Smooth Network presenters: Chris Tarrant, Tony Blackburn, Pete Waterman, Kevin Greening, Fiona Phillips, Simon Bates, Pat Sharp, David Jensen

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Chris Tarrant, Tony Blackburn, Pete Waterman, Kevin Greening, Fiona Phillips, Simon Bates, Pat Sharp, David Jensen, Mark Goodier, Lynn Parsons, John Peters, Dave Brown, Emma B, David Lloyd, Nick Barraclough, Carlos, Andy Peebles, Paul Coia, Nigel Williams, Tony Lyman, Dave Bussey, Tim Gough, Mike Allen, Graham Dene, Amanda Bowman, Ian Chilvers, Russell Pockett, Steve Hyland, Charlie Jordan, Eamonn Kelly, Martin Collins, Tony Myatt. Excerpt: Peter Alan Waterman OBE (born 15 January 1947) is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles. He is the owner of significant collections of both historic and commercial railway locomotives and rolling stock, a passion and expensive hobby made possible by the commercial success of the acts he signed. Born in Stoke Heath, Coventry, Waterman had left Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School (now rebuilt and called Whitley Abbey Community School) to work at a railway depot. After closure of the depot, Waterman chose to follow a career in music, being inspired by The Beatles. To supplement his income as a DJ, Waterman became a gravedigger and then an apprentice at General Electric Company, becoming a trade union official. Building a record collection through rare US imports, his DJ work began to take him across the UK, entertaining bigger crowds with a blend of rhythm and blues and soul music tunes he had sourced. Given a residency with the Mecca Leisure Group, he developed new initiatives including matinée discos for under 18s at Coventry's Locarno club, which gave him a valuable insight into what music interested a younger audience. Waterman noticed that the younger dan...