For other people named Roger Scott, see. Roger Scott Born ( 1943-10-23)23 October 1943 Died 31 October 1989 (1989-10-31) (aged 46) Roger Scott (23 October 1943 – 31 October 1989) was a radio. He was best known for presenting an afternoon radio show on 's from 1973 until 1988. Born in London in 1943, Roger Scott developed an early love of the music being created at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s.
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As a teenager, he began playing records out the window of his suburban London home and watching the reaction of passers-by to the music. Contents. Early career After a brief time as a, Scott found his way to the and joined the radio station in in 1966. Scott's job, based on his, was to be 'friend of ', and Scott learned the craft of disc jockey, working with Boom Boom Brannigan and other legendary names at the station. Eight months later he left WPTR to become the evening presenter at the station. From 1967 to 1971 he was known by listeners for his on-air antics and for his passionate love of music. Notable during this time was his participation in ', recorded by with during their 'Bed-in' for peace at the in Montreal.
Anticipating the launch of legal land-based, Scott returned to the in 1971, only to find the introduction was not as advanced as he had anticipated. Meanwhile, he secured a position at, a closed-circuit station broadcasting music to all the factories nationwide. It was about this time he also had a brief stint on but, anticipating a future in commercial radio, he did so under the pseudonym 'Bob Baker'.
In 1975 he and were resident team captains on a short-lived television pop quiz programme, 'Disco!' , hosted by and broadcast on Sunday afternoons. He did not enjoy working on television, and the show finished after only one series. Capital Radio Commercial radio in the UK finally became legal at the end of 1972, and in 1973 Scott joined the original on-air line-up of London's. His afternoon drive-time shows became immensely popular with Londoners, generating such landmark features as the 'Three O'Clock Thrill' and the daily 'Hitline', together with the jingle 'Grab a little piece of heaven'.
In 1976 his regular Friday rush-hour oldies show 'Cruising' acquired a cult following, largely owing to his introduction of obscure rock-a-billy records to his London audience for the first time. He was also one of the first people in the British media to popularise the music of. It was also during this time that Roger Scott helped champion the Knebworth Rock Festival in 1980. The Festival's Headliner was the Beach Boys who had just released their latest album titled 'Keeping the Summer Alive'.
Scott was always a big supporter of the West Coast Beach Boys influence on modern popular music and in anticipation of the Rock Festival and also a series of two concerts at the Empire Pool (now the ), Scott had listeners vote on their all time 15 top Beach Boy Hits of all time. Two subsequent Fridays were used to play back the top songs coupled with some excellent interviews with all the then band members including some insightful interviews with band member, and producer at the time, Bruce Johnston. Additionally Scott included one of the Wembley concerts in his Friday night live concert series.
Scott disdained the standardised playlists, market and audience research and other techniques introduced by the commercial stations in the 1980s. Radio 1 In June 1988, after fifteen years with Capital, he moved to commercial-free.
There, he reached a national audience for the first time, presenting a Saturday afternoon show The Saturday Sequence and a late night Sunday show, Scott on Sunday. The Saturday show featured interviews with many artists, and during this time Scott interviewed, and many others.
The Sunday shows were more eclectic, featuring 1950's rock'n'roll, and more contemporary music. In 1989 he also began the Classic Albums series for Radio 1. The show and Scott were remembered on a dedicated Radio 1 Vintage show introduced by in 2017.
Roger Scott finished his final Radio 1 show, broadcast on 9 October 1989, with ' by the, and his last words were: 'Thank you for your company, thank you for your support and thank you for your kindness. I hope I'll see you next weekend but there are no guarantees'.
Having been diagnosed with cancer, he died at the end of the month, eight days after his 46th birthday. In December 1989 a tribute to him was recorded and broadcast on Radio 1, compered by, with performances from, and, and, whose single 'Rex Bob Lowenstein' had been a particular favourite of Scott. Tribute In 2010, the internationally syndicated radio show It's Only Rock 'n' Roll broadcast a 2 part tribute to Roger Scott. Hosted by and featuring interviews with his friends and former colleagues:,. It aired on radio stations around the world in the spring of 2010. References.