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John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. Peel was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and ...
In the months and years immediately after Peel’s death there was occasional hype about a DJ being “the new John Peel”, or complaints from listeners wondering “where is the new John Peel?”
May 23, 2024 · John Peel was a popular British disc jockey who for nearly 40 years, beginning in mid-1960s, was one of the most influential tastemakers in rock music. Peel was renowned for discovering and championing emerging artists and for his connoisseurship of groundbreaking offbeat music and performers.
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Sep 19, 2005 · An online tribute to the late, great John Peel and a celebration of his life and career at Radio 1. Read about John's life and check out the vast plethora of artists that John championed ...
John Peel, the BBC radio disc jockey who was a champion of innovative and independent music for nearly four decades, died on Monday night in Cuzco, Peru.
Sep 12, 2014 · John Peel, who died in 2004, was a pioneer of alternative and underground music in Britain and beyond. He introduced generations of listeners to psychedelic, punk, reggae, hip-hop and more genres, and recorded sessions with many influential bands.
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Sep 19, 2005 · John Peel Biography: 1939-2004. An online tribute to the late, great John Peel and a celebration of his life and career at Radio 1.