John Walters (May 16, 1938 – July 30, 2001) was a British radio producer and presenter and musician and educated at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Initially a teacher and a jazz enthusiast, he played trumpet in the 1960s pop group The Alan Price Set before joining BBC Radio One in 1967. May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... For Trumpet Winsock, see Winsock. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Alan Price (born April 19, 1941 in Fairfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear, England) is a musician, songwriter, and actor. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). ...

He was long-term producer of DJ John Peel's radio show, and as such was responsible for giving many recording artists their first big break. He turned down the Sex Pistols for a Peel session when, drawing on his schoolteacher's experience, he said that Johnny Rotten "didn't look like the kind of boy you would trust to give out the scissors". He reportedly regretted this decision later on - but he was responsible for getting The Smiths their first session after witnessing an early concert by them. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... “Peel Sessions” redirects here. ... The Sex Pistols was an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... John Lydon John Joseph Lydon (born January 31, 1956), also known as Johnny Rotten (a nickname derived from the state of his teeth) was the iconoclastic lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd (PiL) and an Irish individualist anarchist. ... The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ...

As a broadcaster he presented the long-running Radio One arts magazine "Walters' Weekly" and was regularly heard reviewing the music papers on the Janice Long show in the 1980s. In the 1990s he was a reporter on the BBC's current affairs magazine "Here and Now". Janice Long (born April 5, 1955) is a Liverpudlian radio broadcaster in the UK, the sister of TV personality Keith Chegwin. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion (US$7. ...

External links

• BBC article on John Walters