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Gillett began in journalism in 1968 with a weekly column in the Record Mirror. His 1970 book, The Sound of the City, was a history of popular music, originally written as his Masters thesis for Columbia University. It received excellent reviews in both Time magazine and The New York Times and enabled Gillett to further his music journalism career and write a second book, Making Tracks. He wrote for a variety of music magazines including Rolling Stone and New Musical Express and currently contributes to The Observer. Record Mirror was a British weekly music newspaper. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... redirect Master An artists impression of the Masters. ... Look up thesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Columbia University is a private university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... Rolling Stone is an American magazine devoted to music, politics and popular culture. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

He began a weekly radio programme, Honky Tonk on Radio London from 1972, leaving in 1978. He brought Ian Dury to public attention, and was the first DJ to play demos by by Graham Parker, Elvis Costello and Dire Straits ("Sultans of Swing"). Ian Dury, in a look combining Gene Vincent with a Cockney pearly king. ... Graham Parker playing at Brits Pub in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a popular British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ... Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by David Knopfler (guitar), his brother Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), John Illsley (bass) and Pick Withers (drums), and managed by Ed Bicknell. ...

With partner Gordon Nelki, Charlie launched the Oval record label in 1974 with Another Saturday Night, a compilation record which popularised Cajun music in the UK. The duo managed Ian Dury's first group Kilburn & the High Roads, produced the first Lene Lovich album (including the hit "Lucky Number") and published Paul Hardcastle's worldwide number one hit, "19". Most recently they have worked with producer David Lowe on the projects Touch and Go and Dreamcatcher. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cajun music, an emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Catholics of Canada. ... Ian Dury, in a look combining Gene Vincent with a Cockney pearly king. ... CD reissue of Lene Lovichs first album, Stateless. ... Paul Hardcastle (born December 10, 1957) is a British composer and musician specialising in the synthesiser. ... David Lowe is a British composer, focusing primarily on music for television. ...

In 1980 Charlie joined London's leading commercial station, Capital Radio, and began to play more independent music. He was fired in 1983 but after listener complaints was re-hired with orders for a new format. He chose to follow his new interest in music from the rest of the world and his show, A Foreign Affair, is credited with helping to launch 'world music' [1]. Having been the first British DJ to play Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita, "Hot Hot Hot" by Arrow (Alphonsus Cassell) and many more, he left Capital in December 1990. He was presented with the Sony Gold Lifetime Achievement Award the following year. The Capital Radio building in Leicester Square, London. ... Youssou NDour Youssou NDour (born October 1, 1959 in Dakar) is a Senegalese singer. ... Amens album cover Salif Keita (born August 25, 1949) is an internationally recognized Afro-Pop singer and song writer from Mali. ...

Returning to the BBC, Charlie has presented a weekly two hour show on BBC London 94.9 from 1995 to 2006 and a weekly world music programme on the BBC World Service since 1999. In 2006, Gillett was awarded The John Peel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio by the Radio Academy. BBC London 94. ... World Service logo The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ...

Each year each year since 2000, he has compiled a double-CD world music album, World 2000, 2001, etc, the first four for EMI, the next two for Wrasse. The latest, World 2006, is through Warner/Rhino.

Gillett and his wife Buffy have two daughters, Suzy and Jody, and one son, Ivan.

References

• Interview and profile, fRoots magazine, 2001

External links

• Personal site