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Richard Skinner (born 26 December 1951) [1] [2] is a British radio and television presenter.. He was the opening announcer and TV anchor at the Live Aid concert in 1985, and is the only presenter to have fronted all three of the BBC's leading pop music programmes, The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops on television and the Radio One Top 40 show.
Two INXS songs from the BBC broadcast are contained on Live Aid's four DVD boxed set released in 2004. [7] About 11,000 spectators paid $18.50 each, in order to see Oz for Africa. The concert and telethon, and the associated Sport Aid Oz, raised ten million Australian dollars for the International Disaster Emergency Committee in Australia.
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.
In 1983 he presented the Saturday Live show with Richard Skinner. He was also one of the presenters of "Live Aid" in 1985. He then moved into television, ...
Following the departure of Nightingale in 1982, Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Richard Skinner also took turns as presenters. In 1983 the programme was moved to a live mid-evening slot. The title was abridged to Whistle Test and the title credits and music were changed. Andy Kershaw joined the series as a presenter in 1984. [10]
YU Rock Misija (known in English as YU Rock Mission) was the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's contribution to Bob Geldof's Band Aid campaign, which culminated with the Live Aid concert. It consisted of recording the "Za milion godina" charity single and staging a concert held at Red Star Stadium in Belgrade on 15 June 1985, both ...
Vigo County school janitor Richard Goodall captured hearts across the country when his America's Got Talent Season 19 audition aired in May.. Goodall performed a rendition of Journey's "Don't Stop ...
23 March – Richard Skinner presents the Sunday Top 40 for the final time. 29 March – Richard Skinner leaves the station for a while to join Capital Radio. 30 March – Bruno Brookes takes over as the host of The Official Chart. 18 April – Mike Read presents his final Radio 1 Breakfast show after five years in the hot seat. 3 May – Simon ...