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John Peel

ジョン・ピール　/　じょん・ぴーる

Journalist from United Kingdom

August 30, 1939 – October 25, 2004　・　Heswall, United Kingdom

journalist
radio personality
disc jockey

My Take

John Peel is, for me, the patron saint of music discovery. Broadcasting on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 until his death in 2004 made him the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys, but it's what he played that mattered. Being among the first to put psychedelic and progressive rock on British airwaves tells me he had genuine courage of taste, championing the unfamiliar long before it was safe. The 1998 OBE was earned. I love that his real name, John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, sounds nothing like the warm, curious voice generations trusted to find them the next thing worth hearing.

Overview

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (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 progressive rock records on British radio.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): John Peel
Name (Japanese): ジョン・ピール
Reading: じょん・ぴーる
Born: August 30, 1939 – October 25, 2004
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rabbit
Origin: Heswall, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: journalist / radio personality / disc jockey / author / record producer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1998 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2001 honorary doctorate

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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