John Peel
Musical Artist
1939 – 2004
Who was John Peel?
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE, known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. He was known for his eclectic taste in music and his honest and warm broadcasting style.
He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio, and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres, including pop, reggae, indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock, punk, hardcore punk, breakcore, grindcore, death metal, British hip hop, electronic music and dance music. Fellow DJ Paul Gambaccini described him as "the most important man in music for about a dozen years".
Peel's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular "Peel sessions", which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist live in the BBC's studios, and which often provided the first major national coverage to bands that later would achieve great fame. Another popular feature of his shows was the annual Festive Fifty countdown of his listeners' favourite records of the year.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1939
Heswall - Also known as
- John Robert Parker Ravenscroft
- Peel, John
- John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE
- Spouses
- Sheila Ravenscroft
(1974/08/31 - 2004/10/25) - Shirley Anne Milburn
(1965 - 1973)
- Sheila Ravenscroft
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Shrewsbury School
- Lived in
- Heswall
- Suffolk
- Died
- Oct 25, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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