THIS STORY PUBLISHED: 16 May 2005 1920 BST Glastonbury A-Z John Peel - W and X is for...
John Peel gives us W and X...
We have been compiling an A to Z of the Glastonbury Festival and have been asking famous people to come up with what Glastonbury means to them... John Peel - the first DJ to give exposure to punk, reggae and hip-hop - gives us W and X...
>>> John Peel has been with Radio 1 from the beginning in 1967, establishing himself with the late night programme Top Gear.
>>> Almost anyone who is anyone in the world of music has recorded a session for Peel.
>>> Apart from regularly topping music paper Best DJ polls, John won the 1993 Sony Award for Broadcaster of the Year and in 1994 was named Godlike Genius by the NME.
