BBC DJ Charlie Gillett dies
BBC DJ and world music champion Charlie Gillett has died after a long illness, aged 68. The British broadcaster is credited with discovering Dire Straits in 1976 after playing Sultans of Swing from their demo tape on his Radio London show Honky Tonk. The World’s Jeb Sharp has an appreciation of Gillett’s work.
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