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Profile of Brian Matthew
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Brian Matthew |
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17th September 1928 |
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Coventry, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Brian Matthew (born 1928) is a British broadcaster, born in Coventry, who became popular in the days of the BBC Light Programme, hosting Saturday Club (originally called Saturday Skiffle Club, starting in 1957 and changing to its more familiar name in 1958) and Easy Beat (starting in 1960). At the time, there was little pop music played on BBC Radio, certainly when compared to the huge demand for it among young people, and the shows attracted audiences into the millions. Virtually all the big stars of the era, including The Beatles, appeared on the shows.
The programmes' influence declined due to the rise of offshore radio from 1964 onwards; when BBC Radio 1 launched in 1967, Easy Beat was axed, and Saturday Club was taken over by another presenter, before it was also axed in 1969. Later, Brian Matthew returned to prominence as the host of BBC Radio 2's arts magazine Round Midnight, from 1978 to 1990. Since 1990 he has hosted Sounds of the Sixties on the same network on Saturday mornings, playing many of the records he initially played on Saturday Club and Easy Beat.
External link
- BBC Radio 2 Sounds of the 60's
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