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Gary Davies (born 13 December 1957, Manchester, England) is a British broadcaster. During the 1980s and 1990s he was a BBC Radio 1 disc jockey and also a regular presenter of Top of the Pops. Gary's real name is Gary Abadi, a nephew of the owners of The Twisted Wheel nightclub in Manchester.
After working in marketing for a mail order company and managing a Manchester disco, Davies began his broadcasting career at Manchester's Piccadilly Radio in 1979 before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1982 to present a Saturday late night show. Within weeks he was on the roster to present Top Of The Pops on BBC television alongside his Radio 1 colleagues. He initially spoke with strong hints of a Mancunian accent, but by the mid-1980s he had adopted an exaggerated mid-Atlantic twang, which would become the object of much parody by the early 1990s .
In 1984, Davies was given the slot for which he became one of radio's biggest stars when he took over the Radio 1 lunchtime show. He called it The Bit In The Middle and it consisted of humorous features, such as The Day-To-Day Challenge, in which the same person would go on air each weekday to answer quiz questions and try to upgrade their prize, and Willy On The Plonker, which involved a crazed piano-playing of a well-known hit for listeners to identify.
Radio 1 or Radio One most commonly refers to:
Radio 1 or Radio One may also refer to:
Davies is a spelling variation of the patronymic Welsh surname Davis, that means David, a Hebrew name meaning "beloved". Davies is much associated with Wales, owing to the name of its patron saint, David, and where it is pronounced "DAY-viss". Davies is also fairly widespread in the south-west of England, especially Cornwall. Davies is the 2nd most common surname in Wales and 8th most common in England. It is not common in the United States where the spelling, Davis, is preferred.
Notable people with the surname include:
Gary may refer to:
Actors: Mike Fraser (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Hayward (miscellaneous crew), Terry Blyther (miscellaneous crew), Julie Brown (miscellaneous crew), Katie Harlow (miscellaneous crew), John Yorke (producer), Samson Haveland (miscellaneous crew), Yvonne Eastmond (miscellaneous crew), Derek Harrington (miscellaneous crew), Tom Harnick (miscellaneous crew), Carol Regan (miscellaneous crew), Tim Baish (miscellaneous crew), Maggie Lewty (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Leather (writer), Andrew Walton (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery,The Radio 1 summer tour started back in 1973 in Newquay with a small caravan and crew putting on a holiday show for the public for the very first time. Seventeen years later the fourth and biggest roadshow vehicle took to the road under the new ‘One FM’ name. This video features on of the roadshows from 21st August 1990 with Gary Davies from The Hoe at Plymouth and eventually, after a satellite failure, we get on air with special guest Sinitta. Join us as we go behind the scenes with exclusive, never before seen footage from The One FM Roadshow. The following material is from a video recording of the Radio 1 Roadshow and is not licensed by the BBC. Not for sale, hire or public performance. © Highgrove Entertainments / Highgrove Media Limited
Gary Davies presenting the Top 40 on Radio 1, when it used to be on Tuesdays surprisingly !!!
Gary Davies presented the BRIT Award for Best British Newcomer to Go West at The BRIT Awards 1986
Reverend Gary Davis - Recorded June 1967
This is really, really funny. Subscribe for weekly updates: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=officialgrahamnorton
A performance of "Slow Drag" (aka "Cincinnati Flow Rag") by the great Piedmont guitarist and singer Rev. Gary Davis. From the new 2 DVD set "Ragtime Guitar of Rev. Gary Davis." More info at http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/guitar-workshop-instructional-dvds/ragtime-guitar-of-rev-gary-davis-2-dvd-set
The Marketing Institute of Ireland Brand Ireland Conference held on Wed 7 November 2012. We brought together a panel of Irish and international experts to help us get to grips with this issue, to help focus Ireland's best marketing thinking on this critical issue. GARY DAVIES - Professor of Strategy, University of Manchester Business School Specialism is reputation management and he has extensive experience in a number of nation reputation projects.
Bette Davis post-stroke interview with Barbara Walters.
There's a brand new series of Ex On The Beach coming and Jordan Davis tells all about his time with his ex, Megan McKenna! Report by Lucy Jones.
Stefan Grossman talks about his three years learning from the legendary Rev. Gary Davis.
The First Episode in the 'Remarkable Lives' series sees footballer Gary Davies come in for a chat.
Gary Davis' 2057 Zombie Island TV Series
Gary Davis' Sequel to 2057 Return to Zombie Island. Here is a sneak preview...
http://www.seadocsociety.org/gary-davis-sea-and-us. SeaDoc Lecture on 1/8/13 "The Sea and Us, A Voyage of Discovery" by Gary Davis www.seadocsociety.org
(M. Spohn, R. Peinelt, A. Torkler)
(from the album "InFormation", 1995)
he turns around the key of his Jaguar
and whispers a shallow good bye to his wife
as the dark green lacquer's
reflecting the light of the uprising sun
on the way to the vitreous office building
someone on the radio tells the latest news
about the starving part of the world
and the man with golden watch on his arm
lights a cigar as ten meters away
a rich old man is killed
with a chromium plated gun
he had a black car with bullet proof glass
and a white house for a retired life
but all the old man leaves behind
is a red stain on the dirty grey asphalt
time passes and no one is able to use it
just a game of selling and winning
glorious and ruthless without space for loosers
society falls into deepest abstruseness
'cause the children of wealth have never learned
to pay their score
a bright lightning lights up the horizon
people running head over heels
and the voices of day