Mirror Exclusive: “Radio 2's Whispering Bob Harris is still championing music aged 75 with new show”
Whispering Bob Harris is issuing the warmest greeting, those familiar white teeth gleaming, that unmistakable melodious voice coating our conversation like honey.
It has purred from radio and TV for five decades, from 1971 holding court on cult music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, introducing generations to new stars including Elton John, David Bowie, Bob Marley and the Wailers and Blondie.
Fans may have heard him more recently on his Radio 2 show, Bob Harris Country.
Today, the DJ who toured with Queen, sang with Bowie, “hit it off” with John Lennon and counts Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant as a close pal, is silhouetted against shelves of “around 18,000” CDs in the sunlight of his Under The Apple Tree studio.
