Trivia

In the mid-70s managed the group Kilburn & the High Roads, whose lead singer was Ian Dury.

He is credited with discovering Dire Straits in 1976 after playing "Sultans of Swing" from the band's demo tape on his influential BBC Radio London show Honky Tonk.

Took a degree in Economics at Peterhouse, Cambridge, then MA at Columbia University, New York. He later expanded his thesis on the history of rock'n'roll into a book.