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Paul Gambaccini

Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born 2nd April 1949 in New York) is a radio and television presenter.

He studied at Dartmouth College in the United States, where he also worked in radio, and at University College, Oxford. He became publicly known for presenting American music on BBC Radio One starting in 1973. He has worked widely in British radio and television, presenting mainly related to music, films, and the arts. He co-authored The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles.

In 1982 he helped to launch the career of the pop group Kajagoogoo. In 1995, he was named Philanthropist of the Year by the National Charity Fundraisers, for his work on behalf of the Terrence Higgins Trust. He received the Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio award from the Radio Academy in 1996. He has presented the Ivor Novello Awards for 11 years

Gambaccini now presents a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 and contributes to various publications.

External link

Personal website (http://www.mnemonics.co.uk/paul/)

Some or all material in this page has been adapted from the Paul Gambaccini entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gambaccini), or others, in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org), the free encyclopedia.