Jack Jackson

"Unquestionably the Dean of Deejays, Jack Jackson pioneered many of the

gimmicks now taken for granted on radio and is regarded as one of the

great masters of the turntable by other d.j.'s young and old. He

breaks one of the unwritten rules of modern pop radio that all d.j.'s

should be as young as their audience--he makes no secret of the fact

that he is in his middle fifties, yet somehow (and this is his secret)

puts out shows as lively as anyone half his age. His use of humour in

his programmes is now widely copied, but few others can match his

effects, which he spends hours perfecting in his expensively equipped

studio at home. Jack Jackson was born in Belvedere, Kent, and as a

young man studied at the Royal Academy of Music before entering show

biz as a trumpet player. In the years which followed he played with

numerous top bands such as those of Ambrose, Jack Hylton and Jack

Payne, before forming his own dance orchestra in 1933. Until the

outbreak of World War II he was almost constantly employed at the

Dorchester Hotel in London. After the war he decided not to reform his

band and turned to compering record shows on BBC radio His methods of

presentation were completely revolutionary and after the initial

resistance were welcomed as opening new fields of entertainment. These

shows set a pattern which every d.j. in Britain--and at sea--owes

something to. Jack is an institution in the world of d.j.'s--long may

he continue so." Paul's Radio Museum.

Jackson Studios was also home to the family label



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