Phil Swern

Phil "The Collector" Swern (born Anthony Philip Swern, 30 June 1948, Ealing, west London) is an English radio producer and music collector. He was formerly a record producer[1] and songwriter,[2] and has also written for television.[3] He currently produces Pick of the Pops and Sounds of the 60s for BBC Radio 2 and formerly produced the Saturday night Bob Harris Show for the same station.[4] He also devises the questions for the PopMaster quiz on Radio 2's Ken Bruce Show.[5]

His first record production work was Horace Faith's recording of "Black Pearl" for Trojan Records in 1970.[6] He went on to produce many other musicians including The Pearls,[7] Polly Brown[8] and R&J Stone[9] whose "We Do It", released in 1976, reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.[10]

Swern has the world's only complete collection of every single UK Top 40 chart hit since records began in 1952.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Tony Blackburn - Chop-Chop (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  2. ↑ "Savoy - Broken-Down Transistor Radio". 45cat.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Phil Swern". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Bob Harris". Bob Harris. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Gold Badge Awards 2010". Goldbadgeawards.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Horace Faith - Black Pearl (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  7. ↑ "Pearls, The - Guilty (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  8. ↑ "Polly Brown - Up In A Puff Of Smoke / I'm Saving All My Love (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  9. ↑ "R and J Stone We Do It". 45cat.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  10. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 533. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  11. ↑ Rebecca Burn-Callander (1 November 2013). "Challenging the status quo". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

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