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Tommy Vance

Tommy Vance
  • Name: Tommy Vance
  • Birthday: 1940-07-11
  • Also known as: Rick West
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Biography: Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal, along with London-based disc jockey Neal Kay, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was one of the first radio hosts in the United Kingdom to broadcast hard rock and heavy metal in the early 1980s, providing the only national radio forum for both bands and fans. The Friday Rock Show that he hosted gave new bands airtime for their music and fans an opportunity to hear it. He used a personal tag-line of "TV on the radio". His voice was heard by... Read More

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Title Release date
Rock Milestones: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon   as  Self 2007-01-01
More Bad News   as  Self 1988-02-27
Live Aid   as  Self - Radio DJ 1985-07-13
The Story of the Kinks   as  Narrator (voice) 1985-01-01
Pressure   as  Radio DJ 1976-11-19
Flame   as  Ricky Storm 1975-02-13