Born Apr 02, 1949
Journalist
Photo: Paul Gambaccini, 16th July 1985 - From https://www.mediastorehouse.co.uk/memory-lane-prints/mirror/0500to0599-00513/paul-gambaccini-radio-television-presenter-21674669.html
Last updated on August 3, 2025
From Wikipedia:
Paul Matthew Gambaccini (born 2 April 1949) is an American-British radio and television presenter and author. He is a dual citizen of the United States and United Kingdom, having become a British citizen in 2005.
Known as “The Great Gambo” and “The Professor of Pop”, Gambaccini was a BBC Radio 1 presenter for 16 years, including 11 years on a weekly show counting down the Billboard Top 30 songs. A regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s long-running arts programme Kaleidoscope, Gambaccini was a long-time TV morning show correspondent for British television, and makes regular appearances on other British TV magazine shows.
Gambaccini was the host of the 12-part Classic FM series Paul Gambaccini’s Hall of Heroes, and chairs the Radio 4 music quiz Counterpoint. He was presenter of Pick of the Pops on BBC Radio 2 from 9 July 2016, to 7 October 2023 and America’s Greatest Hits on Greatest Hits Radio on Saturday afternoons since February 2020. He now presents the Paul Gambaccini Collection on Radio 2 which began on 29 October 2023. Inducted into the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in 2005, Gambaccini is the author of more than 15 books. […]
In October 1976, Paul Gambaccini published “Paul McCartney In His Own Words.”

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