Jo Whiley
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 58 |
| Date of birth | July 4,1965 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Northampton |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Steve Morton |
| Children | India Whiley-Morton |
| Jude Whiley-Morton | |
| Cassius Whiley-Morton | |
| Coco Lux Whiley-Morton | |
| Books | My World in Motion |
| Siblings | Frances Whiley |
| Job | Disc jockey |
| Actor | |
| Journalist | |
| Television presenter | |
| Radio personality | |
| Education | University of Brighton |
| City, University of London | |
| Department of Journalism, City University | |
| Campion Secondary School | |
| Movies/Shows | Red Nose Day Actually |
| Liquid News | |
| Love Actually | |
| Parents | Christine Whiley |
| Martin Whiley | |
| Station | BBC Radio 2 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 398849 |
Jo Whiley Life story
Johanne Whiley-Morton, better known by her professional name Jo Whiley, is an English radio DJ and television presenter. She was the host of the long-running weekday later weekend Jo Whiley Show on BBC Radio 1. She currently presents her weekday evening Radio 2 show.
Biography
Dj jo whiley is a british radio dj.Television presenter.And musci journalist.She was born on july 4.1961 in northampton.England.She is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs raound 130 pounds.She has blue eyes and a slim boyd type.Her zodiac sign is cancer.Family
Jo whiley is the daughter of mary and john whiley.She has two siblings.A brother named john and a sitser named sarah.She is married to steve morton and has two children.A daughter named india and a son named jdue.Education and Career
Jo whiley studied at the university of manchester and graduated with a degree in english and drmaa.She began her career as a music journalist for the nme and then moved on to become a radio dj for bbc radio 1.She has also presented various television shows.Including top of the pops and the jo whiley sohw.Most Important Event
In whiley was awarded an mbe for her services to broadcasting.This was a major milestone in her career and a testament to her hard work and dedication to the industry.Life Story
Jo whliey has had a lnog and successful career in the music industry.She has been a radio dj for over 20 years and has presented numerous television shows.She has also been a music journalist and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry.She is a passionaet advocate for new music and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many up-and-coming artists.She is also a dedicated mother and wife and is an inspiration to many.Britpop: What prompted the end of the genre that gave us Blur and Pulp?
... " " Broken bands make broken records, " says Steve Lamacq, who co-hosts the Britpop series with Jo Whiley, recreating their influential partnership on Radio 1 s Evening Session in the 1990s...
Vernon Kay dedicates new Radio 2 morning show to listeners
... He was welcomed on to the station by fellow presenters Zoe Ball, Scott Mills and Jo Whiley, who have also made the jump from Radio 1 to 2...
Ken Bruce: Radio 2 DJ says early BBC exit 'seems a shame'
... With its roster of presenters now including Mills, Kay, Jo Whiley, Trevor Nelson, Zoe Ball and Sara Cox, Radio 2 s schedule now resembles that of Radio 1 in the early 2000s...
Vernon Kay 'over the moon' to replace Ken Bruce on Radio 2
... Elsewhere listeners will be treated to a Country Music Season, to mark the station s official link to the Country 2 Country Music Festival, while Jo Whiley will celebrate the 12" single in a new documentary, Related Topics...
Girls Aloud: It's 20 years since pop greats were born on Popstars The Rivals
... " It captured everybody s imagination, " Jo Whiley, who hosted BBC Radio 1 s morning slot at the time, said in 2018...
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo are ending their 5 Live film show
... Mayo also used to present a show on BBC Radio 2, but exited the station in 2018 after a revamped drivetime show he co-hosted with Jo Whiley He continued to co-host the weekly 5 Live show with Kermode after leaving Radio 2, but also took a new role with media giant Bauer, presenting shows on its classical station Scala Radio and the popular music station Greatest Hits Radio...
Jo Whiley was struggling with menopause during Radio 2 show backlash
...DJ Jo Whiley has revealed she was struggling with menopause symptoms at the same time her Radio 2 show with Simon Mayo was being criticised...
Girl's cancer treatment 'best Christmas present'
... Other stars, including Lewis Capaldi, Ricky Astley, Jo Whiley and Olly Murs also gave their support...
Coldplay 'bodysnatched' our sound, says Travis singer Fran Healy
The Man Who was a massive hit for Travis
When Travis released their second album 20 years ago it was "slaughtered" by the critics but it went on to be a massive success which influenced A Generation of pop stars.
Keane, The Killers and Amy Macdonald are among the artists who cite The Man Who as a major influence on their musical style and career.
Coldplay 's lead singer Chris Martin is on the record as saying Travis were "The Band that invented my band and lots of others".
In, Travis ' frontman Fran Healy says Coldplay "bodysnatched" their sound because it was The Most Popular Music around in 1999 when they were recording their debut album.
Healy says Coldplay remain at The Top of The Music business two decades later because they have since reinvented themselves by adopting The Sounds of other big names, such as U2 and Arcade Fire .
He says his own band, on The Other hand, reached The Top of The Music business, had a look around - then came back down.
Travis in Glasgow in 1997The Glasgow band have released six studio albums since The Man Who but have never reached the heights of that record, which featured songs such as Writing to Reach You, Driftwood and Turn.
Despite its eventual huge success, Travis ' second album was not an immediate hit.
It was not as upbeat as their first and was originally dismissed as "dour, sad, depressing, low key and really quiet", says Healy.
He said it was not what The Music press were expecting and they hammered it.
The Man Who landed at number five when it was released in May 1999, but before they played Glastonbury at the end of June it had been Falling Down The Charts .
Fran Healy of Travis performs On Stage at Glastonbury in June 1999Jo Whiley , who presented the TV coverage of The Festival , told The Documentary about the pivotal moment when Travis played their song Why Does It Always Rain On Me? and "The Heavens opened".
"It is like a magic song with special superpowers that made The Heavens open and rain," she says.
The Performance caught The Public 's attention and The Album climbed to Number One , where it would spend nine weeks.
Within a year Travis had won The Best band and best album awards at The Brits.
Twelve Months after they made it rain, they returned to Glastonbury as headliners.
Fran Healy and Travis recently performed The Album at Glasgow's SEC Hydro arenaWhy Does It Always Rain On Me? was written in Eilat in Israel, Healy tells The Documentary . The Chorus refers to the fact it was raining in such a sunny country, while the verse captures the more metaphorical rain of his feelings about their first album not doing well.
A lot of the songs on The Man Who were written for their first album, Good Feelings, but Healy says they could not record them properly because they were "not that kind of band". The songs needed to "ripen".
Travis 's members describe their breakthrough album as the sound of "being dumped".
Tom Chaplin , from Keane, another band who came on to The Scene as Travis were Riding High , says he remembers falling head over heels in love with The Man Who.
"I thought the songwriting was really beautiful," he says. "They became a massive inspiration for us setting out on the start of our dream. "
'A profound impact'Scottish pop star Amy Macdonald taught herself to play Travis song Turn on The Guitar when she was about 12.
"Nothing had as much of a profound impact on me as That Album did at that time of My Life ," she says.
When The Album came out in May 1999, The Band could not get arrested, says Healy.
Within a year The Music business wanted every band to sound like them.
One of them was Coldplay .
Coldplay have stayed at The Top of The Music business for 20 yearsHealy says: "One of the things I noticed was Coldplay and the chiming guitar. I thought: 'Oh my god, they totally took Andy's sound'. "
The Travis singer says the difference between the two bands was that Chris Martin of Coldplay wanted them to be the biggest band in The World .
"I think Travis wanted to be The Best band in The World ," says Healy.
"REM are The Best band in The World . Part of their journey involved going up to The Top of Mount Everest and going 'that's a nice view, the air is a bit thin, can't Breathe - let's go back down'.
"There is no-one Up There and it is quite barren and lonely. But Chris is still Up There . He's Up There playing tennis with Bono. "
He says Martin has taken popular movements in music throughout his career so he can remain at the peak.
"But you have got to ask yourself, why would anyone want to remain at The Top of Mount Everest where there is no-one to talk to?
"You can't really write from The Heart Up There . You need to be on the ground.
"When people have compared us to Coldplay I have always thought that is quite funny because I could not think of two more different approaches to art. "
music, coldplay
Source of news: bbc.com
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