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    Tommy Vance

    British radio presenter (1940–2005)

    Tommy Vance

    Vance in January 2005

    Born

    Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston


    (1940-07-11)11 July 1940

    Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England

    Died6 March 2005(2005-03-06) (aged 64)

    Dartford, Kent, England

    Other namesRick West
    Occupations
    Years active1960–2004
    Known forFriday Rock Show (1978–1993)
    TelevisionTop of the Pops, Dumber and Dumber, The 11 O'Clock Show, The Nightfly and The Friday Rock Show (VH1)
    Spouses
    • Ferne Johnson (divorced)
    • Susan Hanson (divorced)
    Children2

    Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940[1] – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster. He was an important factor in the rise of the new wave of British heavy metal, along with London-based disc jockey Neal Kay, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Vance was one of the first radio hosts

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    Tommy Vance(real name Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston) was born in in Eynsham, Oxfordshire on 11th July 1941 and died on 6th March 2005 at Darent Valley Hospital nära Dartford, Kent, early on Sunday three days after suffering a stroke.
     
    The following was taken from the Radio London Obituary...[see links below]
    Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston had gained his first radio experience in the US, with stations in Washington State, using the name Rick West until he joined KOL Seattle in 1964. As has been the case with numerous DJs when they change stations, he was then obliged to adopt a new persona, to make use of station jingles which had already been recorded in the name of Tommy Vance. From there, he went to California and KHJ, Los Angeles, where he became a star jock.

    The threat of being drafted into the US army prompted a swift return to Britain. In January 1966, Tommy transf

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    See also: Friday Rock Show Wiki

    Tommy Vance (1940-2005) was a colleague of John Peel at Radio London in the summer of 1967 and at Radio 1 from 1967 to the early 1970s and again from 1978 to 1993, and also at the BBC World Service and BFBS for many years. Although they covered quite different fields of music in the 1980s, and Vance took over Peel's Thursday night slot in 1984 with a much more AOR-orientated show which caused some friction, Peel never felt as distant from Vance as he did from most daytime presenters of the day, because Vance was clearly much more interested in music than celebrity.

    Vance - born Richard Hope-Weston - was born in Oxfordshire and left home at 16 to join the Merchant Navy, though he was rapidly discharged. Like many of his generation including Peel, he was captivated by the romance of America and, like Peel, began his broadcasting career on pop radio there. Vance found his way across the Atlantic to become a DJ on American radio as 'Rick West',

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