By the end of the Seventies, though, disco’s commercialization led to a raft of releases that emulated the genre’s hallmark sounds but often lacked its soulful elements. Suddenly every ...

Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris. Bob Harris plays classic tracks from the Seventies and takes us back to reminisce about ...

Johnnie Walker, a former BBC Radio 2 DJ known for hosting the “Sounds of the 70s” show, died Monday. He was 79. The news was ...

At the end of October, he presented his final Sounds Of The 70s show on BBC Radio 2 and hosted his last episode of The Rock Show as he retired due to ill health. Walker had announced in early ...

Radio 2 head Helen Thomas said his two main shows, Sounds of the 70s and The Rock Show, were “appointments to listen to” because of Walker’s influence. “He loved radio and inspired a ...

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Johnnie Walker joined BBC Radio 1 in 1969 and Radio 2 in 1997, where he built up a loyal fanbase on “Sounds of the 70s” and “The Rock Show.” Over the years, he championed artists like ...