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| | The Radio Academy - Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Alan 'Fluff' Freeman was already a radio announcer (and occasional singer) in Melbourne, when, in 1957, he took a holiday in the UK that stretched into a broadcasting career lasting more than forty years. |
 | | His voice, the vocal equivalent of a twinkle in the eye, was first heard on Radio Luxembourg, but in 1960 he joined the BBC Light Programme to present 'Records Around Five' - on which he introduced his trademark 'At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal' theme - and, occasionally, 'Housewives' Choice'. |
 | | His perennial association with chart-based shows through the ensuing decades, whether on Radio 1, London's Capital Radio or Virgin Radio, overshadowed his tireless championing of heavy metal, as well as a lifelong love of classical music that in 1997 found an outlet on Radio 2, where 'Pick Of The Pops' was also revived. |
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