Annie Nightingale, the pioneer for women DJs on the radio, has died. She was the world record holder as the longest serving female radio presenter.

Female radio DJs were beyond rarity in 1970 when she joined the BBC’s Radio 1, but she carved out a thoroughly respected niche for herself including presenting the Old Grey Whistle Test for eleven years and provided inspiration for all those female presenters who came after her.

Annie Avril Nightingale: 1/4/1940 – 11/1/2024. So it goes.

I saw in the Guardian earlier in the week that Dan McCafferty lead singer of Nazareth, one of those Scottish groups which found success in the early 1970s, has died – only a few months after the band’s guitarist Manny Charlton passed away.

McCafferty had the perfect voice for a singer of hard rock’n’roll. That voice was shown off to great effect on Love Hurts – see here.

I also noted a couple of the band’s cover versions in this post.

Here’s the band’s second UK hit, a no 10 in 1973 as performed on The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Nazareth: Bad, Bad Boy

William Daniel (Dan) McCafferty: 14/10/1946 – 8/11/2022. So it goes.