Penny Valentine (1947 - 2004) was a British music journalist, rock critic, and occasional television personality, probably best known as a regular on Juke Box Jury in the mid-1960s, in which she established her fame. As a young woman, she also wrote articles for a variety of publications on the then-current Swinging London phenomenon. She also wrote for Record Mirror for many years, and in the 1970s wrote for the American rock magazine Creem. 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Juke Box Jury was a pop themed panel show, originally produced by BBC television from 1959-1967. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in Britain (centred in London, as the primate city) in the 1960s. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Creem is a rock and roll magazine started in 1969 by Barry Kramer. ...
She also wrote a biography of Dusty Springfield, with whom she was intimately involved in a sexual relationship. Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield (April 16, 1939 – March 2, 1999) was an English singer, regarded by many as one of the finest white soul singers of all time. ...
Valentine was worth fawning over, then and for the remainder of her life, which ended last week at the age of 59 after a long struggle with cancer.
She was born of Jewish and Italian ancestry on St Valentine's eve in central London, the only child of a father employed in the old Covent Garden market and a doting mother whose several concurrent jobs included both hairdressing and office work.
It was from their Bloomsbury flat that, at 16, Penny set out to become a trainee reporter on the Uxbridge Post.
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