Tony Prince was born on Thomas Whitehead; 9 May 1944 and is a British radio disc jockey and businessman.
14 Facts About Tony Prince
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Tony Prince was responsible for establishing the remix label DMC.
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Tony Prince introduced the Beatles onstage on the night that they first reached number one on the British charts in 1963 with "From Me to You".
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Tony Prince was expelled from the Musicians' Union in 1964 for playing records in dancehalls rather than employing live musicians, and then moved to Bristol to work for Top Rank.
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Tony Prince presented an early ITV pop music programme, Discs-a-Gogo.
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In 1970 Tony Prince embarked on a tour of Czechoslovakia doing three shows in Brno, Karlovy and Prague.
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Tony Prince made discotheque appearances throughout Europe and the music he played had an important influence on the younger generation of people who, in certain European countries, only had access to the music by listening to him on Radio Luxembourg, broadcast on 208 Metres Medium Wave, in previous years but had no access to seeing the groups play live.
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Tony Prince became president of the International Elvis Presley Fan Club, interviewed Presley in 1972 and 1973, and played Presley songs non-stop following the singer's death in 1977.
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Tony Prince continued to present programmes after becoming programme director at Radio Luxembourg in 1977.
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Tony Prince was programme director until 1984, changing the station's format, for a time, to play predominantly disco and soul music.
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Tony Prince launched the club culture magazine Mixmag, later sold to EMAP.
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Tony Prince continued to run the company, now known as DMC International, until 2006.
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In 2018, Tony Prince co-founded a radio station, United DJs, with other broadcasting personalities including Mike Read, Emperor Rosko, David Hamilton, Dave Lee Travis and David Jensen.
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In 1970, aged 26, Tony Prince married Christine Hall from Derker at Oldham Register Office.