John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August, 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist.

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He was one of the original DJs of Radio 1 in 1967 and the only one remaining on Radio 1 at the time of his death. Known for the extraordinary range of his taste in music and the occasional mistakes (such as playing records at the wrong speed) that marked his shows, John Peel was one of the most popular and respected DJs in the world. His influence on alternative rock, pop, and dance music is widely acknowledged as being incalculably large.

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►	Introduction
►	Early life
►	Beginning of British career
►	BBC career
►	Dandelion Records and Strange Fruit
►	Later years
►	Peel Day
►	References
►	Trivia
►	External links

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