By the end of the Seventies, though, disco’s commercialization led to a raft of releases that emulated the genre’s hallmark sounds but often lacked its soulful elements. Suddenly every ...
Johnnie Walker, a former BBC Radio 2 DJ known for hosting the “Sounds of the 70s” show, died Monday. He was 79. The news was ...
Bob Harris soundtracks your New Year's Eve and pays tribute to Johnnie Walker.
For “Blow by Blow,” his first true solo album, Beck jettisoned the vocalists, teamed with epic producer George Martin and embraced a booming jazz-fusion scene for one of the Seventies’ finest ...
Radio 2 head Helen Thomas said his two main shows, Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show, were “appointments to listen to” because of Walker’s influence. “He loved radio and inspired a ...
He will step down from presenting Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show on BBC Radio 2 at the end of this month. The 79-year-old made the announcement live on air on Sunday, telling listeners that ...
Dig into the musical treasures of the 70s ...
Johnnie Walker joined BBC Radio 1 in 1969 and Radio 2 in 1997, where he built up a loyal fanbase on “Sounds of the 70s” and “The Rock Show.” Over the years, he championed artists like ...