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Alan is remembered as as the voice behind 'Brentford Nylons' and 'Omo' during the 1960s and 70's. In 1987 he received the Radio Academy's Outstanding Contribution to UK music Radio Award and in 1988 he was honoured as the Sony Awards' Radio Personality of the Year.
Alan Leslie Freeman MBE (6 July 1927 – 27 November 2006), nicknamed "Fluff", was an Australian-born British disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years, best known for presenting Pick of the Pops from 1961 to 2000.
Alan presented the show on Radio 1 until 1972. Alongside his mainstream broadcasting Alan consistently championed the appeal of hard rock or ‘heavy metal’ music. His BBC Saturday Rock Show picked up just about every award on offer, and when he resigned from Radio 1 in 1978 his listeners were horrified.
In April 1972 Freeman became one of the daytime DJs on Radio 1 when he took over the 3pm to 5pm afternoon show from Terry Wogan, continuing until June 1st 1973. Throughout the 1970s he actively promoted and supported young people and youth clubs, becoming Vice-President of the London Association of Youth Clubs.
(born July 1927 - died Nov 2006) Alan 'Fluff' Freeman was already a radio announcer (and occasional singer) in Melbourne, when, in 1957, he took a holiday in the UK that stretched into a broadcasting career lasting more than forty years.
Australian Alan (“Fluff”) Freeman was an announcer on Melbourne’s 3KZ when he visited the United Kingdom on vacation in 1957; he stayed on to become one of British radio’s most distinctive and durable broadcasters.
#OnThisDay in 1972, Alan Freeman presented the final episode of 'Pick of the Pops'. It would of course be revived in later years and you can catch the...
