Radio 1979 The story of Radio Luxembourg past and prosent including features and phatogeaphs of the 1979 DJ seam inthe Grand Duchy. FEATURES Teddy Johnson ‘a Pete Murray 8 Jimmy Sav 2 Simmy Young % Tony Brendon 7 Kid Jensen = Tony Prince 2° Bary Allis 9 Bb Stewert a Stuart Henry 9 fob Jones a Mark Wesley 5 Poary Getee sa Johnnie Walker 6 Redio-Tele-Luxambourg in Europe ” Pop Quie by Mourice Kinn a PROGRAMME DETAILS 70-71gee Be Landen a (0 AN INTRODUCTION BY ALAN KEEN 208's Managing Director ‘This is © very importnt publication for Radio Luxembourg —t ie our first Handbook. Each month we receive hundreds of enquiries about our Os and progrannmes, and this Book wil, | hope, anewer most of your I was in 1925 that a group of businessmen fiat thought of forming what is now the word's largest commercial radio network — and we tll you the story of Radio Linembourg’s development em the cary ‘dye right up to 1979, j2 Luxembourg i, and always has been, 2 pacesstar within the riish music industry, but, es Redio-Tele-Luxembourg, our progremmes «a Franen, Germany and ator parts of Europe pln total dy audiences of round 40,000,000, Tram provd to be part of Europe's greatest Rasio-TV Company. | ope the fellowing pages vil expin why.—Alan Keen aIN THE BEGINNING It was about eight yoare aftr the ond of the Fist World Wor that Lutnossmen began to seriously plan tho intreducton of Commercial cio to Britain. “And just ten years later than that, Radio Luxembourg was estab lished oo the loading entertainment staon in Europe. The new station teneshe a welcome chenge fromthe rather serious stint of the BBC fand ite European equivalents. Rado. Luxembourg presented the Pop of the day and attracted inerlly millions of now stores “Thore was a fortune 10 be made in tis new medum, not ony for the bunkers But for tho annuncers as well. Advertisers queued UP to Showcase ther produits to 9 new eudiones ‘as for a3 the British audience was concemed, Racio Luxembours hod « romantics and an informality lacking in the BBC's output ‘By the mid-30s, then, Luxembourg had established a British Service con its long.wave frequency (the now-famous 208 Metres was, not used Shut he Bos), all dey at weekends, plus selected broedcasting tim in the weekday afternoons and evenings. Two ofthe eatost ennouncers on Radio Luxembourg were Stephen wigme and Chorles Maxwell Between them, they even covered Tldlond's progress in Test Cricket overseas there were no stick formats [aa coun The only aim for the station was to go for the bigpest resetbie audience ata mes. And it cersinly achieved thet aim, But Feist alone in the Foe, far from it ‘Redo Normandy was operating along simlr lines, again with great ‘commercial success, And other, mel, stations quickly entered for © Siew of the market —one eariy Radio Luxembourg DJ even recalls 2 Slaton being estebished In ferm outbuildings in Fronce. ‘So commercial ato was established. And it seemed, nothing could desuoy it Frnaneilly it wos stable and is oudience folowing growing by the wook CChoros Moxwell describes his years st Luxombourg as among the heppeat of his career. "Lunembourg wae 2 finaly ety, but thore were very few British ‘people there. Infact, fa cor came through bearing a GB. plate, | ‘would ga up t0 the owner end strange to meet him for e meal or 8 rink — just to speak to someone from Britain! “When | frst went out to Luxembourg 1 was being paid £10 a day | thought, God, this is real monoy, for in tho theatre up until than | had ben on teally poor wages, But when | fnlly wont out on 8 contract ‘tas for E10 8 week During my stint with Luxembourg, the English Service was broad casting for the whole of Sunday —by thet | mean from 8am. unt midnight. You must remember that in those days the BBC's Sunday ‘was a very sombre afar and Luxembourg was picking up huge audiences ‘ith programmes from all the big stars oF the day — people Tike Gracie Fields and’ George Formby Radio Luxembourg continued, on the Long Wave. to present the top Pop Stra of the day through the mid-30s.” Geb Danvers Walker was a ontibutor at that time, He recalls "I the 308 commercial adi roaly grew to an Empire—Lxembourg ‘was one of several stations which really caught the public's imagination in the same way the Pop pirates da in tho 60s “Its dificult to tll what would have happened in 1939 had Wer not broken ovt for, of cove, the War destroyed all he stations. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was occupied by the Germans, But Luxembourg bounced back afterwards, although it tock a couple of years to get ‘ation back om ite foot. Iwas handful of vary determined men who picked up the pieces in 1046, ‘The old and faithful 208 listeners wil remember’ Tune A Minute sponsored by THAT famous poole man. Remambor how to spel Key sham? The presenter for this end countless other cise and live music hows was Geottey Evert Goofrey Everitt wos Mr, Luxembourg during the fities and sists, He joned the station in kine 1980, presenting the Sunday afternoon Shows on Long Wavo — he stil remembers the show: it was “SwingerRequoste” Geotrey sew many big names in the Grand Duchy ~ Teddy Jehnson, Pete Murray, Alon Freeman (who did a short eummer elie) ‘nd. Warren Mitchel, the Tamas AIT Goraett~ "but 1 don't tink ‘de-jying was his form 3a CGeotey Evert returned to England in the surnmer of 1969, to work ‘ose producor inthe London studan.- "ih was sed stil is a wonderful Company, People stl look upon tos @ great broadcasting station. Its Image as changed, but then the image ofthe world has chenged. When TTwes there the now President af the company, Mr Flton was the chet engineer! People tended to stay for long petiods in those days ~ although some tke Worren Mitchell lft aftr a few weeks, Luxembourg was THE ‘was in 1960 that Geotey moved on to the management sie of tha station and some seven yoats lotr 238 changed its policy and Switched to live” shows fram the Grand Duchy — all taped programmes (were scrapoed, Two Da's on the team when the station changed its policy are stil with Luxembourg = Toay Prince and Bob Stewart [At tho bopiming of the seventios Goofy Everitt moved to MAM Records oun tha Tom Jones-Engelbort Humperdinck-Gilert O'Sulivan ‘multimilion pound dise company. But al the Dis who have worked ‘nth Luxembourg since the Wat remember Geoffrey Everit, who stil talks of 208 28." My station, | have remsined very good frends with ‘my colleagues at Luxembourg ~ ond she station stil means © very ‘reat deal Okay, local commercial rato has come but Luxemoury Femsins where alwaye hee Bosh lading the foHEATH LEVY THE AUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY TODAY HEATH LEVYMUSIC CO. LTD. 184-186 Regent Street LondonW1 Tel:OF-439 7731 The War Years ‘As Bob Danvers Walker sad, the War teslly destroyed commercial rao, Bath Luxembourg end Nermandy had erasted their own broadcasting ‘empires ~ ony to be shottored By the German invasions. ‘when tho Germans ontored the Grand Duchy, they immedhataly sized Rago Luxembourg, with ie al-powertul transmittr copable of producing propagand forthe wholo of Europe. Willem Joyce wes, f you tke, tho wartime DJ, and his voice ‘brought fear to milions, But a tho end of the War, he ted desperately {o forge lnk between Germany and Brian ‘Willam Joyes's lot speech woa 9 dosperate one. Most exports agree he sounded drank nthe final brosdcast. relayed over Redo Luxembourg from Hamburg Inceed, he may have known it would be his lest broadcast. Betin was fling as Joyoe taked of the” tortble sariees of the past five ‘rd-hall years” He eceused Britain of allowing Germany to "epcrifee hor vary last and the ultimate end of her resources. The British people,” he aaid, "wil gat what they deserve in the future. -loyeeslured his speach a he went on 1 spesk now personaly. ' nave slays oped and bellved that th last resort there would be fen aliance, an onderstonding between Britain ond Germany. Wall ot the moment that seems Impossible i cannot be then I cen only s6y that the whole of my work hes been in vain. | can only say thet day inand doy out | hve called the attention of the British people to the ‘menace from the East which confront them, ‘And if they wil not hear, they ae determined not to hes, then ean only say the Tote which overcomes them In the end will be the iota they have merited ‘The fight is on. You wll have heard something of the battle of retin, you know that ¢ tremendous world-ehaterng cont fe being °waged dre, 1 an only say thatthe men who have died inthe boty ae avon thir Tves to show that whatever elee happens Feet fail ie German peopl have in them the secret offi Germany oro, ay to you in these lst few words — you may not heer a ecouin fora fow months. 1 say. Hell Hitler ond farewell soyoe's broadcasts had generally been taped in Hamburg, bo hed are Lees coon tr tho Luxembourg studios. Radio Luxembours hod (ately bee’ enone years a= a propagande station, 0 relay station (oF the Germans twos three days aftr Joyos’s final broadcast thet he dsoppesred, tobe cuarred te flloning year. Ho was tried for eason ond hanged tm Wordsworth Jail, London. ‘And so the chapter of is history Redio Luxembourg would most ke anistta else At the end of the wer, American forces ented ree enocny Before leaving, though, some German forces thed to ee via Louvigny and the many disc-apes of evidence there destroy te aied and people bapan to pick up the pieces of what hat Ie took time and a lot of maney. Some sval stations like Radio omandy were to fll bot Radio Luxombourg was determined to cling Norman as ofthe station wes vital to the litle county's ecoaamy. Order i anyone, in 946, coulé heve guessed what lay ahead 7 tele interesting to note that, many yoars later, Goofrey Evert, tho shen Gensral Manager of Redio Luxembourg, was asked by the Ite ee ceeranet would happen should war bresk out again in Europe ? 1 imagine precisely she some that happened in 1998. In May, 1910, the Gommans invaded Luxembourg —but the positon today is, Think auite coor Ir thore was » war in which Luxembourg wes engaged on our ade Sat tak you know Row very pro-British, how pro-Western Tey cathe Luxembourg Government would make full use of the they a act our cooperation. Ifthe country were occupied again — word be of the air ogi 10 intel. Fors srt, some of th record rates Nad boo doavoyed “ing produced anyway. 0) tee 9 tough bs and, prediabhy there wee very ile soe wound in those early days. % pecarenal a "Bi wy Gt ay, santoun's ones tea 0 ik sp. Te station wa ale oat new anouncrs, some of tem, ke ‘ales Mavorl, fom the acting profession, Over tho next few yours o youn me wer ic hand ot deesjying-—TEDDY JOHNSONTeddy Johnson ik seems strange to hear Taddy Johnson talking of the ” pioneering oye 00 Fadi Luxembourg 30 years sg0—in the days of 78, ito oF to commerciel radio, and when the trm ‘disc jockey” was American Hang and sounded, well odd 10 the ears of us British “Then he goes onto tel you about some of te things that heppened ‘and you know right any tht, wue enough, he was 2 pioneer if evar For six nights out of seven,” he oxplains, “I was the only British announcer on the station and stat the evening's broadcasting to this County st 10.30 pm. with, say, “Topical Halt Hour” © programme of ‘record "When | signed of few minutes boforo 11, fd say “Well, thank ‘you very muuch fo listing, this Teddy Johnson saying goodnight — {nd Fd bang tho gong “Thon fd bang the gong again and say “This is Music For Everyone introduced by Edword V. Johnaon” That would fish at 11.90 ond I'd fay, "This i Edward V. Johnson thanking you for listening” And I'd bang the gong." Than Fd bang the gong agen, play tho signature tune Of the nent programme —"Irsh Half Hour’ —and say ° Good evening lverybady. this fs E. Victor Johason introducing Ish Halt Hou. \Whichover way you look ot it, that has t0 be the stuff of which Redio pioneers are made st and chat to Todd Johnson, Edward V. Johnson ond E. Vietor ohwson in the lounge of his lovaly home at Bares, in south-we ibnden and not far from the River Thame He and his wife and singing partner, Pear Cat, maved into the house rot long tor they had heiped to put tho Eurovision Seog Contest on the map with their” Sing Little Bird,” which went on tbe @ mammoth record hit for them. By which time, of course, Teddy know thing or foo about record hts himself, having rewumed from hi two-year stint in Luxembourg in May, 1950, to enjoy the fruits of such successful Wit recordings os "Beloved Be Faithful” and ” Tennessee Waltz.” ‘That litle stony.” says Teddy, who was born ia Tolworth, in Surrey, signiies what twas all about at Rado Luxembourg. And what Fae all about. | sas enjoying myself and tying to think of uncon- ‘vemional waya of introducing progremmes.” 2 Unconventional he certainly was. After al these wore the dys when on the "other sides” at the BBC, the announcors were very key il rassing in dinner iackets to road the news. And he was to ‘iacover just how unconventional he had eon when he retumed from Litembours having mede something of a name for himself, and was inated ta host some foc0rd programmes on the BBC. Me lasted a wook or two, Dut fnaly he wos ushered into an office to be told 93 gently 26 postibie, "We rather hiked what you cd. but Unfortunately, you were just a lie too much Tike you were on Radio Uunxemboure. ‘The next time Taddy woe to sit in front of @ microphone was in 1962.—eleven years later But. nevertalegs, he new-stye broadcasting wechnlaues at Racio Luxembourg wore to pay handeome dividends, becouse it has been said ‘more than onca that he set the pattern for all those who followed Him. “This one-time merchant seaman and dance band drammer-sinaee — he played and song with the bands of Jack Payne, Roland Peachey and Slack Jackson, amongst others —Grst heard of Radio Luxembourg in Ihrcher Steet, ist of Shaftesbury Avenue, in London's West End. which ‘or yoors mos'a sort of unafigal labour exchange for musicians who ‘athored there to soak work THe met up mith Derek Boton, who went on to become an important ‘theotreal manager and agent but at that time had been touring with him Ina band ted by Phil Green, Derek wns the Band boy.” explains Teddy, "and we shared digs together and wore groat mate, 9Derek ssid he'd been taking 19 somaone about me ‘an announcer he said, “and | told them you could i My fest osction was that | couldn't possibly do anything tke tha, but | want slong to fee Frank Loe, then Reso Luxembourg s general manager in London. He askod mo to go t0 some studios near the BBC's Brosdcating Hove. in Portland Place, and read fow werd ito the microphone. Which I did "Ho phoned me later and sid it wat to Luxembourg fora day or two — to see ation hed me. So I few over "Goofrey Evert was in chargo of the Brith programmes ané the ‘only help he had with them came from two English ladies who were finng in Luxembourg. Stephen Willams, who was at Redo Luxembourg, bofore the war and was in charge of the station immediatly afer the war, had just lt “They want fight, and would | go over tked the station and i the My fest time on the sir was on the Sunday afternoon — | intro duc » programme of records by Goraide and his orchosta, Attorwards Isat with Goof onthe torace of 9 litle café called Lo Pole Nord. This was early May, 1948, ond the day was a boastful one Tho trees ware in blossom, the peopla were rice, and | thked the sole atmasphere ofthe place. "This fs for met" thought to mysel. T'was thore for two oF uweo days and dd a fow pronrammes — and enjoyed thom very much, Curualy enough, if seemed to come sy to me. | jst aot in front of the mike ond talked. I can't remember eelng very nervous. I don't think | was big-headed, but tore that | ust had the confdance to do the job “L think it was the way | di t—in a wy that eae completly ‘ferent to anything being done by the BBC at that tire. Geof fold me that as fr as he was concamed Id got the job. 1 resumed to Landon and shorty alermords Fronk Loe contacted me to Conte thatthe jab was mine I went over on May 20th, 1948, By seo this tima, because | had ‘it my baggage with me. To begin with I stayed with my in Laxen burg and ha all my mosis with them. "My salory was £10-8 week nowhere naar os much os I had bean making az a musician — and the cost of living there wes much higher than Rete at home. What's moro, the shops wor full f the most gorgeous food —winle in Britain thore wae stil atoning, “Tha station was broadcasting very few sponsored programmes at that time. Two or tee atthe mast. Carter's Lite Liver Pls was one, Teaieve, Cary, t00, were one of the early sponsors 4 Some of the programmes, of course, were recorded in London on tise end town to Loxembour Tor broadcasting — hke Bournva’s Sun (invigne show with David Jacobs, and Hughie Green's ' Opportunity [inhcka" Then come the fist ofthe programmes sponsored by a record femony when my old boss, Jack Jackson —who had himsel moved Mio bondloader to se Jockey —hosted the Decca show. ‘when | fist weat out there we got ile oF ne records trom the ord companies back in Ban. But Geoft and Frank Lee got things Ihoving in thot sieetion and whipped up some enthusiasm from the But they were definitely ploneor days. Things went wrong. The wrong records would be played, for exemple. "nthe studio there wae no auch luxury 0s 2 selLoperating se-un wich allows the dise jockey to operate the turnables fimeel. When You wanted your record t be played, you pressed a buzzer to the tech ‘an in the contol room. "But ifthe wrong record was played, s0 what 7 No-one minded uch. td make o joke about tnd the Hstonor loved it. That was ‘ea, I suppose. in which I wes decided unconventional for those (On one occasion | remember a wrong record was played and after ards sai“ must apologise ladies and gentiemen, for the technician putting onthe wrong record, bt it won't happen again — Ive just shot "You would aay that sort of thing on the air today — i's too nese ‘he reabife crames which are played out almost every day hare and [Another novelty | intioduced was during record request pro- siommes. Thore wes © magazine ealed Radio Review.” which printed “iota of our programms and also had a page of jokes in cach issue. ‘ised fo read out some of the jokes. “Again, peopl Hked this, had fetes fram all ovr Europe. People vss in total how much they enjoyed the frendiness on the sir. ond wivat @ change made to other programmes which were stulfy by ‘ompatison "was on the sir everynight of the week —excopt Fridays: That vas my dy ofl. 1 course, Sunday night became the big night of the week — sinen U hosted the first-ever "Top 20° show. | can't remember whose dea it was, but 'do know it wos avery big success 6We bed the pono ith Top 20 on he rnc id sc ay ao vot fu sng mb ar "anvoy Boy: wos or Bet ter ape, tik and 0 he rear ws oe tay Bin Cosy sn hoe Sten. "Then Joa! Locke SEAR STine'er sad oe bom far woo Te hora ropoucredat bo bperng ba ee kee wea very Scr "nian ol 194, Rah Mota, vy bora of he Ametern Pre Hers resenting om Mn care ve Ho hed ears to ot re powmnren ert spomorin London sd one Sy hana ca nny he ene coming oe 6 ha ate om Oe Sods er cea corapunteg ie a aged Up aon ly dene but ht al ay, ost denon pote te dg. Reb crn ov ut Bees voy Series cot few eennas "| cons Kow why 0d is Clos dst new any moresod wn ging homeo he Sen wo hae tts oars show — and ue te el-oweg | manip todo bat ke uy neue re pat werent ‘sovnethn chica nents | sed ornare hu 7 og Souter wee cota ah sow upeneee ley re nine erate ent Ree | went bak to he pra ide op Cau bef tet Tey John wil 90 dwn he vinery a de Lina te er ng he oy yo te Sie ecole ares wal ha an i ey fr bane Wor morte bed They war wary nce pecle” ays Ted, “but | wa ota in nat tl boo ea ns fr oe, And say wa Sijp rrinnaed rating mabe when coming nim a "you cmon Sy ond Bundy gta | ued oo abt sper eel i sb mnt Cre ores Fg ‘voor eonge for 1 wan Anyay ote ie sooner which ve me Sle ore teem Jur bed a baton ond othe et ot mets ot et wou tan ht ey Sgn to ce a het 00 ne shop ‘ose pet od ons Punch eed ed nd tr Loews il sce sav and ot ep yom ihe baseman ot rosary eyo, re wo nthe Soe aeeiaen cere teapeecnicetioiee ee ee eet 6 ‘One day 1 ed some eggs and bacon going besuttlly when Mt Doulton, wh ovas head of tha French advertising section atthe tation, peated in the doorway. ‘Ah, Monsiour Johnson,’ he sci snifing the sir, “You have © 90d mal’ ch ? And you make the plac smell” But there were no offi! complaints. All he some, I most be the nly Radio Luxembourg disc jockey to have cooked eggs and bacon on the premises" “Teddy alt Raco Luxembourg atthe end of May. 1860. He had been ‘vote just over to years — and had enjoyed every minute off But | left becouse | figured | wasn't getong any further,” he explains." Thte did't seom to be any potent there any more for mo \We were geting a few more sponsors —but I was stil earning only 10 a wook. I as stl enjoying the work, but | Tet hed become » dead “1 think what finally decided my move for me was a broadcast in olouary oF March, 1960, which wae a fve-naton hook-up. Ono of the ontibutions fom Luxembours was me singing“ That Lucky Old Sun withthe Radho Luxembourg Symphony Orchestra Although I say it mall, for edie jockey it wes cuit impressive | was even impressed mysoit "We made a record oft and | played it onthe ai. | always made @ Je joke about and ol Isteners tat thy woul Ro 9 worm But poopie wrote in and said,“ Why don't you make records? ‘ought 20 mysll "Now Is the ime ‘And so it was. Tedey Johnson, Edward V. Johnson and E. Vietor lonagon never looked beck, ”ANOTHER ACTOR HEADS FOR THE GRAND DUCHY ‘The young actor had just comploted# rathorsuecesstul provincial tour Inve play ealed ” Larger Than ile” and looked in at his agent's offs in London's West End to eee there wos any mote work ined up for him. "Mow would you faney going abroud.” his agent asked, “just Jilin a month or two? The job is Continuity announcer and disc jockey 2 Rado Luxembours Adio Luxembourg,” said the actor, “what's Radio Lumembowra? ve never heard of it Pete Murray remembers that conversation clearly to this day— ‘more than 27 years later, In fact, iS 0 conversation he is never key {o forget For he went to the radio station ho'd never heord of, just to fit n'a month or two-and stayed thore five years. Ie was 2 "temporary job that was to chonge the whole course of bis ife-and corer “1 told my ogont that, yes, | 08 very intrested in Pop, music.” ‘calls Pete,“ although in those days it wasn't voy fashionable to admit that you liked Fop music! “| went to sée Fronk Lee, then genaral manager of Radio Laem: tour, t th ofices in Herord Street in London, and one of the very fat things he ocked mo ws," What's number one inthe Hit Parade? “1 said it was “ Dearie” by Donald Poors. “Well that's not bod, he seid. "But actualy i's number two: | wont back there with pile of records @ counte of days later to do a test The frat reoord | wae played was Frod Waring’s Penn- Sylvanians’ “Come Dance With Me. “1 don't think 1 was particularly good, but 1 got 1 18 job—because a0 wanted to go. The money wasn't ory good, you seo—C15: Pete Murray arived inthe Grand Duchy in September, 1950, to toke up his duties—for thee months —as replacement continuity announcer ond eis jockey. He hed boon there just ok waoks when he was ofered Small part in the James Stenart fim " No Highvay.” He waa allowed ‘oretur home ta sppearin tha fm onthe condition that he went siarght ck to Luxembourg when the work was finshed. “To be quite franc about it he says, “I really did't want 10 | bck, But 'é given my ward-—so I went. And stayed five years Luxembourg has siways been an expensive placa in which to Ive rn in those doys ETS a weok did't go vary far ata | bved ot first in 9 ite eatécostourant which had 9 few roome petite and woe called the Brasserie du Théate. Most of the rmouncers used t0 stay there and alot of the Luxembourg footers “Ie was run by 8 lovaly man, Hort Relsdort. He ded a couple of years ago, but he was 9 great guy—and also a tremandous Arsenal supperter | have always thought that the food in Luxembourg—which is tasialy Belgien 8s opposed to French and Gorman—is the best n the world. va navar eaten etter anywhere. All her food, parsclary the pets, fe outstanding But of course, E15 9 week didn’t go far. However, 1 was single nit eid’t worry me too much. An, although | did't know it at the ‘me, there was going to be a vast improvement! “Whon I fist went out there wwe were broadesting to this country on tang wave only. In the week we'd start 10.30 p.m. and. in the rin months, go'0n until one in the morning, which was miight in “Sundays became very busy deys. Td be hitting that gong a ‘onteuity announcer Irom 2 pm. to 6 pm—ond four hours is long lime to bein a stu. The programmes were pre-recorded something ike" Muh Binding-n-The-Marsh” or Twenty Quostons. 3k for an hour and go back and do the seme 19thing fom soven to 11. Then between 11 pin. and midnight 1 presented ‘my Top 20 show What persuaded me to sisy on at the station was the moving ‘over in 1961 to the madium wave. Not only dit result our getting 8 tremendous amount of mail fom liteners, but the station id deal with us whereby wwe got 2 minimum fee of £3 s any advartsing time: tae bought into our programmes We were doing lot of programmes so this meant we made 2 reat del of money-—something between E100 and £150 a week. Which ett at the ond of my five years there when the then general ‘manager wrote to sy he found the whole situation somewhat disturbing ocouse wo were making mare money each week than the President of the company He wanted to fmt us to €20 2 weak, go I'm afaid| handed in ry notice | considered the only way that ling in the Grand Duchy ‘could ba a vabla propostion for me wos to make 2 lle money while Ts ther, “1 must say, though, they were very fait, You never had to ask for a rise in pay. They shared out their profits each your with thir worker ‘But Pate Murry, a long and suecessul career ahead of him, thanks to» stop-gap job that was geing to take him away from acting fora ‘mote thes months, came home, ‘Once here, he wont to work as a doc jockey again—and on 208 ‘ut the pragrammes-for » British record company—were recorded in London and flown out Iter ta the Grand Duchy for broadcasting from thare. And Pete had to ply the lees thatthe rocord company tld him to ple. Ik wasa't the happest perio of his Wie So in 1966 he ventured back ito acting, ond had & starring role in the much-acciamed television pay. "The Last Enemy.” But he then "pant ton months wating for another part and so he went back to being ‘cise jockey. Alter which, a8 they Soy, he never looked beck ‘Over in the Grand Duchy, howaver, there was a record of another kind in the name of Pete Murray He was one of the frst not the fret—brosdeaster (9 use a cerain fourlettor word on the ai ust finshed a programme.” explains Pete, "and inthe stuio wih me the me wae musie publisher Roy Bory, who was visting » ‘The technicon on duty wae vary anti-British—you have to ‘member that alot of those technicians had served in the German Army ppd he couldn't have cared les aboUt the Job ha was supposed to do, ~ And be put on the wrong programme. it should have been ‘Dan Dore’ end he put an a programme of music by Felix King atthe pono, tured to Roy end aad, "Oh, Gawd, he's put on the wrong — “Roy said, ‘Oe you reaie the red Eght's stil on?” The ‘Dally IMiror" were an the “phone in halt-anheur. | denied everyting, of Couree, and told them Fd aig “Ripping Luckily, they hadn't heard it inamseives—someone hed ‘phoned them up. “You know. | didn't get any rebuke et all Rolly, Iwas very lcky, becouse tis was 1953 and even today paople would be shocked to heer the ward used on the ai “Al that happened was thot I had a letter from 2 lady in Iron who told mo she hed never laughed 80 much in her lfe—and jst few Yeats age Imet'@ man who e3id he wes in the AF atthe time and he nd hig mates ad ron Out of their Huts in hysterical laughter. let you into a secret, While all those people were feling about slploss with laughter, | was having no tcuble at al in convincing myselh Vat my career as a Broadoaster hod quite suddenly come to en end esto ay inthe Conary ina with eat cam tani Gisela att td th Ni Pir Ro 2Jimmy Savile 1 seems incredible, but i Was the end ofthe sites before Jimmy Savile ‘had a regular show on BEC Radio ~ e was Luxembourg where he made his name with the famous "Teen Are Twenty Dise Show * programmes «Jack Langley wont along to mest Jimmy aed find out more about the ‘man who has probably been the most successful DJ in the history of Pop By Jock Langley of the Baily Miror Ie is estimated by the DJ Federation that over 70.00 disc jockoys are sive and wl and introducing records in Brien now (which leaves ov ‘of course, the famous Engish Service Raxso Luxembourg contingent) (OF them ll one is, t0 usp the only approprite word, unique. He 's Jimmy Savile ofthe shoulde-length blond ha te unasual clothes the cigar, and catchptrases tke” As it happens” and ” Goodness ‘racious.” Figures of oaming-ates inthis aoa of human endeavour are ‘iffcuit to come by. but Jimmy probably earns over €50,00 although “rusuy modest for show hiss personaly, he tks of my "ors Ho would not deny thet he isa milionsire. Particulurly inthe case of one of the most peripatate characters ino business notorious for its ‘sand downs, and one who amploys na staf snd does nat even Nave fan agent. personal wealth st anyone point in ‘ime ie hard to se8008 When Jimmy Savile asked his somewhat dour eccountant how much he was worth his accountant repieg that would cost Jimmy too mich to make it worthahle adding up the figures, ond added," Why don't you just go and buy something? "You can ard I Infact ho ves frugally, though he has 2 fancy fora stable of car, {rom a luxury esraven or 30 to 0 Rolls Royce (when he was © young ‘unknown he pinned up 2 picture of @ Rolla Royee in he room)” The almost Puritan habits of tha staunch Roman Catholic in large part ‘s0e0unt for his reputation of being close with his money. In fact, he is ory gonarous, but he once mised perceptnvaly,” Yau ean give people Ite things and i's a igh, but net bg things. 2 simmmy Savile caima to have started the whole dst jockey scene Fioving recorded music, playing it very loudly, and adchng chat ‘ivoon the. dace in hired rooms and_prvata homes, Subsequently Fie Luxembourg gave him he fret realy big audionces. He wes sil P provineal danca-hal! menage, though later he rose to be a working liter of Meces; the controversial ie Morey praised. in 9 curious se, his abilty to." motivate menagoment. “Avital part of his career, Jimmy's nine year stint for this radio staon = although he never actully went to Luxembourg ~ led to the Icotases thot followed, including hie own programmes for BBC te ‘icon hike Nis hit series "Jin Fix It” together with his eppearences » Top of the Pope.” Hs very popular rato shows forthe BBC Include vie’ Travels, the rogion-orlentted Speak-Eary, and The Old Record ‘lob, whieh eatehes the fashion for nesta ‘mary had very ordinary beginnings as the youngest of seven hilton ina teraced house in Loads, Yorkshire, and where his father twos Bookmakers clk, seldom earning more than five pounds a week rly om he became a coal miner, when he suffred sorious injury in a pt explsion, but hs indomitable spirit restored him to heath although (nctors seid he would never watk propery epein. He spent three years "sticks and had to wear steel corset. Tt ould ba that this experince was the reason he Teter tumed to xensive charity work, seting a8 en unphid porter in Loods General iirmary, and Relping with entertainments at Broadmoor Hospital and 1 Stoke Mandeville Hospital is big break his DJ sppearonces for Radio Luxembourg ~ came bout when a trend, atesdy broadeasting on Luxembourg, suggested ® vist the premises of the station in Hortford Street in London's May vie "What happened.” he told mo, “"was this | wos 9 successful “thos-hall manager, right, when somebody said to me, when youre Sin London eal round at tha Luxembourg Studios and soe how thei ‘seord shows ete done. Going into redo hed never even crossed my ‘rind. Iwas amazed thatthe stucbo I went into was such a small oom, Socause al tere mos, wos 8 microphone, table and a chair. | thovght ‘was a very bare end spartan room.” ‘Dae Jockeys read trom scripts, But whon Jimmy Savile started ho realised that did act suit his style. After dplomotcaly forgetting his sept an-@-nomber of occasions he wont on to develop his trade: Inerk of speaking’ rectly into the microphone with a. minimum of ‘reparation. This fs the special talent of tho performer who announces fe hes no talents. can’ dance, I can't sing, | cant ploy a musical 2Instrument” Of piece with this ie hie claim to be a dunce, He Hes everyone, including his puble, t0 think they are ceverer thon be is though when he tok the stringent IQ test whichis the only entrance ta Monga, the ocety of those with above-average itsligence, ho ms scored st 180 end the popular papers immeciatly headlined him os a He clos that se art of the deesay #8“ dead easy” but with one abimportant reservation. tis necessary to possass whet he ea I, or Ingredient X, which he bolevably states isan extremely rare etibute "What IT is. is anybody's guoss.” No account of Jimmy Sevile, however bret would be complete without mentioning his mether, who ho called the Duchess. In tha ator ‘years of his ema and wealth he ook her with ham on mary of his show business assignments, and obtinad for hora luxury fet overlooking the boy at Scarborough. It haa boon suggested that ho grow pariculely close to her during the altermath of his mining accident. It may ao be rtovent that when he waa an infant he nearly ded: the doctor mas certain he would not recover nd several times he mathor hold a miror to his ins to soe i Me wos extinct. Until her death atthe age of 85 he Blways used to tel reporters tMat his motor was his best Of, and Me has stil novor marred elthough ho cherishes «largely self-created rep: tation as a Lothario end delights in relating teasing but probably holy Innocent escapades with gis. It seams cose that in actuality Ne has ‘many aff, although he ould nt lve with git because "I was not brovaht uo fo do that” He would inded, lke to marty some day. Jimmy Savie is 2 suprising mixture of 8 man, @ bande of con vwadevone and, to mo, wholly tkcobla. The eeerot of he. avec probebly lies in the fact thet no member of the vast puble thet hes heard oF seen hin can remain inditeront to him. He is ether loathed or loved. For some reason that socil psychologists could uselully eeak ‘ut, this is a sure rcipe for fare then mere popularity alone. Aitough he is micle-aged man in a very young business, he seas no prospect fa decline rom hie pinnacle (ho has won neary every show busin ‘sword itis possible to obtain). We will laave the last word with Jimmy. T have never een in fashion, so | $62 no reason t0 90 out of fashion, timmy Savile was not the only famous D4 to tape shows in London. Ferhops one of the mest famous was Jimmy Young, whose Dd career really begon with 208. Jimmy was in one of his less serious moods vrhen he popped into Luxembeurg's Landon studioe for 90 interview recently... Rodney Colins as asking the questions — a ROONEY : Jimmy, welcome beck to the Luxembourg studios aftr how long? IMM: Wll, Rodney, it must be about nine years. ROONEY ; Those hits that you hed — IMM: What hie? RODNEY : “Unchained Melody and “The Man From Laremie’” How ‘many hits was i over how mony years 7 iunay" Wiel don't know, those were romber ones but then I ad 2 variety of things thot were in the Top Ton. Porhaps nine or ten I sunpoce were top tenners and thee number ones ROONEY And then al stopped, dnt Ie? TIMMY: Not hell!" was storing atthe unemployment exchange. ROONEY : Whot was life lke in those years thet followed ? IMM | Quite hungry! Sertousty, "al came to a grinding hale about 1958 | suppose. | mean hitracord wise that is. And then in the Iniddte of 1900 I did two weeks of Housewives’ Choice and that tas it and air't gat any more work at all That was the only Wwork | hed that year erly eves two weeks. Ad fal ert 25to Luxembourg, thay were the fist off the mark because daring that fist week | got a call from 208 asking me to come along ‘and eee ther) aod they offered me 2 DJ series and that's how: it started. Te was really 26 simple 9s tht. RODNEY: When you came into the Radio Luxemboug studios fst ‘you were doing the EMI shows weren't you ? JiMaay : That's right FRODNEY:: And they rn for many years JIMMY: They di, yos, I suppose perhaps fi yoars RODNEY:: Did you find communicating over the radio vory alferent from going out on stage ? JIMMY : Wl, you 200,138 never very good on tho stage, | suppose “There are those who say I wasnt very good on the ratio thor, and they. are probably night! The thing is 1 am 9 shy person am an introverted poreon, therolore, when I stn tront of & mike ond tek. as far es 1 9 concerned, that’s just mo talking. When 10 an stage and see 2000 pars of eyes looking ot me 1 think, “Good Ged" Se ratio, and television t00 for tat matter, ‘but radio portculry, isthe medium that suits me very well. RODNEY': You had another hit record, didn't you, back in the middle ‘ofall this radio business 7, JIMMY : 1 dif, yer. In 1963 I had a song called “Miss You: RODNEY: Were you surprised it was a ht? JIMMY: Yes, was always surprised when I had fits. RODNEY:: That happened for EMI infact? JIMMY le did, That 0 funny thing about our businoss, you see. J ‘mean in '58 or 59 would have given my right arm fora it, end ‘Of course, I didn't get one, and then directly you start making 8 Sueceee in another scone, wall, | was going to say you dont need ait, no. everybody needs a ht. but you need i less. Life's Ike tha RODNEY: Can you remember any records from the days when you ‘wore on the Luxembourg shows JIMMY: One record that I remember well. we were talking about just now. It wae "Mite You ocaueo we used ’ Miss You" t0 Introduce request spot on the programme, and The Beatles ware about st that time, of course, and Shane Fenton is row ‘Alvin torduet. They were very interesting yoars I thought, music- 6 ROONEY: Highspots of your ears so far; things that you can Took WM: Oh Gawd | haven't nad many, have 1? This interview for a ‘start! Making “Too Young’ which was my frst tt, and, Sbviously, this was a highspat, I then had four terbly deday Years whore it all went wrong and | went 9 Decca. and noxting hrapvened, and | mean they'd written me off and you cant blame thom ether! 1d got Tour ties ltt to make | thnk, and all they ‘wanted ma to do was 90 nto the sto and make the records land get lost! You can't blame them. One ofthe titles was the Unchained Melody” which, of course, went to number one. $0 thac was 2 hghspot, I suppose Jimmy Young never worked in the Grand Duchy, but recorded shows in boi s Hentord Straet Studios. However, fellow BBC Du. Tony Brandon, ths join the team in Luxembourg, Syd Gillagham ‘ells the story. Tony Brandon Te paragraph in the muse papar merely recorded tht wo of 206° {ite jockeys, Chile Denning and Jonny Moran, wore leaving the station Tce wes na mention of Rado Luxombourg seeking new dise jockey {ust but tha didnt deter Tony Brandon trom tape-recording his own programme and, two dye later, dropping it trough the letterbox et 1's Lendon headquarters. NNot that he had ever been isc jockey. He was a comedy lopeasionist working the Bish variety thestre end cub circuits, \inen he read that paragraph inthe music paper he hed just returned From 2 Combined Servees Entertainment tour of Army and RAF beses ‘1 ypeus, Malta ond North Attica. “They kad the tape in Hertford Street recalls Tony, "and asked ne to go n and do some taste, And, ater those tots, some more tests. ‘and then they ‘phoned to ofler me the Job and asked i | could go out ‘o Luxembourg the following Monday ‘But on that day | hod 10 flyout 10 Aden and the Persian Gul for another CSE four. Three wooks or 20 later | was back again in this acountry, | immediately contacted the offce in Hertford Steet and, within 2 fow days, waa in tha Grand Duchy. "\arived there at the end of March, 1966—and it was snowing, remember that clearly because I's just come from wopical climes ! "Tommy Vanes joined at tha same time as me, and Barry Allis, of| course, was chief announcer Fare, the whole thing ves bit traumatic and dificult 0 appraise raight awe. The frat fw weeks there found me staying in an hotel which could have come straight out of a Fernanda! bedroom farce. The guy who ran itwas an sloohoic— and it wae s tomparence hetl| He kept his booze in Tong-case clock, but he took out the pend lum soit dnt swing back and Forth end shetter the botles. As 2 result it was four oclock al tha tim, “When the chap in room numeral cing pulled the plug out of hit ‘washbasin, the water sel to gush up i gfeat spout out of mine JAnd the maids used to leer at you behind ther fother dusters "The hote! was quite notorious. Everyone knaw it. You could tak shout ike you tak about famous thestrical digs in this country — Tice any pro would know Mis. So-and-So, in such-ande-such 9 street in Leeds | ound Luxembourg expensive, but in those dav | was stil single ty seli-sucient | used! to do all my own laundty for example Broadcasting a programme of record from te Grand Duchy was at ‘premium then, bcause 80 much of the output was pre-packaged tapes {eight out tous from London —a very large percentage of ther being programms sponsored by the big record companioe which bought huge Chonks ofa time. For much ofthe time we set there es nething more than announcers, "The frst record programme | did was cele, | thnk," Music In The ‘Night and | ws realy thrown in atthe deep end because | was on the ‘ir for two whale houre from midnight unt 2 a.m, Barry Als come in and sat with me in tho studio. “I stay with you. he said, "for as Tong as I think it's necessary’ He was gone after ™ don't know to this day whethor it wos because he regarded me boing fil effciont —or whether he just wasn't able to fece another ton mountes of and wanted nothing tare than to shoot off t0 bad vaith a very large brandy! aut it was oll prety stsightlorward and | honesty can't remember any disasters or esrdinstors happoning on it. But that doesn't mean fo say | got away with no hary moments at all 2% ond “My particular trauma, you soe, happened behind the scenes "ent know about ft but there was en engineer there who, fr hi wn good personal racone, alvays gota bit ofa load on each year just tote Christmas ‘now hit only a8 @ moderate drinker. | was on the station a your and 86'1 had just the one Christmas there "One night —a few days before thet Christmas —1 was dve to lnwoduee one of the taped. sponsored programmes at 11 pm “Tommy Vance happened to be Inthe bulking. He'd sed he had own passing ond hed seen the ight on, s0 he thought hed pop in and say hin Whien amused me gteatly at tho time, 9 1 real, "went down th comor tothe Too about ten minutes before the rootemme wes due to go on the ai, end | eame back int the studio {o find the engineer very much the worse for weer and lying on the Noor of the contrat room with the pronramme — about 4800 yards of fecorded tepe— festooned around him. No way was it going to be Shooled back in time tobe broadest at 11 pm. which was now looming ‘ust d’t know what to do. 1 wes in @ Catch 22 situation. | couldn't leave the etodia bocause, i | had, thoro would have been dead Sir at 7pm On the other hand, if stoyed in tho studio, it looked very ‘much as though there was going to be dead air anyway. {form and had reverted 1o a sort of Luxembourish patois, one such vs thie. To me it was nothing short of gbbersh, | discovered later that Unt he wae a8ying was Luxembourgish for "There's nothing Yo worry Sout, everything’ all ight!” Even if Fd understood what he was taking about, | don't think i sould eve helped me much atthe ime! must admit lost my cool abit. | rushed down to the offce and Tommn, bless him, wae stil thre. Ho just picked up a pile of record, countered up tothe studio ia a very matter-of-fact fashion, went on the n—and old the programme. “Wa never dd got thet tape sorted out! “Rovio Luxembourg for me was © greet experience. Mind you, 1 avert since boon suddenly controntad by 4.800 yards of boserk re- ceding tape and an engineer who insists tht really everything Is ll ‘aht—wel, not yet. anpwsy | Beck again inthis country. Tony joined the pirates and di his time ssoard Radio London. His long aetociaton with the BBC began in ‘ovember, 1967, Nov be has his own dally show on Radio 2 FyCARRERE reconos (What more can we say?)Peter Powell uri the sities and seventies ‘many new Dis joined the line-up in the Grand Ouchy; Don Wardell Stayed for some. time before ‘moving t0 the Landon offen 9s Press and Promotions Menogor bout another new DJ to join mes Paul joined the team, again staying for seme years and ending (p88 prosenter of the weakly chart stow — even today stl biggest show on 208 in 1978, Peter Powell joined Luxembourg, He hed previously ‘worked with BBC Radio Birming ham, but he had also worked on Radio 1 (pleted opposite) Kid Jensen ‘There are “personality 04's and there ate DJ's who are there primetly 28 avid music fens who are more interested in presenting muse they njoy to the publ Kid Jensen has been a successful exnonent ofthe later for many oars now. Despite the nickname, he's been # tamiiae name to British ‘ado listeners for a decade nov, end thoughout his carear the name has been synonymous with an unusually wide range of muse [Not that Jonson lacks personality. He i just happy to let it take Ssocond place to programme content, Keeping his programmes fst paced, treet and very profesional. Jensen hod on suspicious boginning at Redio Luxembourg, joining ha station es an 1B-year-old in 1968, to become the youngest Dl ia Even thon, he came to the Job with considerable radio experience, working in radio in Vancouver and British Columbia since the age of 1, while 9 schoolboy. With typical eclecticism, he was working on ‘At that time 1 was going to go to University and major in musi Sut gong to the radio was mare fun than going to schoo, ant soared iko such an enjoyable way of making o ving thet | decided to jackin a schooling and take it up full-time. Two things attracted him to try his ck in Europe. A tend, St Young, had just coma back ftom working for Caroline South, end had ame back fl of tales about pirate radio. But a8 pirate radio woe legal oi over by then, it wes suggested Kid might try his luck with Luneme ug’ And he'd always wanted to come to England "I sent on 11-minute alton tape to Luxembourg, which was just simply announcing records and reeding the news. It was evalygroesnve, stoned te it roonty, and | was trying to sound older at 18 then I do nom, But it coincided with the loct that © Roger Day was leeving to loin Pecadilly and they were looking for 8 replacement and also they hod just dectdod to record all their programmes Ive from the Grand Dichy instead of taping them in London. 3onsen joined Luxomboura as part ofa now look. together with tw70 other new 01's including Teny Prince and Davo Christin, and the new ‘vo Lax was 9 great eucoess, Jeneen stayed for 6} years and Became popular so quickly that when he wont home fora spall in 6S the moa Zine Fab 208 organised 2 petition which topped 2.000 signatures in a0 attempt to woo him back. They won and he stayed atthe station unt Joining the BBC in 1975, The programme that introduced most listeners 10 Ki ond his musical tastas was "Jensen's Dimensions’ Tho programma went out between ricight and 2 arm. every Friday night time when experiments of ot out of te question, and wihen a programme can aford to bP lose {and varied. Tho musical peliy can bost be dotcribed in the terminology ofthe time as progreasive, or hard Rock ‘So right ‘rom the begining, Jonson was able to put his own stamp ‘on the musical content as well asthe style of the programme. “Ie was lke @ European version of what in the States is called FW radio, tying to play comtemporary music. Ive always been able 10 Influence whot music lke to ploy, right up to the prosont doy. 1 lenjoy the treadom. i's no citron for a successil DJ. some use music Simost sr an inckdental ingredient of the programme, and work with humour or whatever, but t0 mo, blending the moods of a programme ‘through the music is an important part of the show, and something 1 lonjey very much “My musical testes have chenged over the yoars. 1 used to go for paricular arts, and be very loyal to them. 1 play anything by Nei Young, Joni Mitchell, or Van Morrison. Mow I think Fm much mor. critical of artists even if | Ike them. I beleve we're entering the best Pop musi aeane since the mid-Shtis, and now a racad i jdged more ‘on ite own merit, The othor main change te that 45’ are now more importont than slbums goin. I tove the vitality in the best of the new He orrved in Luxembourg 2 pin David Jenson. Tho Kid we audded by fellow Du's, so ironically the teenage BU who tried to sound ‘Sider now finds hunset © etre married man of 28 with 2 brand-new fret baby, but stil answering to the nome of Kid. It’ not likely to ast 238 lone a8 the Cliaheroe Kid though. "I don't know. 1 have no plans to change it yet, but | suppose one day Vil wake Up and not foal ke the Kid anymore, ond i havo to. meke it David “Kid” Jenson ond then ‘gradually phase the nickname out” = [At any rate, the word is an apt reminder of thoso early days in Luxembourg when grssly inflated practical jokes were the order of the day among tho radio station's four-man teem, Theeo rengod from live lobsters dangled in front of on-he-oi announcers to more elaborate hemes “1 ramamber one day arriving home to find Nool Edmonds lying with hie head in the gee oven and 9 smell of gas overywhers. If Uhod waked into the bedroom I would have seen this gis legs protuding "rom under the bed smeared with Ketchup. | was Suppesed to think that Noo! had led er and thon done avy with himaoit Paul Burnott and Tony Prince were the masterminds of this litle escapade,” Ihe has taken his fair share of gags Irom fellow professionals, he has also hed thei respect. Fellow BBC man Paul Gambaceini summed him up suecinetl in Radio Timos this year: “His personal dedication 1o'a wide fenge of Rock music mins over the cognoscent his profes ‘ional charisma ensnares tho punta.” — Net a bad combination 1 demented bck a th ly deo Orono aRadio Luxembourg 1979 And so we come to the current DJ line-up in Luxem- bourg, headed by Programme Dirsctor Tony Prinot Tan years with Ratko Luxembourg have given Tony Prince more than rough time t0 reflect on the vagariea of Me and how vary aierenty fo might hove turned ovt for an Oldhom-born ld for whom there seomed nly one profession .. .. jockey not on a tumtable but a horse ‘Tony, Programme Disctor for the Grand Duchy station end lesentr of hit own two two-hour shows each steek, smiles at the fomory—" Yes everyone thought J moke the ides! jockey with my ight buld and height. It seemed the only thing for me to do.and t v8 i fact apprenticed to Gerald Armetrong at Madleham on 9 sincyeat pronticeship at four shilings and sxpence « wook | I id ai months rd than quit because | could never see mysot making i in 9 Bio 0. ‘hough I loved Rorees and liked riding. @ut the led | shared s room th did leght, his name wes Wille Careon Tony's introduction to show business, » modum ho admits to ways having a banker to werk in came italy ot e Butin's hoidey ‘mo in North Wales where the drummer in 2 Bind called Rory Storm the Huricanas suggasted ho take a shot at the tlent contest— Aetusly his name wos Ringo Stare and, although twas tetied, | did rranage to sing” Be bop a hla” twas pretty swt but they gave me cond rie. Confidence bolstered Tony joined The Jasons in Oldham os 8 cali "Remember twas pre-Beste days and the people whe meant 2something were The Hollies, The Dskotss belore they wert with Billy J. Kramer and Freddie and te Dreamers. Frode Wa6 2 frtcule Nal jor me because lice him | loved todo a bit of clowning Hie chanco to present records came when the resent OJ failed to eppeee—" They asked me to stand infor fim and I seen wo have been His obvious love of the job comes through when Tory talks about broadeasting and tho part it hes played in he Hfo—" I tink | always really wanted to be dsc jockay but | knew nothing abot presenting ses when I filed infor that OJ. 1 just worked out yaa and hoped that 1 was doing the right things. I later eutioned forthe Light pro ‘ramme 9s it was then, and a lot ef pecele wero very helpful, David ‘Teeabs in particular thea to do his best for me. My Onn fechogs on radio are thet it hoe 9 great futuro, i's though we're just starting now. I realy ews 2 lotto the old pirate days when I ws on Caroline {or two yours. | worked basicly on tho North ship wth poople hike Bob Stamart and for e while on the South with Tony Blackburn ond Rosko, They wore great cays because we were all pretty new at the Tony's move to Radko Luxembourg in April 1908 wes for im an ‘exciting move and ochalengs—" Thor was only 090 yedr when | waar completely happy aod that was the year | took of to try snd bee nt ‘acting andi just didn't work out. | got work alight but slways seemed tobe typocest os « DJ. But it got the acting bug out of my system, and since | rejoined Luxembourg I've been very happy ond cantante. ‘We have 2 good toam ond 9 gteat atmosphere to workin, My own positon suits me iealy because | can guide the music policy and stil {Get behind the microphone with my own shows.” ‘The medium of tlevision hasa't played « greet par in Tony’ ie although he was for eighteen months presenter of "Discs. Go-Go" in Brstol—" Getting that was © piace of luck,” says Tory, "because the prover spotted me dancing with» il and remembered me when Kent ‘Walton, who had presented the show, went off to the 1964 Olympics Ie was 2 fun thew to-do and | introdveed sete like Tom Jones, The Yardbirds, Ly and even Tony Blackburn. ‘Away trom his Hertford Strost ofco Tony has fow pursuits outside of his fomily and musio—" Im a lucky man Because | have a beautiful ilo Chistine, we'te the orginal childhood ewoethearts, nd. {WO 0 IR hme at Stoke Pogue, Buckinghamstr With Tony ar hs we ‘Shtsine, and tac chien = Dare hoe ae, ond rele, rvellous childron Danil and Grabrala. At nome 1 sil Heten 10 alot 1 records and ballave me ther are lotto get through in a wook and over enough time to hear them in he offce. My ow taste in music? Very mined, | love good melody, Rock'n’ Roll and beleve that Evis ‘ostllo has 2 very big future.” Cleary ® contented mon Tony has to think hard whon he's asked {there #6 unfuiled ambtions—" Net realy, although at one stage 1 wanted desperetaly to live and work in America. Now of course I can 1 over to Ametica 9 couple of times a yosr to Keap up with daae and. rast people, but basically im hoppy ust doing what I do here‘eons Roda 0 Manan = tat Septmtr i ceed > tigncoar manne on fade tuseotng” Redes wey es Barry Alldis Boxy Als i¢ thor ratty, @ man whose perconal and professional ie fords him the kind of eaislaetion ond happiness that i elusive onough "any jb in show business even earor and fer that all the more to be ‘reasoned [As the longest serving cise jockey on Racko Luxembourg and con ributor to more than enesifth of ts output Barry remains what ho has ‘raya bean to those wha have known him great length of ime—a suy who is 9a affable and happy evray lam the microphone 2c when he presents his nightly shows that keop in the foro of the 208 ' supp Ive alvays boon a eatio man st heart and this probably contnbutes t0 the fact that I eet hoppy in front of the merophone." 227s Bary,“ alight Ive done telovsion snd fm but rad fe the modum ve always enjoyed most Ik woe » medium he rot entered in he native country Australia vahere his ary love of music almost took him in 9 completely aiferont Would you bolve that | actualy gained a scholarship at tho ylney Conservatorium of Music to study vumpet but | wanted t0 Into radio. My parents were worderlal bout the whole thing and ‘98 allowed to do what I wentod. Ive since had rograte at not having rudd but Fm very much a fatalist and as it happens things couldn't vave worked out Better My early days In radio gave mo invahable apatonce because | worked my way through various departments unt thocamp an announcer at the age of eightaon.” Barry's debut a2 an announcer was in Tamworth and his succes ere brought about the ofr ofa job in Brisbane where he presented hows and came into contact with visitng Britsh and American stars Like most of his fellow countrymen Barry could’ resist the eteral Aussie urge t0 wander nd in 1995 he arrived in London 10 look around nd hopefully make the kind of contacts that would lead to a break In io oF television It wose't easy, never is, and a succession of jabs kept Barry occupied until a chance meating ld him fo job with aio Luxembourg Hie feelings about the station and the country, where he met his wife 9Fornande, resistor strongly when you ask Bary to rocall the fet eng Of atving in the Grand Duchy. “Quite simpy, | fol in love with the country at fist sight Remember, | had come from Australia to London end had syent ft ‘of time bumming around Kangarea Valley or Earle Court os He Enaish knew it. Luxembourg was so very difleront, 89 old world that eauldn't et over it Thore ware fawytale castle, warm trendy peopl was working in the modium | knew best. I was also fortunate enough to meet the gt I maried and we now have two wonderlul cen. so the Grond Duchy hee done a great doa! for me. Barry's years with the station—e Joined in 1956, cam back to London sight years later and rojoined Luxembourg in 1975—hwve given him 2 well-deserved popularity tht stretches across Europe. His eight year reign presenting the” Top Twonty Show” gained hi fas al over ‘the Continant and in Scandinavia his tame brought about the cffer 9 compere @ concert, only to discover that he was the real show stopper He also tured his pianforte talents to good use when he appeared st a concert near Oslo where he was billed as solo pianist telore an foper-aie crowd of some 10,000 dlighted fens Barry's talent a8 a pianist Is something that he cismisses with a modesty that belies the tue facts. He's penned well ver a hundked songs, cut records and has hoard his compositions performed in the UK. by the BBC Rado Orchestra “1 haven't played pion now for several years." he told me, "Don't ask ma why but | guess time end work has a lot to do with i ' do stil write musi but im also writing space age poetry and e novel whichis encugh to keep me busy when Tm nat on the ai” His bresk rom Radio Luxembourg in order to puraue 9 freelance career bock in the UK. resulted in Barry presenting en shows. a Housewives’ Choice.“ Newly Prossod” and’ Monday Monday es wall 1 shows with tha BBC Wer Service, but despite the popularity and the home he set up in Ealing. Barry was happy when he returaad %0 Rado Luxembourg in 1975, nil in an administrative capecity but lator ewitchad bock to his first lve, broadcasting Gorting back in front of the microphone was one of tho best ‘moments of my Ife bacauso, although the desk job wos interesting ond arid a lot of responsibilty, | had yoarnad to da what | know best “a s ond tht wae to communicate wit the ok out thee. 138 funy feng ‘Cal sting in tudo fling to an eudance you cant se but whe You Satvetvely fel ae out hae wat for you. That most ofall th seal mage of rei for me Ask Barty the highghts ofa crowded and successful wonty-seven ‘years in show business and he doesn’t have to think very ang for tho ‘eply—" I think one of the great moments wes being given an award in Osb, # Silver Bllon cise which was quite something because I's Unusual for Dds to receive ewards. For me it was ontraly unexpected because 1 had no idea that my popularity was so bia in Norway. 1 was ‘tented Ika VIP there and had marvellous time. Other bg moments ‘well unquestionably my morrioge to Fernande and « honeymoon ‘wa spent going around the world. And of course getting back infront of the mike at Radio Luxembourg When | spoke 10 Barry it was during one of the floating visits 10 iain to take partin a Rado Lsxembourg promotion ato lexing London store and to most up with the colleagues he ses at most » few times year. In the hectic two dys hore he had packed in tho meatings Sebghted the teenage fans at the prosentation and in his own warde— Hel ebout four hours sloop in two days but loved every minuto of i | simply don't do gigs in Brien any more, just the odd PA when the‘stotion ask and | shways find that rewarding becouse | meet so many fans old and young who tune into tho Staton and # they dont know ime trom tho old days they know ine Irom todey." Barrys popularity at Radio Luxembourg ian’ only restricted tothe Sriish litoners Because he recently racorded his own show for ATL in the longuege of the county and was also asked to play pena on the show—" which makes me think that | should buy 0 piano ond got back to some keyboord work. His un personal musi! prefrences re “Jazz which has aways ‘been my favourite form of music end saul musi. but Io howe (wo 8, my professional eat Tor the music ofthe day and my own ear for musical enjoyment at home, which is normally fort Ihave. pretty ‘en mind about music thovsh, after all | presented tha Top Twenty show for ight years and went through the entre Bactlee period +0 there's a let to draw on. AE far a8 Pop is concerned tod dont thik it has ever been 2. heath stata, thera ate somo very talented young men ‘aed women around and the ‘whola musi! sean i s0 very ‘creative today.” Barry Allis, 2 hoppy. and contented man, whe, had the fates not intervened, might have been playing the trumpet fon jazz sessions but then, fs he's tho fest to odmit— that’s fae Bob Stewart Bob Stewart The deep brown voice of Bob Stewart has become slmost a trademark of Raslo Lixembourg, But when Liverpoobaen Bab Tet’ schoo! he Seemed destined to become 2 car salesman After seling cars for a yoar, he had o brief spell in the. Army, visting Kenya ond East Aca, ond returned to Liverpool at the time of ‘he boat boom. A fiend of his, ex-Besties drummer Pete Best, suggested Bob bocome a DJ on the clib creut Being on stago as a DJ just wasn't my scone. | didn't consider thot | had an adequate hrowiedge of the music business, let alone the confidence to do it!" But Bob and his voice impressed the club owner o'much he insisted ha come ta work for hin Friends eventuslly convinced Bob thet he should sim for higher things —'so he Joined the Ratko Corotine North ship with felow 208 D4, Tony Prince. He bult the audience for his show —the Baby Bob Stowart Show" up to about four millon 9 doy. |Whon the Marine Offences Act put him out of work he wont back ‘on the rosd withthe Careline Mobilo Roadshow. but sil longed t0 get back on the arwaves. He appeared belly on a Granade TY programme —"Frst Timers unti one day in 1868 Tony Prince callod on hie, Hig old frend told him about a vacaney on Ratio Luxembours * BuL" I thought “Who wants to five in Luxembourg ? — and put it vt the back of my min.” Alter @ few more calls. Tony convinced him— Bob sent # tape snd got the jo, After nina year Inthe Grand Duchy Bob now says he Soasn't mise England any more though he does mise his roost Bob presente 208's Country and Western Show on Saturday nights, and Country music has become passion of hs "I never used to be all thet keen. Burt, 9 couple of y ”‘sarod an apartment with his Quy trom the hits of Montana, 3 fot ve ‘nd et least twanty-one stone. Me loved County music, and after hed hed couple of rinks fe was a lot safer al ound if you said you Shed too, Eventually, of enurae, | actually got to lhe it Bob hopos to vist Nashvl, the home of Country musi, Inter this voor: ‘As well os the Country shows, Bob proseas the Bish Top 20 Show on Tuesdy minh, 8 Stuart Henry 208's " Scotish Service" DJ Stuart Honry i on the air och weekdey voning from 11 pm. His specil shows include the Thursday Midhight ‘Sound System * and Saturday's” Stret Heat" now wave show at? pin Stuart says:"Anyono who thinks new wove is nasty and wil shorty 90 away is being as naive es the people inthe fies who found Elvis isgusting. You see, new wave startac by velecting everything that ee one before in popular music... it shocked end ennoyed peopl ond was damissed as worthless. Obviously the music will propre, But essentaly It isthe Sound of pop music of tomorrow" “That's Stuart on new wave music. Ho's always pioneered now music trends. But what about the man himsell. SYD GILLINGHAM talked to Nim. both in London ang Luxembourg twas six yars ogo that Stuart moved into his two-bedroom, wo: bathroom fat in what must be one ofthe most elegant staet in London It represents what Iwas then. | wanted to ereato an environment iked because | never roaly grew adjusted to living in London, So | wanted the flat to be 3 timeless litle space capsule fonk-hoe that could ome into and the ouside ward ceased to exet. (One of the fist things you notice wen you close the front door on ve outside world isthe Nghveslinged halway painted a deep red.” Like walking down 2 throat” as one of his trends described It when it lopt fut and hit her for the St time Stuart, a6 Scottish a6 haggis on Hogmanay, admits too liking for Vietoriana and things Eastern. So that tho floor by the lrge bey windows ‘covered by some hal-dezen large, lounging cushions, ‘An old and handsome chsie-longue upholstered in lather stands in ‘ha middle ofthe room and in one comer i en equally encien Cond hand cme) wind-up gramophone, complete with horn. picked up for twanty sid in the Portobello Rosd, 'é have been disappointed i the old 78 on the turntable had been snything athor than Scotlond's own Sir Herry Laude singing” Keep Right Sn To The End OF The Road | thnk 1 90 for Veteriana because I love things which have need less decoration ta them” 0“when Iwas 9 drome student in Glisgow | used oto the atoot market there. It was fll of junk and that's where | got hecked on collet” “Me wes great fun because omidst allthis gerbige and junk you ‘could find certain. objects you Gked and which you could Get ANY cheaply.” | walk through heavy drape curtains into the ding room-cum- ‘workroom with its pinewood wal paneling and book ent racore shelves land down the halway to gaze in admiration at one of hse two bath- Toms with ts 4ft Gins. wide beth and wall covered ery in cork. "| used to delight in saying thatthe bath holds thes comfortably. laughs Stuart. “My fat in Luxembourg is rally quite lifrent you know. It's incrodbly bright and sunny and modern and there are fl end tre a round us. “F've got some can furniture made ia the Third World ond bits ond pices of Victoria. The furniture fant made. dont go for ‘modern furitre like | n't go for modern arcitctua ‘Stuart Edinburgh-bor, 98 yeors ol, and an only cid whose PAF navigator father was killed on a bombing raid ever Gemany dusing the ‘War, started broadcasting for "208" the beginning ef une 1975. What were his feelings when, after sight highly successtul years wih Rasho One, he suddenly found himeelt cut on the street 8 vielen ‘of the BBC's economic one ? as shattrad, very brought down. | wos trib sad 1 leave the and tre wae the Insecurty of not knowing what 1 98 90:93 to do. “1 thought to mysel, ‘Why me, dear God ? 1 had been very happy with my Sturdy morning show but once I had got over the shock and urpre | reales | could use thie pose of bad fortune to capitalize on Something I had always wanted to do 1 had always wanted 10 wavel and to see the word, and so there ‘war algo the exetement of knowing | had boon pushed out of the rut been in Stuart Henry was educated at Daniel Stewart's Collage in Ecinburgh. During schoo! holidays he worked a8 an assistant stage manager The Gateway Thoste, Edinburgh's repertory company, and at 17 Ne wont to the Royal Acadamy of Dramatic Art in Glastow. 0 ‘Aer gracuation, ne went straight into a sbmonth contract with the ‘BBC in Glasgow, and that meant taking part in redo plays, schools bromdeasts, end children’s programmes, "Thon Fao Scotland opened vp on 2 boat of Dunbar on the Eain- burgh sido of the coast and I thought." That sounds Tun and a graat venture 1 go oi and be a diss jockey” rape together. was trrble—iks al frst tapas apo recording and was adopt at editing ond 80 | woe abe to cutout ol the bod bits—end got the i. “But gotta sack aftr 10 days. The trouble was thatthe host was ‘moored inthe roekiost and stormiast part of tho entire Seotish coast — I wos the sickest pirate in the business.” But becsuse Redo Scot- land was moored in such rough wators it was often impossible ro get ‘solo artistas and groupe outta the heat for interview. So a studio was ened in Glasgow. “And who better to un i" lauehs Stuart,“ than this young ane very seasick ist?" One night | was doing an hour's warmup withthe aco at 2 93 winere the beat contest was being judged by David Jacobs. I mat him 2d his manger, Bunny Laws, and some timo later Bunny ‘phoned me © toll me he had been talking tothe Beeb about me. I went south for an ‘adtion for Radio One, passed it, ond was offered a T3-woek convact Tor a wesky programm in Luxembourg the lady in his He scaled Olle. They were morried i» London in 1978. They lve in @ fat in Steinsel, 2 viloge 9 few miles cutside Luxembourg Vile, Rob Jones ob Jones, tho youngost member of 208's team, wee born in Liverpeo! con SOQ Api, 1955. His schooldays were spent st Liverpool College, snare ho oxCalled at sports —he played hockey for Lancashire and Vales His grest embition was to be on actor. He took part in local ‘mater dramatios and had th lean al choo! plays ‘Alwaye old man’s pare though. I think it was because | had » beard quicker than anyone ese: But Rob's teachers and amily said that he'd never make any money ing an seter_ So, when he llt schoo) in 1973, he became an artiled Cloth inthe offce of 9 chartered occountant Not only was it boring, hho was pald the princely sum af €8.16 2 weekRob says his years at Raco Cty gave him » good dea! ot exparionce Wich Becamo usetul lator. He decked he should try ond reach a larger fudience, so sent off some tapes to Radio Luxembourg. Three years 10 ‘the day ater joining Ras City tha ‘phone rang and he wae ofered 8 Job on 208, presenting the ear evening shows, Rob hae also branched fut into TY, with programme fr Granada TV called ” Breakers” Mark Wesley Mark, 208's Station Co-ordinator and late-night man, was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in Januory, 1948, Although he's best known vs-a DJ, he s4ys itis only “just part of my love for the whole music ‘Tat love afar began whon he was 13 and wes given an acoustic sta. Uke 80 many other Kids inthe 60s, Mark formed 2 group with ‘nds — called the Spectors —and they went on tha rood ut dreame of hit records and top money were never fuliled — 1nd the band spit. So Merk tunod eventual to rao and straight way came the youngest and one of the most talented DJs on the Pop rates, He worked for Radio Eetex, 270 and Scotland belore the Maine offences Act outlawed the pirate stations. ‘Then a new side to his career, working for top music pubishers in London, Mark keprin touch withthe rado scene and aera spell on the "cdo Northaea shi, joined Luxembourg in the Grand Duchy. He got morid few years bock to @ Luxembourg gi, Perette, and ney now have baby el And Mack regulory returns to the UK for appearances on the 208 Disco Show. Rosko osko may be “in exile" —but he is sill very much in the public eve, with two shows a week on Rade Luxembourg He left Radio One a couple of years ago to settle inthe States and sends his programmes, each week, om his own studios in Los Angeles But he's not totaly" in eit” During the summer he returned to Briain for @ isco tour and appeared in forty towns... "| suppose | must have seen 40,000 people or mor,” he s2ys. During the visit—which lasted eight weeks —Rlosko traveled nearly 12,000 miles, appearing in places tke Mford Haven, Cambridge, Sradlor, Bristol, Blockpoo, plus Ireland and ll ver Europe. While he wasn Britain he aso picked up the eward fer for Top Rock DJ trom he ade paper Racio and Record News RRosko reckons thet one of his greatest talents is picking hit records ss_— uring his daye wih tho Boob ho claims to have had the best rete of success for his “htbicks.” Even today he comples hi shows sevt weeks in advance ..." those who mant to know what is going to be bit in seven weeks timo should come to me as I programme my shan ‘al that time in advance 1" he jokes. Rosko,probsbly one of the most powerful personality Dds ever 49 brondcest in European redo, has been playing lacs for 18 years, but I ‘eels that te high paid superjock of eight years ago no longer makes the ‘same money these days. "In genera” he told Music Week's Davi Dalton recom," programme droctors wages have gone up while hheve gone down. mt talking about the States now. Ratings a Important inthe US and fe Ds stings drop, he can lose Ns job, ‘Apart from his Mondey and Thureday shows for 208, Rosko keeps busy in Los Angales programming discos. He has algo completod a plot television show called tho" Disco Dance Chsllenge "——and he's started his own record company and publishing house. And there are those wha thought Rosko might actualy rete wien he returned to. America twa years ago! ‘As you will ave gathered. Rosko chooses ll his own music for the Racio Luxembourg programmes —he never had total freedom of ‘choice on his Radio One programme —ond reckons "The team #t 208 has never been stronger.” Disco ‘79 AAs Autumn 1978 spprosched, the menagement of Rado Luxembourg ‘decided to imroduce @ new programme format. Some popusr features stayed—ike the Tuesday eas chart, the County show, the ew wave Programme, the’ Pop Club” and "Sound System” But Rosko's sitima 13 doubled vo four houts ch week — and Jahnnia Welker and Peary [tas joined the team. Maneging Director Alan Koon fels thet Rei Luxembourg has always been pacesettor within the Brush music industry " Our Bish Service has always kopt a close watch on all ends ia ‘the music business. During 1978 alone there have been thee dierent ‘rections for pop—we started the year with contemporary rack lasing 56 Ihe Feld, den came punk rock or new wave... and now the disco We have followed al these trends and wo stil ave programmes specaly catering fer contemporary end new wave fans. But we have Sided to make the sco music the ceneal lator, Hf you ike, of our furant musie format. “Our Programme Director Tony Prince spends probably three evenings each week mekiag personal appeatences In dios around the Luc he may well be the only programme director mrad withthe rally ‘ose contact with Iisteners. Tony, and other 208 Du's, found that sisco- Syled music was the big tend—so we went with Its part of big Evropean Radio and TV organisation, our Du's make appearances ia Europe, too. In other words | am saying that we don't make changes by a group, of executives sitting round moking decisions besed on "gut Teaings ‘We keep in constant touch with our Bsteners and this way, | belive “Together with inveducing the disco-stvied music format, we have \joubled ROSKO's ai-tme to two two-hour shows each wos and nave brought JOHNNIE WALKER onto the toam. Johnnie records his shows in San Francico but must be one of ritin's most successful D's eve. “Then we have PEARLY GATES, We wanted » “Bleck night: bid’— omeone realy diferent! Just as we startad looking for someone vround the States, Tony Prince came into my office with a tape of Poatly Gatos,» fabulous black singor who hod recorded @ show for the Celebrity 01's” series. We all apraad that Pearly was just what we swore looking for So we signed Nar up for 9 sae of Satorcay Mignight programm “The new programme format was introduced on Octobar 8, based on + new Disco Top 30 chart breedeast on Sundoy, aid Alan Keon ~ Radio Luxembourg is @ commercial racho station” he continued ‘And being commercial it depends upon advertising revenue for avccess: wo really oe very fortunate in having en exceptionally strong sales force, wie have experence of sales work in tatevision and newspapers we oe rao, teally believe that we can confidently look forward to 8 hetthy ond financially stable future.” 37‘So, Pearly Gates and Johnnie Walke joined the team with regular shows. Pearly Gates has quite a story 0 tall Pearly Gates ‘Miss Pearly Gates. from Tuskogoe. Alabama, is wearing high. shiny beck leather boots over tightiting block trousers 9 naty white sil walstoat ‘over 8 Bleck silk shit.» gold stud earring in ono ear and a lege, gold bangle carting in the other, and the biggest, happiest simile you have “Everything is going right for me at the moment.” she says. “It just soome that I ean't put afoot wrong Its right enough. Everything is coming up roses forthe one-time ‘Viola Bilops who, a6 a youngster of six, picked cotton In the fields of ‘America’s Deep South with her mother, four brothers, and five sites Not only id she have » new rocord release in October tied "Burning Love” but her career hat taken off in @ completely new and unexpected clrection ~ she's now a disc jockey ‘Sho has so mado hor own litle place of sound radio history becouse, with her weekly, late-night, one-hour show on Radio Luxem ‘bourg each Saturday, she has become the fest Black women cle Jockey 1 broadeast regularly to listeners inthis county. Ik was Tony Prince, 208's programme dlractor, who Invited Posty to fil a one-off “ealbrity DJ” spot. She agreed ~ "just for fun” Prince waked inta the studio, heard the frst minute or so of har programme ane knew at once he'd found the black woman (he'd bash searching for It also Prince who describes the dolly, oggy Mise Gatos as having the Dus basi requirements ~confdonce, @ sexy voice, and great deal of intimacy. Remind her of those tow, delberately-chosen words and ‘the smile on her face orupte (a8 often does, nto great belts of laughter So dovs the lady herself thnk she has # sexy volce? "It depends on what you call sexy.” sho says, in that undeniably sexy woice of hers. "Ive had laters fem listeners in this county, and 8 Scandinavia, and Europe, and 20 on, teling me Ive got « wonderful voice. And some men have writen into say much more then that And she dissolves again into another delciously happy bout of laughter, "One young man wets, Forgive me for saying s0, Peary, but listening 10 your voice made me just want to take all my clothes of, 196 toed, cur up inthe sheets, and imagine you were there with me “Did I reply to him? | most certainly did! | sent him 2 sned ‘photograph 1” Moro gusts of laughter Peay lives in a handsome fat in St. Johns Wood, in north-west London, nota hit for sie away from that veiy English institution, Lord's cneket ground, ‘A tong, long way, however, from the cotton feds of Alabama. Home for Peary’ parents and their 10 children ~ of whom eight survive today ~ was 6 20-ecre farm and » sevon-bedroom, two-bathvoam house. Then her parents divorced when she ws stil Baby ~ she was ‘the youngest but'one of the 10 children My father kept the property.” she says, “and my mater and we children worked in the eotten fields unt Wwe hod enough money #0 buy ourselves another house. ‘They wore hard times, but my mother wae strong and honest with us, Whon she told us wo all hd to work, she said itn such & ‘Way that we couldn't resent "We admired her for giving us tho strength and the courege to 30 fot end doit. She ws avery clever lady. and | thnk she has given me ‘he strength to stay In the business Im in tay. "| started workin tho cotton ods ot five ~ not because we needad the money Team, but because everyone eles needed the money and rovane could stay home te look after me, "took the drinking water round to the others working In the ed The bucket was aealy az big a8 was | And by the time 'd got out into the folds Tost hal the water through the bucket Benging aginst my i Started picking cotton when | was six ~ from six inthe morning 59