John Peel Sessions
| John Peel OBE |
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Peel in a studio at Yalding House
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| Birth name | John Robert Parker Ravenscroft |
| Born |
30 August 1939 Heswall, England |
| Died | 25 October 2004 (aged 65) Cusco, Peru |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Anne Milburn (1965–1973, divorced) Sheila Gilhooly (1974–2004, his death) |
| Children | William, Alexandra, Tom, and Florence. |
| Website | BBC minisite |
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.
He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio, and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres, including pop, reggae, indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock, punk, hardcore punk, breakcore, grindcore, death metal, British hip hop, electronic music, jungle and dance music. Fellow DJ Paul Gambaccini described Peel as "the most important man in music for about a dozen years". In 2012 he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover.
Peel's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular "Peel sessions", which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist live in the BBC's studios, and which often provided the first major national coverage to bands that would later achieve great fame. Another popular feature of his shows was the annual Festive Fifty countdown of his listeners' favourite records of the year.
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