Annie Nightingale RIP



BiG said:
I recall two things about Annie Nightingale. She mentioned me on the OGWT once. And the car-crash interview with Paul Simon when she asked him if he missed Art Garfunkel, who he'd written all those Simon & Garfunkel songs with. If he was as mortified as his facial expression suggested as he corrected her, he did a good job of controlling his voice.

All that's by-the-by. RIP Annie.
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Never seen that before !

 
Seem to recall, on live TV, she walked in on The Police to present some music award or another when they were all engaged with a certain type of band follower.

RIP
 
Sam Handwich said:
She was 36 when Punk arrived. She was pretty unknown before that. Mind you, it was mainly because she was the only female DJ at Radio 1 from 1970 till 82.
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Pre-punk, I think she was mainly known for being a female DJ but punk and the rise of Indie seemed to give her some focus and she became a champion of new music outside the mainstream. It's always a shame when we lose someone whose primary interest was music rather than their own career.
 
Hardyman's Yugo said:
My first thought after hearing this she’s never 83. Then I remembered I’m63 and I used to listen to her Sunday teatime show when I was in sixth form

RIP. Great presenter of great music
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It was her Sunday night programme I listened to in the early 80s, either before or after Alexis Korner's great programme, and the OGWT too. RIP a bit of a pioneer
 

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