Phil Swern
Phil "The Collector" Swern (born Anthony Philip Swern, 30 June 1948, Ealing, London, England) 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 produced Pick of the Pops for BBC Radio 1 in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and has produced the show for BBC Radio 2 since 1997. He also produces Sounds of the 60s for Radio 2 and formerly produced the Saturday night Bob Harris Show for the same station, also producing Harris' Radio 1 shows in the early 1990s.[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
- ↑ "Tony Blackburn - Chop-Chop (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Savoy - Broken-Down Transistor Radio". 45cat.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Phil Swern". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Bob Harris". Bob Harris. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Gold Badge Awards 2010". Goldbadgeawards.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ "Horace Faith - Black Pearl (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Pearls, The - Guilty (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Polly Brown - Up In A Puff Of Smoke / I'm Saving All My Love (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "R and J Stone We Do It". 45cat.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 533. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Rebecca Burn-Callander (1 November 2013). "Challenging the status quo". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2013.