1. Robbie Vincent was born on 9 June 1947 and is an English radio broadcaster and DJ.
22 Facts About Robbie Vincent
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The teenaged Robbie Vincent moved up from newspaper messenger boy, aged 15, to print journalist reporting for the Evening Standard on the trial of the notorious gangsters, the Kray twins, and from the troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Robbie Vincent's broadcasting career began on 6 October 1970, along with fellow DJ David Simmons, at BBC Radio London, newly founded as one legitimate answer to Britain's avalanche of illegal UK pirate radio stations.
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In 1976, Robbie Vincent was pursuing his own tastes by hosting a music show on the same station over Saturday lunchtimes.
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Robbie Vincent acted as their sole personal manager until the band split in 1986.
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Robbie Vincent became part of both a soul revival as well as a move for commercial acceptance of jazz-funk.
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The Robbie Vincent Show acquired a cult following when it was broadcast by Radio London on Saturdays from 1976.
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Robbie Vincent played imports, promos, new releases and the soul anthems that were filling dance-floors at cutting-edge underground clubs such as Flick's in Dartford and The Gold Mine on Canvey Island.
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In 1980 Robbie Vincent was credited with launching the UK career of US jazz-funk combo, Maze with Frankie Beverly, and was one of the few British radio presenters to have interviewed Marvin Gaye.
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Careers previously restricted to the US and Latin America were given prime exposure on Robbie Vincent's show, including Phyllis Hyman, Angela Bofill and Brenda Russell.
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Robbie Vincent gave exclusive UK exposure to Fatback's spin-off act C-Brand in 1983.
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Robbie Vincent presented these until 1989, playing jazz-funk with artistes like Rick James, The Fatback Band, Brass Construction, Funkadelic, The Crusaders, Ronnie Laws and Eddie Henderson.
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In 1995 Robbie Vincent's personality won him a Variety Club award.
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In 1986 Robbie Vincent was seen on British TV screens when he co-hosted BBC Breakfast TV's Hospital Watch alongside Debbie Thrower, Maggie Philbin and Frank Bough.
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In 1994, Robbie Vincent was commissioned to compile a CD, Classic Jazz-funk 5, for the Mastercuts series of compilations.
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Robbie Vincent spent most of 2003 travelling and during late December and early January 2004 he presented five daytime shows on 94.9 BBC Radio London.
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Robbie Vincent jointly presented the show on several occasions when he brought in all the music.
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Robbie Vincent returned to the airwaves on 12 October 2008 and presented a three-hour show called 'Sunday Morning Soul' on Sundays for the relaunched Jazz FM service on DAB, Sky, Freesat and the web.
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On 29 November 2013, Robbie Vincent announced his decision to leave Jazz FM and was denied a final farewell show on the station following his announcement.
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On 8 and 25 May 2020, Robbie Vincent reprised his 'soul show' 1980s style with two four hour special programmes on Jazz FM each between 10 am and 2 pm in a Bank Holiday 'Lockdown Special' during the Covid-19 outbreak in the UK.
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Robbie Vincent continues to broadcast on Jazz FM with his own show each Sunday between 1pm and 3pm.
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Robbie Vincent returned as DJ at the Coppid Beech Hotel near Bracknell.