The DJ, drummer and former weatherman on buying Gangsta’s Paradise on vinyl, killing it at karaoke, and the pop belter that was robbed at Eurovision
The first song I remember hearing
My mother’s got a gorgeous voice. I remember her singing along to Sing by the Carpenters as it went round on the turntable. Karen Carpenter is my favourite drummer of all time.
The first single I bought
When I was preparing to move back to Cardiff to start presenting on Radio 2, I came across this folder full of CDs, because, when I was about 10 or 11, I decided I wanted to be a DJ. I bought Tubthumping by Chumbawamba and 5, 6, 7, 8 by Steps on CD and – I’ve no idea why – Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio on vinyl.
