1927 - 2006
Alan 'Fluff' Freeman joined the BBC Light Programme from Radio Luxembourg and, after presenting several music programmes for the station, he transformed Pick Of The Pops into a music radio institution - introducing it with the much imitated catchphrase "Greetings, pop pickers."
His perennial association with chart-based shows through the ensuing decades overshadowed his tireless championing of heavy metal and a lifelong love of classical music.
Alan 'Fluff' Freeman joined the BBC Light Programme from Radio Luxembourg and, after presenting several music programmes for the station, he transformed Pick Of The Pops into a music radio institution - introducing it with the much imitated catchphrase "Greetings, pop pickers."
His perennial association with chart-based shows through the ensuing decades overshadowed his tireless championing of heavy metal and a lifelong love of classical music.
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Alan Freeman – Radio Luxembourg
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Alan Freeman and David Jacobs – Pick of the Pops BBC Light Programme – 1961
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Alan Freeman – Pick of the pops countdown
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