Paul Gambaccini

Paul Gambaccini
Gambaccini at Oxford University in 2010
Born	Paul Matthew Gambaccini (1949-04-02) April 2, 1949 (age 67) Bronx, New York, United States
Nationality	American British
Other names	The Great Gambo The Professor of Pop
Occupation	Broadcaster
Years active	1966–present
Spouse(s)	Christopher Sherwood (m. 2013)
Awards	Radio Academy Hall of Fame, 2005

Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born April 2, 1949) is an American-British radio and television presenter and author in the United Kingdom. He has dual United States and British nationality, having become a British citizen in 2005.

Known as "The Great Gambo" and "The Professor of Pop", Gambaccini was a BBC Radio 1 presenter for 16 years, including 11 years at the helm of a Billboard Top 30 countdown show. A regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's long-running arts programme Kaleidoscope, Gambaccini was a long-time TV morning show correspondent for British television, and makes regular appearances on other British TV magazine shows. He was the host of the 12-part Classic FM series Paul Gambaccini's Hall of Heroes, and chairs the Radio 4 music quiz Counterpoint. Inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2005, Gambaccini is the author of more than 15 books.

Born in the Bronx, Gambaccini studied at Dartmouth College, from where he obtained a degree in history in 1970.

He then migrated to the United Kingdom and attended University College, Oxford, where he read for a degree in politics, philosophy and economics. He has since returned to Oxford, where he delivered a series of lectures in January and February 2009, as the News International Visiting Professor of Broadcast Media. In February 2010 he was invited by the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Andrew Hamilton to deliver the inaugural LGBT lecture Out on Monday to the university's LGBT staff, students and faculty.