After radio DJ Simon Bates first aired A Different Corner on Radio 1, he rated the song so highly that he immediately played it again from the beginning.
He has also worked in British television, appearing in Grange Hill as the father of Benny Green, as well as in theater and radio; for the latter, as both an actor (on BBC Radio 4) and a presenter (on BBC Radio 1 and Capital Radio).
Though it never reached the UK charts, The Kid became popular in the famous Northern Soul venue The Twisted Wheel, based in Manchester, and DJ Noel Edmonds used Holiday as the theme tune to his Radio 1 programme in the 1970s.
He also presented the BBC Radio 1 Surgery debate shows on Sunday nights with Aled Haydn-Jones, Max Akhtar and Charlotte Ashton.
The band split up in 1993, with singer Mick McCarthy and bassist Tony Owen forming Perfume, who enjoyed the patronage of BBC Radio 1 DJs Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley, having a minor hit in 1996 with "Haven't Seen You".
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After two EPs released on their own Wisdom label won airplay on John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, and enthusiastic reviews in New Musical Express, Sounds and Melody Maker, they were signed by Demon Records offshoot F-Beat, for whom they released 2 albums, 1991's Boat and 1993's Smothered.
Bondax gained prominence primarily as a result of BBC Radio, initially through BBC Introducing Lancashire before receiving BBC Radio 1 airtime from the a range of DJs including Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac.
The first single from the album was "After Hours", which was selected as Jo Whiley's "Pet Sound" on BBC Radio 1 for the week beginning January 28, 2008, and then as Edith Bowman's "Top Rated" on February 11, 2008.
Steve Lamacq a BBC Radio 1 DJ, Fighting Talk pundit and Colchester United's most famous fan was raised in Colne Engaine, his parents still live in the village.
On 14 December 2007, in association with Jo Whiley and her BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge Tour, the Stereophonics returned to Cwmaman to play an exclusive acoustic gig in the Cwmaman Working Men's Club, the venue where the band first performed.
Damn Kids music has also been featured on predominant BBC Radio 1 shows such as Skream & Benga, Diplo & Friends, & In New DJs We Trust.
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His appeal became more widespread after a two hour set on BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix in March 2004, and his album In Rotation.
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This experience resulted in a residency at the club Movement, a subsequent residency at The End club, work for the UK's BBC Radio 1, and global popularity.
He is still DJing and producing; on January 14, 2007 he appeared on Pete Tong's Essential Mix on British BBC Radio 1.
The song had its live debut at the Swedish House Mafia's Milton Keynes Bowl concert and its radio debut on Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 show on 10 August 2012.
The inclusion of Wisbey's song "The Ladies' Bras" on the 2007 compilation album Now We Are Ten and its appearances on The All Day Breakfast Show proved so successful that it was released as a single and became the shortest single ever to enter the UK Singles Chart following a campaign on BBC Radio 1 by Scott Mills.
In 2002, Ed Petrie was a researcher for the BBC programme, They Think It's All Over and, in 2005, was a comedy sketch writer for BBC Radio 1's The Milk Run.
In Simon Garfield's 1998 book on Radio 1, The Nation's Favourite, Bannister claims that Freud was "treated very badly by people at the station, especially other women".
The former Balshaw Lane and Euxton station was reopened in 1998 (the opening ceremony being performed by former Radio 1 DJ and, latterly, Radio Lancashire presenter and transport enthusiast, Andy Peebles), and was now named Euxton Balshaw Lane.
But unlike the two previous singles it was not play listed by BBC Radio 1 and received minimal national airplay, affecting sales.
Guffy (aka Lee McGuffie) broke into the DJ scene in late 2003 when he appeared on the cover of clubbing magazine Mixmag with former BBC Radio 1 DJ's Fergie and Eddie Halliwell.
In October 2006, England international Rio Ferdinand caused controversy by calling BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles a 'faggot' live on air, just days after team-mate Paul Scholes was also in trouble for an alleged homophobic remark about him being gay with a funny hair do.
The single "Honey to the Bee" re-entered at number 17 in the official UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007, 8 years after initial release, thanks to efforts by BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles.
In January 2007, the song was championed by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as part of an experiment to test out the new UK Singles Chart rules that came into effect that month, which prompted the song to reach number 17 in the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007 and number 11 in the UK Download Chart.
Although initially intended only as an album track, BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Tony Blackburn featured it heavily on his morning programme and persuaded EMI, who then issued all Tamla Motown material in the UK, to release it as a single.
BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel stated in a 1993 interview that it was one of his top 20 favorite albums.
Rave reviews and daytime UK national radio play on BBC Radio 1 led to a worldwide recording contract with RCA.
At one time Steve Wright's and Simon Bates’s radio producer on BBC Radio 1, he left to produce the acclaimed BBC radio drama version of Len Deighton’s Bomber, and the award-winning 1995 Channel 4 documentary Edward VIII: The Traitor King.
Their debut single, "I Try", was released on 31 August 2010, gaining support from BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra.
When Randall and Stone left they briefly set up as a new group called The Big Sleep, and recorded a live mix for BBC Radio 1's Mary Anne Hobbs show.
Clark attributes the Virgin Records UK decision to reissue "Mary's Prayer" in March 1988 to the track's easily topping a BBC Radio 1 phone-in poll of listener's favorite 1987 singles which had failed to become major UK hits.
On 31 October 2005, directly after his band had played a live gig for Radio One in Leeds city centre, he was rushed to hospital to meet his new baby daughter Connie Rose, as he became a father for the second time.
One of their songs, "The Papadum Song", a novelty song revolving around two men visiting an Indian restaurant (one of them for the first time) was repeatedly played on BBC Radio 1 and featured them live on several TV shows (including the BBC's Blue Peter) and was very popular at the time, but fate and industrial action decreed that it wouldn't sell.
He has worked on stage with artists as diverse as Ben E. King, Ronnie Wood, and Jools Holland, as well as having done live BBC Radio 1 broadcasts and TV appearances.
Pete Tong played it on his Essential Selection show on BBC Radio 1 and the week after he made the record his "Essential New Tune".
She moved to the USA for some years, and on her return to the UK married BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Cash.
Although supported with airplay from BBC Radio 1's John Peel amongst others, the album was generally considered a disappointment by many fans.
My Forever have a number of successes to their name, their debut single "Silken Butterflies" was named BBC Radio 1's Record of the Week in August 2010, their second single "Always a Stranger" was also named "Record of the Week" on UK based station Amazing Radio.
The B-side, "Casting a Shadow", was written for BBC Radio 1 during the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, and CD2 featured a bonus video showing the song alongside footage of the eclipse in the UK.
Mark Goodier has been the voice of Now! adverts since Now 21 in 1992, going back to his days with BBC Radio 1.
She recorded the track "Lou" (about Lou Reed) as a guest lead vocalist with the band for BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel's Peel Sessions and often performed the song live with them from mid-1977 up to May 1978 when she left the band.
Upon release, the single was given little promotion by UK radio judging by the C-list placing on BBC Radio 1, as the previous two singles were played a lot more before release, and due to this the single only charted in the UK at #41.
The 1FM was produced for the UK in 1992 to coincide with the 25th birthday of BBC Radio 1.
In early 2007, Pioneer Unit artists Ben Sharpa and KONFAB caught the attention of BBC Radio 1's Mary Anne Hobbs who described the them as "two of the most inspired and agile lyricists in the world today." Ben Sharpa was invited to perform at the BBC Introduces stage at the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (Glastonbury) in June 2007.
BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Mayo made this his single of the week and it received airplay on numerous radio stations around the UK.
Initially, the single received only small scale acknowledgement in Edinburgh's record shops, and later received praise from local students and BBC Radio 1's Steve Lamacq.
She has also appeared as an expert guest on BBC Radio 1's Sunday Surgery, Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show and is a regular guest on several Radio 5 Live talk shows.
More recent work has included a long-standing relationship with the Chris Moyles Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1, where Pepper provided idents and voiceovers for various segments of the show.
"Sound of Drums" was recorded live for Radio 1 by James Birtwhistle, produced by Sam Cunningham and mixed by Graham Pattison.
In a 1975 BBC Radio 1 interview, Roy Halee identified this version of "The 59th Street Bridge Song" as being from Simon & Garfunkel's 1970 performance at Carnegie Hall, "the last concert they did together" (prior to their disbanding later in 1970).
They were then recruited in 1988, along with fellow former Footlights member David Baddiel and his comedy partner Rob Newman, to write and perform a satirical sketch and stand-up show called The Mary Whitehouse Experience on BBC Radio 1.
The Beeb's Lost Beatles Tapes was a music documentary series presented by Richard Skinner, comprising 14 half-hour episodes, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 between October 1 and December 31, 1988.
The song was popularised by Radio 1 DJ Chris Evans, who played it frequently on his radio shows and to introduce guests on his television programme TFI Friday.
He was first brought to the attention of the beatbox world after winning the 2005 BBC Radio 1 Beatbox Championships.
He achieved his first national exposure on night time BBC Radio 1 in the mid-1980s, with the singles "It's Good To Have The Feeling You're The Best" and "Complain Neighbour" (on Greensleeves Records), before achieving a UK Top 40 hit in 1986 with "Hello Darling".
BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Oxford featured Tummyrub in 2 shows dedicated to Fractal Music in 1991 and they also appeared in the press; Computer music magazine April 1991, Music Technology magazine July 1991 and The Independent May 1991.
It is compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC), and each week's new number one is published online on the official websites of the OCC, BBC Radio 1 and MTV, and in the magazine Music Week.
Unlike the official UK Singles Chart broadcast by BBC Radio 1, the Hit40UK chart included only the digital downloads and airplay in the UK, whereas the Official Chart includes physical and download sales with no radio airplay.
Emma Walford was replaced by BBC Radio 1 DJ Bethan Elfyn for the second series, and Peredur ap Gwynedd was replaced by musician Huw Chiswell for the third series.
BBC Radio 1 refused to play the single as it was too much of a "touchy" song to be played with such frequency, which angered Waters.
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Despite having limited funding, Bishop Grosseteste Students' Union has expanded its entertainment and activities provision over the last few years, having Comedy Dave from BBC Radio 1 DJ at Graduation Ball 2011 and The Loveable Rogues performing with support from I am Titch and Rita Payne the following year.
Limited to just 1000 copies, "Rocksteady" was a surprise radio hit, with the single playlisted at XFM and receiving airplay on BBC Radio 1 from Jo Whiley, Huw Stephens and Rob Da Bank.
It was around this time he became a source of fascination for comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring on their BBC Radio 1 music shows.
Carrie Nicole Prideaux (née Davis) (born 24 June 1976 in Barnstaple, England) is a current sportsreader on the BBC News Channel, best known for reading the Sport on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1.
After Radio 1 and Radio 2 were launched, the show was renamed Junior Choice (simultaneously broadcast on the two stations) and Puffin' Billy was replaced by Morningtown Ride.
It was nationally announced on 12 January 2007 on Radio 1 in the morning with Chris Moyles.
On 9 August 1986, Lemmy and Würzel were interviewed by Andy Kershaw on BBC Radio 1's 'Saturday Live' show, "Deaf Forever" and "Orgasmatron" were played.
The song has received praise from Radio 1, where it has been placed on its B-list and has been Jo Whiley's Record of the week on her show.
Prior to the first issue, the magazine's parent company had also run a premium rate 0898 telephone information line using the same name, presented by voice of now Radio 1 DJ Dave Pearce that invited MCs to call up and record their own rhyme after listening to the best rhyme of the previous week.
The track received its official radio premiere was on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 on 6 September 2012.
The album compiles Elliott's remixes of work by other artists, including Blonde Redhead, Tarwater and Yann Tiersen, together with a rare collaboration with English satirist Chris Morris involving Elliott's music underpinning dialogue from the "Bad Sex" series of sketches from Morris' Radio 1 "ambient comedy" show Blue Jam.
The channel's presenters included legendary DJs such as BBC Radio 1's Judge Jules.
"Rawlinson End", the longest track on any Bonzos album, features the first appearance of Vivian Stanshall's character Sir Henry Rawlinson, whose exploits would later be documented as a series of BBC Radio 1 sessions for the John Peel show; a 1978 LP and 1984 semi-sequel; a 1980 film and book; and who would make a final cameo appearance in a 1994 commercial for Ruddles Real Ale.
In September 2008, the band came to the attention of BBC Radio 1 DJ, Zane Lowe, who then featured their song, "Busy Bein' Born," as his Single of the Week during the week of October 20, 2008.
At BBC Radio 1, Huxtable worked with Sara Cox on her weekend radio show and then moved to work with Scott Mills.
Listening to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in the late 1980s, Begg was introduced to early Chicago acid and bands like Warp's LFO, Cabaret Voltaire, Severed Heads and Negativland.
The BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel described "Where's Captain Kirk?" as... "the best Star Trek associated song".
On the day of the death of Diana Princess of Wales, BBC Radio 1 played their instrumental, "The Last Stand" (an extended instrumental version of "One Night Stand"), every thirty minutes for several hours.
The letters pages are a detailed discussion forum, and the Rider’s Lives column has featured Many 'Celebrities' including Scottish novelist Iain Banks, motorcycle & truck racer Steve Parrish, Prince of Darkness - Damned frontman David Vanian, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs and motorcycling MP’s Lembit Öpik and Stephen Ladyman alongside dozens of other riders.
Upon their release the EPs garnered critical acclaim, featuring on BBC Radio 1’s Introducing, the Guardian’s writer’s play list and on the cover mount of Rolling Stone and Word Magazine.
In 2011, Wani's song Hujan was selected to be played throughout the month of May on Dandelion Radio, an internet radio station founded in June 2006 with the aim of pursuing the musical legacy of the popular and influential BBC Radio 1 disk jockey John Peel.
Arctic Monkeys performed this song on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1 in their second appearance there, along with their single at the time, "Brianstorm".