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Alan Leslie Freeman MBE (6 July 1927 – 27 November 2006), nicknamed "Fluff", [Note 1] was an Australian-born British disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years, best known for presenting Pick of the Pops from 1961 to 2000.
Upon its inception in 1964, Top of the Pops was presented by a team of disc jockeys in rotation: Alan Freeman, David Jacobs, Pete Murray and Jimmy Savile.Savile presented the very first episode from Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester on 1 January 1964 and would continue as the longest-serving presenter until hosting his final show on 30 August 1984.
Alan Freeman at the BBC (1973) Pick of the Pops returned to the BBC as an independent production by Unique Broadcasting on BBC Radio 2 on 5 April 1997, with Freeman now counting down two archive charts each Saturday afternoon, featuring the top 10s and interspersing trivia about the records, again researched by producer Swern. Freeman featured ...
Notable U.S. radio disc jockeys of the period included Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack, Casey Kasem, [25] and their British counterparts included the BBC's Brian Matthew and Alan Freeman, Radio London's John Peel, Radio Caroline's Tony Blackburn, and Radio Luxembourg's Jimmy Savile. [26] [27] Radio DJ Alan Freed on New York City's WINS (AM) in 1955.
Alan Albert Freeman, known professionally as Alan A. Freeman (27 September 1920 – 15 March 1985) [1] was an English record producer, remembered for being Petula Clark's producer from 1949 until 1963, when his role was taken over by Tony Hatch. Freeman founded the independent Polygon label and worked for its successor labels, Pye Nixa and Pye.
"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" was also used for many years as a jingle by the British radio DJ Alan Freeman. Charts. Album. Chart (1977) Peak position
In October 1974, shortly before leaving for Los Angeles to begin rehearsals for his North American tour with Ravi Shankar, Harrison recorded an interview with BBC Radio 1 DJ Alan Freeman in which he performed three new songs, along with a snippet of his All Things Must Pass track "Awaiting on You All".
The EP was sent out to Radio stations and record companies to see if there was any interest. DJ Alan Freeman who had a rock show on Capital Radio at that time played Who is my Killer. The EP showed well in the independent record market, and with Jeff Gibbs back on board, two new songs were recorded with a new lead guitarist Tony Nurse.