Hi pjmulberry,
?Whispering? Bob Harris was the host for the music show Old Grey
Whistle Test that ran from September 1971 until 1987 on BBC2.
?The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC television music
show that ran from September 1971 until 1987. Hosted by DJ Bob Harris
(nicknamed "Whispering Bob Harris" due to his quiet voice and "laid
back" style), the program hosted many seminal rock acts of the era,
including the first British TV performance of Bob Marley and the
Wailers. The show's focus on "serious" rock music rather than chart
hits was emphasised by the lack of showbiz glitter; bands would often
perform their songs in front of plain wooden boards (actually the
backs of set walls from other programmes).?
(?)
?Although many felt that the OGWT had run its course by the time it
went off the air, it laid the template for many successive "serious"
British music programs such as The Tube, Later with Jools Holland,
etc.?
Wikipedia: Old Grey Whistle Test
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Grey_Whistle_Test
?Presenter Bob Harris recalls how the show's name was inspired by the
doormen (in grey suits) who worked at the music publishing houses in
London's Denmark Street, known as 'tin pan alley'??
?The programme went out on BBC2, last thing on a Friday night, from a
tiny studio on the fourth floor of Television centre.?
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?Sadly, the programme is no more, having ended it's run in 1987, but
it passed the musical baton to it's successors.
A succession of programmes such as 'Later with Jools Holland', 'The
Tube' and 'The White Room' have all drawn inspiration from Whispering
Bob Harris's Old Grey Whistle Test.?
BBC: OGWT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/southampton/music/ogwtindex.shtml
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