Peel, John

Peel, John
▪ 2005
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft 
      British disc jockey (b. Aug. 30, 1939, Heswall, Cheshire, Eng.—d. Oct. 25, 2004, Cuzco, Peru), fueled the independent music scene in Britain by debuting such performers as David Bowie, Joy Division, and the Smiths. After a brief stint with the pirate station Radio London, he joined BBC Radio 1 in 1967. Peel was one of the only BBC disc jockeys to be afforded complete creative control over his playlists, and bands flooded his mailbox with demo tapes and clamoured to be featured on his legendary “Peel Sessions” live sets. He was made OBE in 1998 and was a perennial choice as NME magazine's favourite DJ of the year.

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