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Anthony Kenneth Blackburn OBE (born 29 January 1943) is an English disc jockey, singer and television presenter, whose career spans 60 years. Blackburn first achieved fame broadcasting on the pirate stations Radio Caroline and Radio London in the 1960s, before joining the BBC, initially broadcasting on the BBC Light Programme .
Sounds of the 60s is a long-running Saturday morning programme on BBC Radio 2 that features recordings of popular music made in the 1960s. It was first broadcast on 12 February 1983 and introduced by Keith Fordyce , who had been the first presenter of the TV show Ready Steady Go! in 1963.
By 1970, only Savile and Blackburn remained of the 1960s regulars and between them they would host all the editions from January 1970 until their duopoly was broken by Ed Stewart's return in March 1971. Tony Blackburn (1967–1979 and 1981–1983, plus 31 December 1988, 4 April 2003 and 30 July 2006) Emperor Rosko (1967, 1974–1975)
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The ‘Sounds of the 60s’ host took a break from presenting his weekly radio show after he was taken ill in April BBC Radio 2’s Tony Blackburn reveals he had sepsis and pneumonia in health ...
A 'video playlist' presented by Tony Blackburn [112] was the first programme shown on That's 60s with "Flowers in the Rain" by The Move being the first performance, [113] played a reference to Tony Blackburn being the first presenter on BBC Radio 1 in 1967. [114]
Blackburn became the first DJ on BBC Radio 1 when it launched in 1967 and went on to present a series of high-profile radio and TV shows, including Top Of The Pops.
10 January – Tommy Vance replaces Tony Blackburn as host of the Sunday Top 40 show. 27 February – The final editions of Junior Choice and Playground are broadcast. 6 March – After the ending of Junior Choice, the weekend show is renamed as Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show with Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin joining Tony Blackburn as co ...