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Jimmy Young - Forever Young: The Autobiography - 9780340734377 - KKD0003059
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Forever Young: The Autobiography

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Description for Forever Young: The Autobiography Hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
With a record five-and-a-half-million listeners and 30 years as BBC Radio 2's top presenter, Sir Jimmy Young left the BBC at Christmas 2002. It was a controversial departure behind which lies a story he is only now prepared to reveal. In an extraordinary career which first brought him fame - and two consecutive hits - as a singer in the 1950s, Jimmy Young turned to radio when the hits began to dry up. His programme was soon to break the mould of other DJs with a mix of music, recipes and topical items. Always innovative, his was the first BBC ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340734377
SKU
KKD0003059
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jimmy Young
Born in Gloucestershire, Jimmy Young spent 7 years in the RAF before turning to broadcasting in 1949. In the 1950s he was also a successful pop singer, and had many hit records including 3 No. 1s - 'Too Young', 'Unchained Melody' and 'The Man From Laramie'. Jimmy presented many BBC Radio programmes before joining Radio 1 in October 1967. The ... Read more

Reviews for Forever Young: The Autobiography
Judging by the amount of publicity JY's departure from Radio 2 received - not to mention his programme's 5.5 million listeners - there is a huge, ready-made audience for this autobiography of one of the nation's light entertainment institutions. Whatever one's personal views of the broadcaster, Young's story is an extraordinary one. It is easy to forget that he had ... Read more

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