ireland Punk rock group The Undertones. The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 "[4] In the same 2001 interview, he also listed "No More Ghettos In America" by Stanley Winston, "There Must Be Thousands" by The Quads and "Lonely Saturday Night" by Don French as being amongst his all-time favourites. This is about the band For other uses see Quad. The Quads were a new wave band from Birmingham England, active in the This is about the band For other uses see Quad. The Quads were a new wave band from Birmingham England, active in the A longer list of his favourite singles was revealed in 2005 when the contents of a wooden box in which he stored the records that meant the most to him was made public. [5]
Beginning of British career
He returned to England in early 1967 and found work with the offshore pirate radio station Radio London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The term pirate radio usually refers to illegal or unregulated radio transmissions He was offered the midnight-to-two shift, which gradually developed into a programme called The Perfumed Garden (some thought it was named after an erotic book famous at the time - which Peel claimed never to have read). The Perfumed Garden was the title given by John Peel to his 1967 late-night programme on the British Pirate radio station Radio It was on "Big L" that he first adopted the name John Peel (the name was suggested by a Radio London secretary) and established himself as a distinctive radio voice.
At the time I was coming to the end of a fairly catastrophic marriage . . . my wife was amazingly aggressive and she hit me a lot and so I was pleased to be on the ship for two weeks out of three. . . . It wasn't until [the Beatles' manager] Brian Epstein phoned [the station manager in London] . NEMS Enterprises defaults here For the Latin American record label see NEMS Enterprises (label. . . on having the foresight to put on this excellent programme late at night and . . . thought 'we had better listen to this' . . . they were all slightly horrified but it had gone too far for them to stop it . . . There was a play list and commercials that had to be done . . . but . . . after midnight I virtually did away with them . . . I didn't bother to do the news or the weather or anything. Just to do two hours of records and reading other people's poetry very badly.
Under the spell of the Beatles' newly-released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP and the underground/flower-power scene, John Peel brought 1967 hippy culture to a generation of young British listeners. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world He played classic blues (Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James) and folk music (Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, the Incredible String Band, Donovan) and gently introduced the ground breaking music of West Coast bands such as Love, The Doors, The Mothers of Invention, Country Joe and the Fish and Jefferson Airplane, their British contemporaries like Pink Floyd, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers and Cream - and his special favourites, The Misunderstood (whom he persuaded to move from California to London), Marc Bolan (as a solo artist and with Tyrannosaurus Rex, or T.Rex) and Captain Beefheart (for whom he later acted as chauffeur during the latter's 1969 UK tour). The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Chester Burnett redirects here For the American football player see Chester Burnett (American football Chester Arthur Burnett ( June 10, 1910 Sam "Lightnin’" Hopkins ( March 15 1912 — January 30 1982 Houston's poet -in-residence for 35 years Hopkins Elmore James ( January 27, 1918 &ndash May 24, 1963) was an American Blues Guitarist, Singer Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Timothy James Hardin ( 23 December 1941 – 29 December 1980) was an American folk Musician and Composer The Incredible String Band (abbreviated as ISB were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1965 Donovan ( Donovan Phillips Leitch, born 10 May 1946 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Singer-songwriter and guitarist Love was an American Rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 Country Joe and the Fish was a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971. Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Pink Floyd are John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band led by Singer, Songwriter, and Cream were a 1960s British rock band The Misunderstood were a Psychedelic rock band originating from Riverside California in the mid-1960s Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer songwriter and Guitarist TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Don Van Vliet (born Donald Glen Vliet on January 15 1941, in Glendale California, U A chauffeur is an individual who operates any self-propelled vehicle ( Automobile) for a profession.
As important as the musical content of the programme was the personal—sometimes confessional—tone of Peel's presentation, and the listener participation it engendered. He would often wish his audience love and peace, but this seemed sincere and heartfelt, rather than a mere hippy cliché. Underground events he had attended during his periods of shore leave, like the UFO Club and "The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream", together with causes célèbres like the drug "busts" of the Rolling Stones and John "Hoppy" Hopkins, were discussed between records. The UFO Club was a famous but shortlived UK underground club in London during the 1960s venue of performances by many of the top bands of the day The 14 hour Technicolour Dream was a Concert held at the Alexandra Palace, London, on April 29 1967. A cause célèbre (plural causes célèbres, French famous case) is John "Hoppy" Hopkins (born 1937 is a British photographer journalist researcher and political activist who was a highly influential figure in the UK underground All this was far removed from Radio London's daytime format.
Listeners, enthused by The Perfumed Garden's unique atmosphere, sent Peel letters, poems, even records from their own collections, so that the programme became a vehicle for two-way communication — by the final week of Radio London he was receiving far more mail than any other DJ on the station. The Perfumed Garden was the title given by John Peel to his 1967 late-night programme on the British Pirate radio station Radio [6]
After the closure of Radio London in 1967, The Perfumed Garden lived on in his column of that name in the underground newspaper International Times (from autumn 1967 to mid-1969), in which he showed himself to be a committed, if critical, supporter of the ideals of the underground; and in The Perfumed Garden mailing list, a group formed by keen listeners, which facilitated contacts and gave rise to numerous small-scale, local arts projects typical of the time, including the poetry magazine Sol. The Perfumed Garden was the title given by John Peel to his 1967 late-night programme on the British Pirate radio station Radio The International Times ( it or IT) was an underground paper started in 1966 in central London, UK The Perfumed Garden was the title given by John Peel to his 1967 late-night programme on the British Pirate radio station Radio (Peel, supportive at first, distanced himself from this "community" as his career developed - as can be seen from his autobiography, which contains very critical comments on the late 1960s British "Arts Lab" movement. )
BBC career
BBC Radio 1
When Radio London closed down on August 14, 1967, John Peel joined the BBC's new pop music station, BBC Radio 1, which began broadcasting the following month. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Unlike Big L, Radio 1 was not a full-time station, but a hybrid of recorded music and live studio orchestras broadcast at the same time as the talk and light music of BBC Radio 2. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well The pirate stations had been successful partly because they played records continuously, but the BBC was gagged by the Musicians' Union and record company restriction called needle time. The Musicians' Union of the United Kingdom is the second largest musicians' Trade union in the world Needle time was created in the United Kingdom by the Musicians' Union and Phonographic Performance Limited, in order to restrict the amount of recorded While The Perfumed Garden had been spontaneously produced and introduced by John Peel, BBC regulations demanded that Peel introduce a show produced by Bernie Andrews called Top Gear. This article is about the radio show for other uses of Top Gear see Top Gear (disambiguation Top Gear was originally a short-lived Peel recalled:
I was one of the first lot on Radio 1 and I think it was mainly because . . . Radio 1 had no real idea what they were doing so they had to take people off the pirate ships because there wasn't anybody else.
At first he was obliged to share presentation duties with other DJs (Pete Drummond and Tommy Vance were among his co-hosts) but in February 1968 was given sole charge of Top Gear - a role which he held until the show ended in 1975. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston ( 11 July 1941 &ndash 6 March 2005) was a British This article is about the radio show for other uses of Top Gear see Top Gear (disambiguation Top Gear was originally a short-lived His subsequent programmes, known simply as John Peel shows, continued in the same vein, playing an eclectic mix of music that simply caught Peel's attention. According to his autobiography, both the authorities at Radio 1 and his audience did not always appreciate the music he played, and at various stages of his career he received complaints for playing music, such as reggae, hip-hop, punk and industrial music, which challenged the preconceptions of his listeners. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music.
From the start Peel had displayed a quirky, eclectic and avant-garde taste in music. He was largely responsible for introducing BBC listeners to punk rock, reggae and hip-hop and electronic dance music. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Synonyms Since around the mid-1980s electronic dance music has enjoyed popularity in many Nightclubs and as of 2006 is the predominant type of music played in In 1973 he played both sides of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells in full, the subsequent success of which helped establish Richard Branson's Virgin music label. Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Multi-instrumentalist Musician Tubular Bells is a record album, written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies Virgin Group Ltd is a branded Venture capital conglomerate of separately run companies that each use the Virgin brand of British business tycoon His favourite song was "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones. " Teenage Kicks " is a 1978 song originally recorded by Northern Ireland Punk rock group The Undertones. The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 Peel championed the long-running Manchester band The Fall, who played 24 sessions for the show, including one on Peel's 60th birthday. The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 Once he liked a Cocteau Twins album so much that he played a whole side, non-stop, without interruption. Cocteau Twins were a Scottish Alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997 His avant-garde musical tastes brought him into conflict with other more conservative DJs at the BBC such as Tony Blackburn and Simon Bates. Tony Blackburn (born 29 January 1943 in Guildford, Surrey) is an award winning English Disc jockey, who broadcast on the Simon Bates (born Birmingham, 17 December 1947) is best known for being a Disc jockey in the UK and New Zealand. He remained a dominant force in independent music, both in the UK and across Europe, until his death.
During 1969, after hosting a trailer for a BBC programme on VD on his Night Ride programme, Peel received significant media attention because of admitting on air to having suffered from a sexually transmitted disease earlier that year. A sexually transmitted disease ( STD) or venereal disease ( VD) is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between Humans A sexually transmitted disease ( STD) or venereal disease ( VD) is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between Humans This admission was later used in an attempt to discredit him when he appeared as a defence witness in the 1971 Oz obscenity trial. Oz was first published as a satirical humour magazine between 1963&ndash69 in Sydney, Australia and in its second and more famous incarnation became The judge in that case even instructed that a glass of water he had drunk from be thrown out.
The Night Ride programme (on Wednesdays, between 12 midnight and 1am), advertised by the BBC as an exploration of words and music, seemed to take up from where the Perfumed Garden had left off. It featured a highly eclectic choice of music, from rock, folk (e. g. the Incredible String Band, the Young Tradition, John Renbourn, Davey Graham, Tangerine Dream) and blues (Fred McDowell, Jo Ann Kelly) to classical (Albéniz, Dvořák, Penderecki, Messiaen, Pachelbel's "Canon"). The Incredible String Band (abbreviated as ISB were a psychedelic folk band formed in Scotland in 1965 The Young Tradition were a British folk group of the 1960s formed by Peter Bellamy, Royston Wood and Heather Wood John Renbourn (born 8 August 1944, Marylebone, London, England) is an English Guitarist and Songwriter David Michael Gordon Graham, known as Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham) b Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Fred McDowell ( January 12 1904 - July 3 1972) often known as Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues Singer and Guitar Jo Ann Kelly ( 5 January 1944 — 21 October 1990. In 1989 she had an operation to remove a malignant Brain tumour. Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz i Pascual (iˈsak alˈβeniθ ( May 29, 1860 &ndash May 18, 1909) was a Spanish Pianist Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( (often pronounced in English as; DVOR-zhahk; September 8 1841 – May 1 1904 was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed Krzysztof Penderecki (ˈkʂɨʂtɔf pɛndɛrˈɛ͡tski born November 23 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish Composer and conductor of classical Olivier Messiaen ( December 10 1908 &ndash April 27 1992 was a French Composer, organist and ornithologist. A unique feature of the programme was the inclusion of tracks, mostly of exotic non-Western music, drawn from the BBC Sound Archives; the most popular of these were gathered on a BBC Records LP, John Peel's Archive Things (1970). Night Ride also featured poetry readings from Brian Patten, Carlyle Reedy, Adrian Henri (and his band The Liverpool Scene), Adrian Mitchell, Christopher Logue and many other "beat" or "pop" poets. Brian Patten (born 7 February 1946, Liverpool, Lancashire, England) is an English Poet. Adrian Henri ( 10 April 1932 (The Liverpool Poets refers to a number of influential 1960s poets from Liverpool, England, heavily influenced by 1950s Beat poetry. Adrian Mitchell (born 24 October 1932, Haywards Heath, West Sussex) is an English Poet and Dramatist. Christopher Logue, CBE (born 23 November 1926 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an English poet associated with the British There were also numerous interviews with a wide range of guests, from his personal friends - Marc Bolan, journalist and musician Mick Farren, poet Pete Roche, singer-songwriter Bridget St. John - to stars such as the Byrds, the Rolling Stones and John Lennon and Yoko Ono - and even Hans Keller, head of BBC Radio 3. Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer songwriter and Guitarist Michael 'Mick' Farren (born 3 September 1943, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) is an English journalist author and singer associated with the Bridget St John is a singer and songwriter best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel 's Dandelion record label The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964 John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born born in Tokyo on February 18 1933 is a Japanese Artist and Musician. Hans Keller (1919-1985 was an Austrian -born British Musician and Writer who made significant contributions to Musicology and A youthful Richard Branson promoted his magazine Student; Tony Elliott publicised the new London listings magazine Time Out. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 is an English Business magnate, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies Tony Elliott (b January 7 1947 is the founder and owner of Time Out Group based in London, England. A listings magazine is a magazine which contains information about the upcoming weeks events such as TV Listings, Music, Clubs, Theatre Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings Magazine Peel interviewed a monk, Dom Robert Petit Pierre, and eulogised the night Robert Kennedy was killed. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a
The programme captured much of the creative activity of the underground scene. Its anti-establishment stance and unpredictability did not find approval with the BBC hierarchy, though, and after 18 months it ended in September 1969. In his sleevenotes to the Archive Things LP Peel calls the free-form nature of Night Ride his preferred radio format, but he was never again to present such an adventurous programme (although others, notably Radio Geronimo, attempted US-style hippy radio). Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓ Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world The BBC's restrictive scheduling compelled him to return to the mixture of records and live sessions which was to characterise his Radio 1 programmes for the rest of his career.
Peel made his reputation in the late 1960s, but did not share the nostalgia of those who look back on it as a "golden era". Later, he would speak of being uncomfortable as a "minor princeling among the hippies" and uneasy with the guru-like status he was afforded at the height of his fashionability. A guru (गुरु গুরু is a person who is regarded as having great knowledge wisdom and authority in a certain area and uses it to guide others It was easy to forget that he was ten years older than most of his listeners; also, despite his tendency to talk about his life experiences between the records he played, his listeners knew little of the difficulties of his first marriage. He did, however, believe very strongly in the hippy ideals, and was deeply disappointed when some of the leading lights of the underground scene proved to be careerists, opportunists or charlatans.
After separation from his first wife, Peel's personal life began to stabilise, as he found friendship and support from new Top Gear producer John Walters - and from a girlfriend whom he identified on-air as "the Pig". John Walters ( July 11, 1939, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire &ndash July 30, 2001) was a British radio producer Eventually, on 31 August 1974, Peel married Sheila Gilhooly. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The reception was in London's Regent's Park, with Walters as best man. For other meanings see Regent's Park (disambiguation Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks Peel wore Liverpool football colours (red) and walked down the aisle to the song "You'll Never Walk Alone". " You'll Never Walk Alone " is a Show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. Their sheepdog, Woggle, served as a bridesmaid. A sheepdog is a type of domestic Dog whose original purpose was to herd or guard Sheep. Participants in wedding ceremonies, also known as the wedding party, include the bride and groom (or bridegroom) the maid of honor
Peel was the first to play the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen", in June 1977, having played "Anarchy in the UK", which was banned from the BBC's daytime playlist, in 1976. The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 " God Save the Queen " was the second single released by the Punk rock band Sex Pistols. " Anarchy in the UK " is the title of the first single by Sex Pistols, released on November 26 1976. He was also the first to play Bob Dylan's Desire in the UK, despite Capital Radio having exclusive permission from CBS to be the first to do so. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 's 17th studio album released by Columbia Records in 1976 CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Peel got hold of a copy of the record and, to beat Capital, played it in full, separated by a reggae track while he changed the record over. Peel was to show this disregard for record company rules again when in 2003 he played three tracks from The White Stripes album Elephant before its official release date, resulting in him being threatened by lawyers for the record company V2. The White Stripes is an American Garage rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. Elephant is the fourth album by American Alternative rock band The White Stripes. V2 redirects here For the rocket see V-2 rocket. For other meanings see V2 (disambiguation.
The fact that Peel played a large selection of music from outside the mainstream occasionally brought him into conflict with Radio 1 bosses. In early 1977 station controller Derek Chinnery contacted John Walters and asked him to confirm that the show was not playing any punk, which he (Chinnery) had read about in the press and disapproved of. Derek Chinnery was the controller of BBC Radio 1 from 1978 to 1985 John Walters may refer to John L Walters aka John Walters British musician and journalist jazz composer Landscape founder Eye editor and Guardian Chinnery was evidently somewhat surprised by Walters' reply that in recent weeks they had been playing little else. [7]
Relations between Peel and the station deteriorated further still when it was announced in 1984 that his broadcasts would be reduced from four to three a week, with Tommy Vance's Into the Music show (playing mostly progressive rock from the 1970s) filling the vacant slot. Tommy Vance, born Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston ( 11 July 1941 &ndash 6 March 2005) was a British Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Peel was unhappy with the move and said so publicly on a number of occasions,[8] although his displeasure was mitigated slightly when Into the Music was axed after only a year.
His radio show was latterly sometimes broadcast from his home in Suffolk, England, nicknamed "Peel Acres", and had a homely air, with his wife, Sheila, whom he affectionately referred to as "The Pig" (because of her laugh), and his children, William, Tom, Alexandra (Danda) and Florence (Flossie) often being involved or at least mentioned. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Thomas James Dalglish Ravenscroft (born 1980 is a presenter on Channel 4 Radio.
Latterly the show also regularly featured live performances, mostly from BBC Maida Vale Studios in West London, but occasionally in the Peel Acres living room. Maida Vale Studios is a complex of seven BBC studios (of which five are currently in use on Delaware Road Maida Vale. West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London.
In addition to his championing of new music, Peel also played many older, often obscure records on his show, specifically in two sections he introduced:
- "The Pig's Big 78": Sheila, John Peel's wife, chose a 78 rpm record, which he played. A gramophone
- "The Peelennium": broadcast over his last 100 shows of 1999, this covered the music of the 20th century. The Peelennium was a selection of songs by legendary BBC Radio DJ John Peel from 1900 to 2000 in order to celebrate the last 100 years of music leading up to the millennium Each show covered a different year in turn—four records from the year would be played and main news stories covered.
Besides the countless bands he championed, Peel also supported the rare and the unusual, often in the form of the spoken word. If not for John Walters and John Peel, it's possible that Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End might never have been heard. Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall, 21 March 1943 &ndash 5 March 1995) was an
An annual tradition of the show was the Festive Fifty—a countdown of the best tracks of the year as voted for by the listeners. The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's fifty (though the exact figure varied above and below this number best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for Despite Peel's eclectic playlist, the Festive Fifty tended to be composed largely of "white boys with guitars", in Peel's words. Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene This frustrated Peel somewhat, and in 1991 he went so far as to cancel the rundown. Topped inevitably by Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", this Phantom Fifty was eventually broadcast at the rate of one track per programme, some years later. Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. " Smells Like Teen Spirit " is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. The 1997 chart was, unusually, a Festive Thirty-One. Peel wrote that
| “ | The Festive 50 dates back to what was doubtless a crisp September morning in the early-to-mid Seventies, when John Walters and I were musing on life in his uniquely squalid office. In our waggish way, we decided to mock the enthusiasm of the Radio 1 management of the time for programmes with alliterative titles. Alliteration is the repetition of the first Consonant sound in a phrase Content, we felt, was of less importance than a snappy Radio Times billing. In the course of our historic meeting we had, I imagine, some fine reasons for dismissing the idea of a Festive 40 and going instead for a Festive 50, a decision that was to ruin my Decembers for years to come, condemning me to night after night at home with a ledger, when I could have been out and about having fun, fun, fun. [9] | ” |
Peel's show was the only place on Radio 1 where listeners could hear the latest electronic dance music before they became popular, such as the various styles of house, techno and hardcore music - indeed, there is a UK hardcore track entitled "John Peel is Not Enough" by the artist CLSM, reflecting hardcore's hopes for wider broadcast exposure. Synonyms Since around the mid-1980s electronic dance music has enjoyed popularity in many Nightclubs and as of 2006 is the predominant type of music played in House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s "Noisecore" redirects here For the style of metalcore see Mathcore. CLSM is also an abbreviation of the scientific term Confocal laser scanning microscopy CLSM is the pseudonym of British Happy Hardcore producer Peel was so impressed by this that not only did he play it on his show several times, but dedicated an entire show to the genre, in hopes that it could spawn its own show. Peel also championed a wealth of other musical genres from reggae to death metal. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics However, his much vaunted eclecticism had its limits; he rarely if ever gave airtime to industrial music, nor did he show any interest in or sympathy for free jazz and improvisation. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of Experimental music, especially but not necessarily Electronic music. For the Ornette Coleman album after which this genre was named see Free Jazz A Collective Improvisation. Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste or inclination of the musician(s involved in many cases the musicians make
Many bands and artists of a wide range of different musical styles from different decades credit Peel as a major boost to their careers. The list includes T-Rex, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Faces, Bolt Thrower, The Sex Pistols, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, The Clash, Napalm Death, Carcass, Extreme Noise Terror, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, Gary Numan, The Cure, Joy Division, The Wedding Present, Six By Seven, Def Leppard, The Orb, Pulp, Ash, Orbital, The Smiths, FSK, Trumans Water, The Black Keys, The White Stripes and PJ Harvey. TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. Led Zeppelin were David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Faces (sometimes known as The Faces) were a Rock band formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left that group Bolt Thrower are an English Death metal band from Coventry, England. The Sex Pistols are an English Punk rock band that formed in London in 1975 The Slits are a UK Punk rock band The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British rock band which formed in 1976 Pink Floyd are For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Napalm Death are Carcass are a Grindcore / Death metal act based in Liverpool, England. Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) are a Crust punk and Grindcore band originally from Ipswich, England. The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 Buzzcocks are an English Punk rock band formed in Manchester in 1975 Gary Numan (born Gary Anthony James Webb on 8 March 1958 is an English singer composer and musician The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The Wedding Present is a Rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas For a similarly named band see The Six Parts Seven. Six By Seven (also written as SIX The Orb are an English Electronic music group known for popularising Chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of Ambient house. Pulp were an English Alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker ( vocals Guitar) Ash are an Alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992 Orbital were an English electronic duo consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll whose career lasted from 1989 until 2004 The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 FSK ( Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle, German meaning "voluntary self control" is a German band that was formed in Munich in 1980 Trumans Water is an Indie rock band from San Diego, California. The Black Keys is a Blues-rock music duo consisting of Dan Auerbach ( vocals and Guitar) and Patrick Carney ( drums and The White Stripes is an American Garage rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Peel's reputation as the most important DJ breaking unsigned acts into the mainstream was such that young hopefuls sent him an enormous amount of records, CDs, and tapes. When he returned home from a three week holiday at the end of 1986 there were 173 LPs, 91 12"s and 179 7"s waiting for him. Another example in point is that in 1983 unsigned artist Billy Bragg drove to the Radio 1 studios with a mushroom biryani and a copy of his record after hearing Peel mention that he was hungry, the subsequent airplay launching his career. Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who Biryani, biriani, or beriani ( Nastaliq script: بریانی Devanagari script: बिरयानी Bengali script: িবিরয়ানी [10]
He fronted and provided voiceovers for a large number of other programmes in his long career. Never someone to shy away from controversial topics, Peel agreed to front a 1994 one-off documentary for Radio 1 about the use of recreational drugs by popular musicians. Recreational drug use is the use of Psychoactive drugs for Recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes The programme, Lost In Music, made by an independent production company, was heavily slated by a dry BBC Review board and Liz Forgan in particular, who declared that she hoped "my children never hear this". Dame Elizabeth "Liz" Anne Lucy Forgan, DBE (born August 31 1944 is a British journalist and television executive However it received critical acclaim for its honest approach to a delicate subject.
Peel remained on BBC Radio 1 for 37 years, until his death in 2004. During that time over 4000 sessions were recorded for him by over 2000 artists. [11] The last track he played on his final show was "Time 4 Change" by Klute from the album No One's Listening Anymore. Klute is the primary recording alias of Tom Withers, the respected Drum and bass and techno Producer and DJ from London, UK.
Peel Sessions
A feature of Peel's BBC Radio 1 shows were the famous John Peel Sessions, which usually consisted of four pieces of music pre-recorded at the BBC's studios. The sessions originally came about due to restrictions imposed on the BBC by the Musicians' Union and Phonographic Performances Limited which represented the record companies dominated by the EMI cartel, the BBC had been forced to hire bands and orchestras to render cover versions of recorded music. The Musicians' Union of the United Kingdom is the second largest musicians' Trade union in the world Phonographic Performance Limited, or PPL is the London -based UK music industry service company which licenses recorded music on behalf of over 3500 record companies The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The theory behind this device was that it would create employment and force people to buy records and not listen to them free of charge on the air. One of the reasons why all of the offshore broadcasting stations of the 1960s were called "pirates" was because they operated outside of British laws and were not bound by the needle time restriction on the number of records they could play on the air. Needle time was created in the United Kingdom by the Musicians' Union and Phonographic Performance Limited, in order to restrict the amount of recorded
The BBC employed its own house bands and orchestras and it also engaged outside bands to record exclusive tracks for its programs in BBC studios. This was the reason why Peel was able to use "session men" in his own programs. Sessions were usually four tracks recorded and mixed in a single day; as such they often had a rough and ready, demo-like feel, somewhere between a live performance and a finished recording. Many classic Peel Sessions have been released on record, particularly by the Strange Fruit label. Strange Fruit Records was Independent record label in the United Kingdom.
See also:
- List of The Peel Sessions artists
- Category:Peel Sessions recordings (regardless of album/EP title)
BBC World Service, foreign radio and BBC Local Radio
In addition to his Radio 1 show, he broadcast as a disc jockey on the BBC World Service, 30 years on the British Forces Broadcasting Service BFBS (John Peel's Music on BFBS), VPRO Radio3 in the Netherlands, YLE Radio Mafia in Finland, Ö3 in Austria (Nachtexpress), and on Radio 4U, Radio Eins (Peel . This is a list of artists (bands and individual musicians who recorded at least one session for John Peel and his show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to his death in 2004 The British Forces Broadcasting Service was established by the British War Office (now the Ministry of Defence) in 1943 The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. . . ), Radio Bremen (Ritz) and some independent radio stations around FSK Hamburg in Germany. Radio Bremen (RB Germany 's smallest public radio and television broadcaster, is the legally mandated broadcaster for the city-state of Bremen (which includes Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. His audience also broadened to include listeners around the world listening to internet audio broadcasts. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks As a result of his BFBS programme he was voted, in Germany, 'Top DJ in Europe'. The British Forces Broadcasting Service was established by the British War Office (now the Ministry of Defence) in 1943
Additionally, for a few years in the late 1980s and early 1990s he hosted a Sunday evening programme on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire which was also broadcast on several other local stations in the East of England.
BBC Television
He was an occasional presenter of Top of the Pops on BBC 1 TV from the late 1960s until the 1990s, and in particular from 1982 to 1987 when he appeared regularly. Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast Unlike other presenters of the show he was noted for his caustic remarks about the acts and songs appearing, for example saying of George Michael and Aretha Franklin's "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me":
| “ | You know, Aretha Franklin can make any old rubbish sound good, and I think she just has. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (born 25 June 1963 best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25 1942 Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, two of which became #1 hits on the Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25 1942 Franklin has had a total of twenty number-one singles on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart, two of which became #1 hits on the | ” |
In 1971 he appeared not as presenter but performer, alongside Rod Stewart and The Faces, pretending to play mandolin on "Maggie May". Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Faces (sometimes known as The Faces) were a Rock band formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left that group A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed " Maggie May " is a song written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton and recorded by Stewart in 1971 for his album Every
In 1982 he appeared on the first edition of Noel Edmonds' Late Late Breakfast Show where he delivered an unamusing monologue in his usual dry style. Noel Ernest Edmonds The Late Late Breakfast Show was a BBC television light entertainment show broadcast live on Saturday evenings from 4 September, 1982 to Though intended to be a regular feature, it was so obviously out of step with the rest of the programme that he did not appear again.
Peel, as the most senior and well known "alternative" DJ often presented the BBC's television coverage of music events, notably Glastonbury Festival. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The
In 1996 he was the subject of the BBC's This Is Your Life. This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by its producer Ralph Edwards.
In spite of all of these appearances he never particularly liked appearing on television[12] and, in an interview for Radio 1's Radio Radio series broadcast on 8 February 1986, disdained those Radio 1 DJs who he felt were using their radio careers as a stepping stone on the way to TV stardom. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)
Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit
In 1969 Peel founded Dandelion Records (named after his pet hamster) so he could release the debut album by Bridget St John, which he also produced. Dandelion Records was a British Record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record Bridget St John is a singer and songwriter best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel 's Dandelion record label The label released 27 albums by 18 different artists before folding in 1972. Of its albums, There is Some Fun Going Forward was a sampler intended to present its acts to a wide audience, however Dandelion was never a great success with only two releases charting in national charts: Medicine Head in the UK with "(And The) Pictures In The Sky" and Beau in Lebanon with "1917 Revolution". There is Some Fun Going Forward is the only sampler album released by John Peel 's Dandelion Records label and was marketed by Polydor A sampler is a type of Compilation album generally offered at a reduced price to showcase a selection of artists signed to a particular record label Medicine Head was an English blues rock band, active in the 1970s Beau is a specialist twelve-string guitar player who first became known in the late 1960s through his recordings for John Peel 's Dandelion label Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية In 1972, the second album for the label by Tractor reached number 18 in the Radio Luxembourg chart and number 30 in the Virgin Shops best selling album chart. Tractor is a band founded in Rochdale, Lancashire, England by guitarist/vocalist Jim Milne and drummer Steve Clayton in 1971 Radio Luxembourg is a commercial broadcaster in many languages from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Peel continued throughout his career to maintain a close link with Tractor and Rochdale. Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England
As Peel stated,
It was never a success financially. In fact, we lost money, if I remember correctly, on every single release bar one. I did quite like it but it was terribly indulgent. Not as indulgent as it would have been had I not had a business partner, admittedly. . . I liked having a label. It enabled you to put out stuff that you liked without, in those days, having to worry about whether it was going to work commercially. I've never been a good business man.
In the 1980s Peel set up the Strange Fruit record label with Clive Selwood to release material recorded by the BBC for Peel Sessions. Strange Fruit Records was Independent record label in the United Kingdom.
Family and home life
In the 1970's, John Peel and his wife Sheila moved to a thatched cottage in the village of Great Finborough near Stowmarket in Suffolk. Great Finborough is a rural village in Suffolk, England about 3 miles south-west of Stowmarket and near one of the sources of the River Gipping Stowmarket is a small Market town situated in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 Trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. In the eight-acre (32,000 m²) garden, referred to on the radio as Peel Acres (a name he had also used for his small London flats in the late '60s), he housed his record collection, estimated by then to be in the hundreds of thousands, in a number of barns and stables. In his later years, Peel introduced many of his radio shows from a studio at Peel Acres.
Peel and Sheila had four children. His passion for Liverpool F.C. was reflected in their names: William Robert Anfield, Alexandra Mary Anfield, Thomas James Dalglish and Florence Victoria Shankly. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Anfield is an all-seater Association football Stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England Kenneth Mathieson 'Kenny' Dalglish MBE (born 4 March 1951 in Dalmarnock, Glasgow) is a former Scottish international football William "Bill" Shankly, OBE ( September 2, 1913 &ndash September 29, 1981) was one of Britain 's most successful John credited Ipswich Town F.C. and the family doctor Ian Jenkins with helping to save his wife Sheila's life after her serious illness and regularly went with her to watch her favourites at Portman Road. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here Portman Road is an Association football Stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
Later years
In his later years, Peel mellowed. Between 1995 and 1997, he presented a show about children, called Offspring, on BBC Radio 4. In 1998, Offspring grew into the magazine-style documentary show Home Truths. Home Truths was a weekly BBC Radio 4 programme which began on 11 April 1998 and was usually hosted by the DJ John Peel until his death When he took on the job presenting the programme, which was about everyday life in British families, Peel requested that it be free from celebrities, as he found real life stories more entertaining. Home Truths was described by occasional stand-in presenter John Walters as being "about people who had fridges called Renfrewshire". John Walters ( July 11, 1939, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire &ndash July 30, 2001) was a British radio producer He also made regular contributions to BBC Two's humorous look at the irritations of modern life Grumpy Old Men. Grumpy Old Men is a conversational-style Television programme on BBC2 which debuted in 2003, The first run of four programmes was repeated several
He appeared as a celebrity guest on a number of TV shows, including This Is Your Life (1996, BBC), Travels With My Camera (1996, Channel 4 TV), and Going Home (2002, ITV TV). This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by its producer Ralph Edwards. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent He was also in demand as a voice-over artist for television documentaries, such as BBC One's A Life of Grime, and advertisements, though he reportedly refused to work on adverts for products that he didn't use himself. A Life of Grime (a play on the expression A Life of Crime) was a BBC Docusoap following the work of Environmental health inspectors He once said that he hoped his voice-over for Andrex toilet tissue would "make people want to wipe their bottom". Andrex is a company that manufactures Toilet roll. It is a Subsidiary of Kimberly-Clark.
Peel became known as one of the few people in public life that could be described as having integrity. On that question, he told Third Way magazine "I don't know what people mean by “integrity”. Third Way Magazine is a UK current-affairs magazine written from a Christian perspective I’ve always found it easier to tell the truth because that way you don’t have to remember what you’ve said. So, for purely practical reasons, it is the best thing. "[13]
His only appearance in an acting role in film was in 1999 as a "grumpy old man who catalogues records" in Five Seconds to Spare[1], although he had provided narration for others. [14]
Awards and honorary degrees
Peel was 11 times Melody Maker's DJ of the year, Sony Broadcaster of the Year in 1993, winner of the Godlike Genius Award from the NME in 1994, Sony Gold Award winner in 2002 and is a member of the Radio Academy Hall of Fame. Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The Radio Academy is a Registered charity that is dedicated to 'the encouragement recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production' At the NME awards in 2005 he was Hero of the Year and was posthumously given a special award for "Lifelong Service To Music". At the same event the "John Peel Award For Musical Innovation" was awarded to The Others. The Others are an English rock band signed to Poptones in July 2004 and their eponymous debut album was released on January 31, 2005.
He was awarded many honorary degrees including an MA from the University of East Anglia, doctorates (Anglia Polytechnic University and Sheffield Hallam University), various honorary degrees (University of Liverpool, Open University, University of Portsmouth, University of Bradford) and a fellowship of Liverpool John Moores University. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The University of East Anglia is a campus-based University located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963 Anglia Ruskin University, formerly Anglia Polytechnic, is a University in England, with campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford. Sheffield Hallam University ( SHU) is a Higher Education institution based in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield, England The University of Liverpool is a University in the city of Liverpool, England. Open University is also the name of other institutions See Distance education or the Open Universities category for a list The University of Portsmouth is a British University in the historic south coast city of Portsmouth. The University of Bradford (est 1966 is a University in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Liverpool John Moores University is a modern university in Liverpool, England.
He was appointed an OBE in 1998, for his services to British music. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. In that year, he was also voted 47th in a Cosmopolitan readers' poll of the Top 50 Most Lovable Men in the World. Cosmopolitan is the best-selling young women's magazine in the world
In 2002, the BBC conducted a vote to discover the 100 Greatest Britons of all time. Peel was voted 43rd.
In April 2003, the publishers Transworld successfully wooed Peel with a package worth up to £1. 6 million for his autobiography, having placed an advert in a national newspaper aimed only at Peel. Unfinished at the time of his death it was completed by Sheila and journalist Ryan Gilbey. It is called Margrave Of The Marshes and was published on October 17, 2005. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Health in later years and death
Peel was diagnosed with diabetes in 2001. Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc In an interview with The Guardian newspaper in 2003, he was asked how his life could be improved. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. He replied: "By not having diabetes. If you have diabetes, you have to eat things you may not want to; at times you don't feel hungry. I have a hell of a battle not to get overweight. One of the side-effects is penile dysfunction. Effectively, my sex life is over. I can't take Viagra because it conflicts with the other medicines that I have to take. "
In the same interview, he talked about growing old: "I hope I can retain a few of my faculties until I die but the idea of drifting into an unattractive old age worries you. "
Two weeks before his death, he told friend and colleague Andy Kershaw that the move of his show, in summer 2004, back an hour from a 10pm start to 11pm, caused him a lot of stress and that he felt marginalised and unappreciated. Andy Kershaw (born November 9 1959 in Rochdale, Lancashire) is a British broadcaster
Peel died suddenly at the age of 65 from a heart attack on October 25, 2004, on a working holiday in the Inca city of Cuzco in Peru. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Inca Empire (or Inka Empire) was the largest empire in Pre-Columbian America. ||} Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the local Quechua language as Qusqu 'qos Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Shortly after the announcement of his death, tributes began to arrive from fans and supporters both in and out of public life. Among the first to pay their respects were such notable British artists as Blur, Oasis and New Order. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Blur are an English Alternative rock band that formed in London in 1989 Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook
On October 26, 2004 BBC Radio 1 cleared its schedules to broadcast a day of tributes while BBC Three TV added an additional caption to its on-screen logo: "Dedicated to John Peel". Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms A stage for new bands at the Glastonbury Festival, previously known simply as 'The New Bands Tent' has been renamed 'The John Peel Stage'. For the classical music and theatre festivals co-founded by Rutland Boughton between 1914 and 1926 see Glastonbury Festival (1914-1925 The
Peel often spoke wryly of his eventual death. He once said on the show Room 101,
I've always imagined I'd die by driving into the back of a truck while trying to read the name on a cassette and people would say, 'He would have wanted to go that way. Room 101 is a BBC comedy Television series based on the radio series of the same name, in which celebrities are invited to discuss their ' Well, I want them to know that I wouldn't.
At one point, he said that if he died before his producer John Walters, he wanted the latter to play Roy Harper's "When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease". John Walters ( July 11, 1939, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire &ndash July 30, 2001) was a British radio producer For the comic book character see Roy Harper (comics Roy Harper (born June 12, 1941) is an English Bold text " When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease " is a track on the Roy Harper album HQ. In the event Walters predeceased Peel (Walters died in 2001), and it was left to Andy Kershaw to end his tribute programme to Peel on BBC Radio 3 with the song, and Peel's stand-in on his Radio 1 slot, Rob da Bank, played the song at the start of the final show before his funeral. Andy Kershaw (born November 9 1959 in Rochdale, Lancashire) is a British broadcaster Robert Gorham, known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is a British Disc jockey. Another time, Peel said he'd like to be remembered with a gospel song. He stated that the final record he would play would be the Rev C. L. Franklin's sermon "Dry Bones in The Valley". The Reverend Clarence LaVaughn Franklin ( January 22, 1915 &ndash July 27, 1984) was a highly influential African American Baptist
His funeral, on November 12, 2004, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was attended by over a thousand people including many of the artists he had championed. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. Eulogies were read by his brother, Alan Ravenscroft, and DJ Paul Gambaccini. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949, New York) ( Nicknamed 'The Professor of Pop' is a radio and television presenter in the United The service ended with clips of him talking about his life and his coffin was carried out to the accompaniment of his favourite song: The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks". A coffin (also known as a casket in North American English) is a funerary Box used in the display and containment of deceased remains – either for The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 " Teenage Kicks " is a 1978 song originally recorded by Northern Ireland Punk rock group The Undertones. A private family service was held after the public funeral.
In 2001, Peel had written in The Guardian that, apart from his name, all he wanted on his gravestone were the words, "Teenage dreams, so hard to beat", from the lyrics of "Teenage Kicks" [15]. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. In February 2008, a headstone engraved in accordance with his wishes was placed at his grave. [16]
John Peel Day
On October 13, 2005, the first "John Peel Day" took place in the UK and as far away as Canada and New Zealand. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The BBC encouraged as many bands as possible to stage gigs on the 13th, and over 500 gigs from bands ranging from Peel favourites New Order (who were introduced by Feargal Sharkey of The Undertones) and The Fall, to many new and unsigned bands, took place. New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook Feargal Sharkey (born Sean Feargal Sharkey, 13 August 1958 Derry, Northern Ireland, UK) is a British Singer, who first found fame The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976
The day had been announced in August, and Andy Parfitt, the head of BBC Radio 1 said, "John Peel Day is about celebrating John's legacy and his unrivalled passion for music. Andrew Parfitt (born October 1958 Bristol or Parf Daddy to the DJs on Radio 1 is the current Controller of BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom. "
The BBC plans to make John Peel Day an annual event, and a second John Peel day was held on 12 October 2006. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It has attracted some criticism from those who feel that the mass press coverage is slightly cynical given the relative popularity of his niche slot while alive. Equally there were some criticisms of the organisation of the day and the later charity single in that it focused on established artists while he was always interested in new and upcoming sounds.
John Peel Day 2007 was held on 11 October 2007. Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
October 17, 2005 saw the release of a double CD tribute album. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio A number of other Peel-related albums have been released since his death, including John Peel - Right Time Wrong Speed: 1977-1987 and John Peel And Sheila: The Pig's Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide. John Peel And Sheila The Pig's Big 78s A Beginner's Guide is a compilation consisting of music originally published on 78 Rpm Shellac records The Cuban Boys recorded a tribute to Peel in 2005 sampling some of his broadcasts. The Cuban Boys are a band and Production team currently consisting Skreen B and Ricardo Autobahn. Tractor issued a CD in 2006 entitled John Peel Bought us Studio Gear and a PA which in fact he had. Tractor is a band founded in Rochdale, Lancashire, England by guitarist/vocalist Jim Milne and drummer Steve Clayton in 1971 A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio There is a dance remix track on the album of their 1972 track for John's birthday: "Ravenscroft's 13 Bar Boogie".
Trivia
- He co-wrote and performed a track on a High Fidelity album, Omnichord. The High Fidelity are a British rock band formed in 1995 by Sean Dickson formerly of The Soup Dragons.
- Peel was a devoted fan of Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. After the Hillsborough disaster he started his show with Aretha Franklin's gospel version of "You'll Never Walk Alone". " You'll Never Walk Alone " is a Show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. But since his move down to Suffolk he admitted live on air he followed Ipswich Town results as his children sometimes saw them play. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here
- Peel appeared on the Tyrannosaurus Rex album My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows reading a poem entitled Children's song. My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows is the debut album by British rock band Tyrannosaurus Rex (later
- He also sang backing vocals and whistled on Altered Images' cover of Neil Diamond's "Song Sung Blue", on their 1982 album Pinky Blue. Altered Images were a 1980s Scottish New wave / Post-punk band Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American Singer-songwriter and occasional Actor. The band first recorded the song for a Peel Session, and included an invitation for Peel to join in. During its first broadcast, in a rare instance of him talking over a track, he interjected, "Not on your nelly. "
- On two occasions on his radio show, Peel played albums in their entirety from start to finish. These were Bob Dylan's Desire and Simon Joyner's The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 's 17th studio album released by Columbia Records in 1976 Simon Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha Nebraska, United States.
- The last band to record a Peel session was Skimmer, at Maida Vale Studios on October 21, 2004. Maida Vale is a residential district in West London between St John's Wood and Kilburn. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [17]
- In his 1990 appearance on Desert Island Discs, Peel chose the following:
- Handel's Zadok the Priest as recorded at the coronation of George VI
- Roy Orbison – "It's Over"
- Jimmy Reed – "Too Much"
- Misty in Roots – "Mankind"
- The Undertones – "Teenage Kicks" (choice if only allowed one record)
- Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto
- The Fall – "Eat Y'self Fitter"
- Four Brothers – "Pasi pano pane zviedzo"
- Book: A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell
- Luxury: A football, and a wall to kick it against
- Of these, only the Undertones "Teenage Kicks" was in the box of 142 singles[18] that he reportedly would have carried with him if his house were to have burned down. Desert Island Discs is a long-running BBC Radio 4 programme It was first broadcast on 29 January 1942 and is said by the Guinness Zadok the Priest ( HWV 258 is a Coronation anthem composed by George Frideric Handel ( 1685 – 1759) using texts from Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23 1936 &ndash December 6 1988) nicknamed "The Big O" was an influential Grammy Award -winning Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed ( September 6 1925 - August 29 1976) was an American Blues Singer notable Misty in Roots began life as a Southall based British roots Reggae band in the early 1970s The Undertones are a Northern Irish Punk rock / Power pop band formed in Derry in 1975 " Teenage Kicks " is a 1978 song originally recorded by Northern Ireland Punk rock group The Undertones. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов Piano Concerto No 2, Op. 18 is a work in C minor for Piano accompanied by Orchestra, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the The Fall are an English Post-punk band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester in 1976 The Four Brothers are perhaps the most internationally successful and recognised group to come from Zimbabwe. A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. Anthony Dymoke Powell, CH, CBE (December 21 1905&ndashMarch 28 2000 was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music " Teenage Kicks " is a 1978 song originally recorded by Northern Ireland Punk rock group The Undertones. John Peel's Record Box is a Documentary film made by Elaine Shepherd, released on November 14, 2005 on Channel 4. [19]
- Peel only released two mix albums, one entitled Fabric Live 07 and another entitled John Peel And Sheila: The Pig's Big 78s: A Beginner's Guide. Fabric Live 07 is a DJ mix compilation album by John Peel, as part of the Fabric Live Mix Series. John Peel And Sheila The Pig's Big 78s A Beginner's Guide is a compilation consisting of music originally published on 78 Rpm Shellac records
- Mitch Benn wrote a tribute song called "Minute's Noise for John", which appears on his album Crimes Against Music. Mitch Benn (born Mitchell John Benn 20 January 1970) is a British Musician of Liverpudlian / Scottish descent and stand-up Crimes Against is the fourth album by Mitch Benn, released in 2005 under the name of 'Mitch Benn and The Distractions' and featuring his backing band composed The lyrics declare that "a minute's silence wouldn't show him how we feel /Let's have a minute's noise for Peel. "
- Although originally from Liverpool, his Liverpudlian accent was an affectation. In his youth, his true accent had been RP. Received Pronunciation ( RP) is a form of Pronunciation of the English language (specifically British English) which has long been perceived as He changed it while working in the USA during the 1960s, to mimic the Beatles who were very popular at the time.
Autobiography
- Margrave of the Marshes, John Peel & Sheila Ravenscroft, Bantam Press, 2005. ISBN 0-593-05252-8
Notes and references
- ^ SocietyGuardian.co.uk. Retrieved on 2006-08-26. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert.
- ^ John Peel, Top Gear (BBC Radio 1), 8 November, 1968. This article is about the radio show for other uses of Top Gear see Top Gear (disambiguation Top Gear was originally a short-lived
- ^ Index Magazine 2003 - Interview with John Peel Weblink. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
- ^ John Peel So hard to Beat, The Guardian, November 2, 2001. Accessed online 31 August 2006.
- ^ "The records that John Peel loved the most!". Retrieved on 2007-04-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans)
- ^ Interview re Perfumed Garden
- ^ Simon Garfield interview with John Peel. Retrieved on 2006-11-14. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca
- ^ I Love Music forum. Retrieved on 2006-11-14. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca
- ^ Peel, J. , "Bang Bang hits the tops", The Times (London) ISSN 0140-0460, 2 January 1993, Features section pg. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) SR. 12.
- ^ Andrew Collins, 2002. Andrew Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster Still Suitable for Miners (Billy Bragg: The Official Biography). Virgin Books; ISBN 0-7535-0691-2 (Revised and Updated edition).
- ^ BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Sessions. Retrieved on 2006-08-26. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert.
- ^ Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved on 2006-09-14. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- ^ Some Straight Answers
- ^ "Keeping it Peel, BBC Radio 1 Broadcast 30th September 2007. IMDb reference (Retrieved 30th September 2007)
- ^ John Peel So hard to Beat, The Guardian, November 2, 2001. Accessed online 31 August 2006.
- ^ DJ Peel's song sets the tone for gravestone (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-02-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed
- ^ Peel Sessions 2004 - Keeping It Peel - BBC Online. Retrieved on 2007-10-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat
- ^ Inside John Peel's record box. Retrieved on 2008-01-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks
- ^ Pop: Keeping it Peel - Music - Times Online. Retrieved on 2008-01-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks
External links
Interviews |
Official sites |
Tributes |
Obituaries |
Other
- Dandelion Radio Currently entrusted by the BBC to produce this years Festive Fifty. Round the clock internet station inspired by John Peel.
- Peel's huge impact on music, BBC News, 26 October, 2004: BBC news report at the time of Peel's death
- Radio Plus : Legal MP3s contributed by bands that have appeared on Peel's Radio programmes.
- John Peel Music : Unpredictable Porridge - Peel's son Tom Ravenscroft's site for burgeoning talent. Thomas James Dalglish Ravenscroft (born 1980 is a presenter on Channel 4 Radio.
- The Peel Sessions : Tracklistings of every Peel session from 1992 to 2002.
- Offshore Radio : John Peel airchecks from 1967 on 'pirate' station Radio London - located at the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame.
- Radio London : Perfumed Garden articles from International Times, 1967-68.
- Sol Magazine and the Perfumed Garden group.
- Radio GeronimoPeel's influence and inspiration, 1969-70].
- Rock List : Archive listing of the annual Festive Fifty chart as voted for by listeners.
- John Peel Scrapbook : A comprehensive and sorted directory of links referencing Peel's working life.
- Stuart Millar, D'ye ken John Peel? DJ legend, radio original and indie music champion turns 60, August 17, 1999, The Guardian: John Peel's 60th birthday feature.
- John Peel, 1939-2004, The Guardian: A life in pictures.
- Jon Dennis, The Peel Detective, The Guardian, October 12, 2005: reprints a list of twenty albums formerly chosen by Peel as being his favourite with comment from some of those chosen.
- Favourite John Peel Quotes
- Rake's progress, article by Julie Burchill criticising Peel. January 23, 1999.
- Tom Ravenscroft - a chip off the old block?
- Fades In Slowly, a blog offering downloads of Peel archive material, including complete shows.
- John Peel Everyday, a blog also offering Peel downloads and news related to the DJ and his family.
- Teenage Kicks, a blog analysing the Festive Fifty track by track.
- Strange Fruit Peel Sessions, information about each of the Strange Fruit Peel Sessions EPs.
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peel, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ravenscroft, John Robert Parker |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | English disc jockey, radio presenter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 30 August 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heswall, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 25 October 2004 (aged 65) |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Cusco, Peru |
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