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.

Trivia

• Peel was a devoted fan of Liverpool Football Club. After the Hillsborough disaster he started his show with Aretha Franklin's gospel version of You'll Never Walk Alone.
• Peel once auctioned a kidney stone for charity minutes after passing it while DJing at a student party.
• Peel used aliases when checking in his laundry, including "Eddie Lee Beppaux" and "Jack Frobisher".
• The last band to record a Peel session was Hot Snakes, at Maida Vale Studios on October 14, 2004. The recording was later released as a 7-inch.
• In his 1989 appearance on Desert Island Discs, Peel chose the following:
• Handel's Zadok the Priest as recorded at the coronation of George VI
• Roy Orbison – "It's Over"
• Jimmy Reed – "Too Much"
• Misty in Roots – "Mankind"
• The Undertones – "Teenage Kicks" (Choice if only allowed one record)
• Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto
• The Fall – "Eat Y'self Fitter"
• The Four Brothers – "Pasi pano pane zviedzo"