When was kenny everett born

At one party conference, he spoke from the platform, imploring: "Let's bomb Russia! Frequently locked horns with the studio bosses during the production of The Kenny Everett Video Cassette In one skit, he depicted them as being behind an ancient, cobweb covered door marked "Office Of Saying 'No'".

Kenny Everett had a U. His favorite piece of music was Symphonic Prelude by Giacomo Puccini. He was influential in making the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen a hit, which he played fourteen times over the space of one weekend during his time at Capital Radio. At nearly six minutes long, incorporating different musical sections, including pseudo-opera, hard rock and overdubs, the song was considered by many to be too unconventional to be a single until Everett started playing it.

The song's success made the band into a global phenomenon and went on to become one of the most successful songs in the history of British popular music. Everett also became a friend of Queen singer Freddie Mercury.

Everett exchanged his tapes with the editor of a hi-fi magazine, who eventually suggested that he send a programme to the BBC. A subsequent audition with the producer Derek Chinnery - later to become controller of Radio 1 - proved a disaster and Everett returned to Liverpool. For legal reasons, he had to change his name, as had the other presenters, who included Ed Stewart, Dave Cash and Pete Brady - all of them later joined Radio 1 - and he came up with the name Kenny Everett, after an American film comedy star called Edward Everett Horton.

The pirates were fulfilling a need that the BBC had ignored. Pop music had given a new outlet to the first generation of youngsters to have grown up since the Second World War and the only way that anyone could hear it on the airwaves was to tune to Radio Luxemburg or pirate stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio London.

Unfortunately, Everett's career at Radio London was cut short after he criticised the sponsor of the station's evangelist programme The World Tomorrow. At the time of Radio 1's launch, the pirates, under the Marine Offences Act, were outlawed, and could no longer broadcast from their ships.

Then, on 30 September , Radio 1 was launched, with Everett hosting the Wednesday edition of Midday Spin also broadcast on the then new Radio 2 network, the two stations being created out of the demise of the Light Programme. Three months later, he switched from that programme to host his own Sunday- morning show and, the following year, he was given a minute weekday- evening programme called Foreverett, although it lasted less than five months and the musical chairs saw its presenter gain a Saturday- morning show.

Although Everett was sacked for this remark, the BBC asked him back two years later to present a Saturday-morning show, which he recorded at his studio in Wales and sent to London every Friday night by train so that Radio1's bosses could ensure there was nothing offensive in the programme. View rank on IMDbPro ». He was married to Lee Middleton. He died on April 4, in London, England.

See full bio ». Filmography by Job Trailers and Videos. Share this page:. Around The Web Provided by Taboola. Create a list ». Deaths: April 4. Die Hard premiere. See all related lists ». Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDb page. Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Kenny Everett's work have you seen? Known For. While radio always remained his favoured medium, he successfully transferred his manic humour to television in the late s.

He was first heard on the airwaves when he joined pirate station Radio London in , where he remained apart from a brief period at Radio Luxembourg following the first of his dismissals until , when he joined the BBC 's new pop station, Radio 1.

Through his creative use of sound effects something in which he led the way as a radio disc jockey and mischievous humour, he quickly accumulated a loyal following, leading to his first television work as co-host of the comic sketch series Nice Time ITV, Dismissed from Radio 1 in , he was approached by London Weekend Television with a proposal to make a series of television programmes in the same vein as his radio shows.