Pete Murray (disc jockey)
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Pete Murray (born 1928) is a well-known British disc jockey and actor, popular during the 1960s.
Murray was one of the original BBC Radio 1 disc jockeys when the station went to air in 1967. He had previously worked on pirate radio, as well as the BBC Light Programme and Radio Luxembourg. He hosted one of the BBC's earliest pop music programmes, Six-Five Special, in the 1950s, and he was one of the original presenters of Top of the Pops when it began in 1964. By 1969, he was heard on BBC Radio 2 where he presented the daily morning programme Open House, and then in 1983 he moved to LBC in London. He presented his last programme there on December 22 2002, and has not broadcast since.
Murray also acted, appearing in a short-lived British sitcom opposite Bernard Bresslaw and Irene Handl. His equally famous girlfriend for a time was Valerie Singleton.