John Peel OBE: + 50 years of service to UK's music industry

Music in the UK has changed over the last century, for each genre there has always been an icon; someone that made a change in the industry in one way or another. These people can be artists, producers or artists becoming producers and even promoters of their own music. These people have stepped beyond everyone else and have developed a new way of seeing the music industry over the years.
If I can think of someone that has touches all the grounds and put his finger in all of the pies, that would be for excellence: John Peel.
Naturally I go and google Mr. Peel, first is a really complete Wikipedia article where it explains everything about him, from his beginnings until his death.
“John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE, (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967, until his death in 2004. He was known for his eclectic taste in music and his honest and warm broadcasting style. He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock, reggae and punk records on British radio, and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres including alternative rock, indie rock, pop, hardcore punk, death metal, British hip hop and dance music.” (Wikipedia)

Quite a broad person is it not?

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