Annie Nightingale: DJ, author, presenter, mother. Raver extraordinaire.

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She outlasted all the male counterparts from the 1970s and – unlike most of them – she never lost her touch or went out of fashion.

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Summary

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She outlasted all the male counterparts from the 1970s and – unlike most of them – she never lost her touch or went out of fashion.
She was also renowned for being the last person to leave any party.
The only other DJ comparable to Nightingale was her beloved co-pilot John Peel, whose untimely death in 2004 deeply affected her.
Nightingale sought out new music and was committed to the idea that a change of tempo heralded in a new music generation.

Life as a journalist

She soon found work as a journalist and became ensconced in swinging sixties London.
At the age of 19, Nightingale ran away to Brighton with a married man, which was scandalous at the time.
In Brighton, Nightingale started working on the Brighton Argus writing a music column covering the bands that came to play in city.
In the end she claimed they only hired her in 1970 because she was a music journalist and the station needed to abide by the strict needle time regulations.

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Sally Anne Gross does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.