By the end of the Seventies, though, disco’s commercialization led to a raft of releases that emulated the genre’s hallmark sounds but often lacked its soulful elements. Suddenly every ...

Walker first rose to fame among British music fans as a disc jockey on pirate station Radio Caroline in the Sixties, and ...

Johnnie Walker, a former BBC Radio 2 DJ known for hosting the "Sounds of the 70s" show, died Monday. He was 79. The news was ...

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Radio 2 head Helen Thomas said his two main shows, Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show, were “appointments to listen to” because of Walker’s influence. “He loved radio and inspired a ...

At the end of October, he presented his final Sounds Of The 70s show on BBC Radio 2 and hosted his last episode of The Rock Show as he retired due to ill health. Walker had announced in early ...

Johnnie Walker joined BBC Radio 1 in 1969 and Radio 2 in 1997, where he built up a loyal fanbase on “Sounds of the 70s” and “The Rock Show.” Over the years, he championed artists like ...

Johnnie Walker, a former BBC Radio 2 DJ known for hosting the “Sounds of the 70s” show, died Monday. He was 79. The news was announced live on the station by Bob Harris, who took over Johnnie ...