Alan Freeman

Australian Alan (“Fluff”) Freeman was an announcer on Melbourne’s 3KZ when he visited the United Kingdom on vacation in 1957; he stayed on to become one of British radio’s most distinctive and durable broadcasters. Freeman was heard initially on Radio Luxembourg but joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1961 as the host of Records Around Five, where his trademark “At the Sign of the Swinging Cymbal” theme was first heard. Within months he moved...