Talk:Jimmy Young (broadcaster)

2008

Why would he lie about his age to join the RAF in 1942? If he was born in 1921, then he would have been 21 yrs. old. In fact surely he would have been called up for service earlier that this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.176.3 (talk) 12:28, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

You are right, and I have removed this unsourced comment about him lying about his age.

Derek R Bullamore (talk) 19:06, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

There is a Leslie R YOUNG birth registered Q4 1921 Westbury on Severn, mother's maiden name Woolford. That is consistent with a birth late September in Cinderford. --jmb (talk) 13:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

2006

Does anyone have any idea what Jimmy Young is doing now, not seen any mention of him in the media for some time. --jmb 18:44, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Bring Back The J.Y. Prog To BBC Radio 2, Please! 4 March 2007

Yes, it was the best thing on Radio 2 !! RAF Cosford Met Jimmy Young at RAF Cosford as a Corporal PTI. I was in training F.M.E. but our influx had the musicans to form a camp dance band and got money from the RAF to purchase Stan Kenton Music scores, Jimmy would come along to our band practise night and occasionly sing a camp dances when the local girls from Wolverhampton would stop dancing and stand in front of the stage while Jimmy sang. One practise night he mentioned he was off to the Southsea Pavilion to sing with one of the big bands of the day. He had good news the next time we saw him regading a contract but was still awaiting his demob. Recent visit to RAF Cosford Museum makes no refernce to the P.T.I. school? 80 year old "Rozzer" ex RAF 1946-1948.

Discography

The Discography heading would be better if it were amended to "Select Discography" since it lists only the Top 50 hits of Jimmy Young. A CD entitled "The Best of Jimmy Young" features many other numbers, including Ebb Tide, I'm Walking Behind You, Little Things Mean a Lot, Give me Your Word, etc. etc. In fact, a complete Discography would be preferable to the abridged one, if someone can collate such a thing! Philipson55 (talk) 08:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

I can’t make this sentence mean anything…

The article contains the line, “In the Pink Floyd song, One Of These Days, Nick Mason precedes a threat towards him, "One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces," because of his tendency to babble”. 1). There is nothing in the information as given which indicates that this is about Jimmy Young; if he’s mentioned by name in the song, surely that should be the part that is quoted? 2. What does “precedes a threat towards him” relate to? Precede means “to come before something”, but what does this threat come before? And what was the threat? And who is the he who babbles? Mason or Young? The wording is ambiguous. Jock123 (talk) 10:15, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

That line, which looks like it was poorly worded, has now gone. Here's what the article for "One of These Days (instrumental)" says:

"The threatening lyric, a rare vocal contribution by Nick Mason, was recorded through a ring modulator and slowed down to create an eerie effect. It was aimed at Sir Jimmy Young, the then BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 DJ whom the band supposedly disliked because of his tendency to babble. During early 1970s concerts, they sometimes played a sound collage of clips from Young's radio show that was edited to sound completely nonsensical, thus figuratively "cutting him into little pieces". The bootleg compilation A Treeful of Secrets contains a demo version of "One of These Days" in which the Jimmy Young collage loops in the background during the performance. However, the authenticity of this demo has not been confirmed."

An interesting detail but, although perhaps significant for Mason and the song, it has little significance for an understanding of Young himself. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:13, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Catch phrase

Surely Jimmy Young's catch phrase was "Bye for now" not "Ta ta for now"

2.28.179.52 (talk) 08:13, 23 May 2013 (UTC)Andy Hicks

I think he said them both. For certain he would say "TTFN, Ta Ta For Now" PeterM88 (talk) 14:37, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

References

Daily recipe

No mention of one of the most notable features of his radio show - the daily recipe. Nor of Raymondo (speeded-up voice of Production Assistant Ray Harvey) who would prompt the feature with the question "what's the recipe today, Jim?". Surely reliable sources are available for this? Martinevans123 (talk) 10:05, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

There are.--Egghead06 (talk) 18:40, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Well, at least without mention of Harvey. So could be added. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:46, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Links

Do we really need links for: records, sheet music, cover or recording? Or for label right next to Polygon Records? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:13, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

"Need"? No. "Helpful for some readers"? Yes. ... richi (hello) 22:18, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

To me these are all widely-known, well-known terms in widespread use and to employ them here suggests that "some readers" are idiots. But I'd welcome other views. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:22, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure it's about being idiotic, so much as being aged, say, 15. What is this "label" of which you speak, Grandad? ... richi (hello) 01:01, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

If you follow the link to Polygon Records you might find out. It's the name for companies that release music CDs and videos. Apparently. Martinevans123 (talk) 08:32, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Well, I'm totally open to discussion on this crisp, sunny, winter's morning. And yeah, I get that; I completely understand where you're coming from. But I spend a lot of my time on WP worrying about the auds' experience, just as I do professionally (it's an occupational hazard, I guess). Here's another way of thinking about it: Would it hurt to leave in the links? Do the blue lines, on balance, help or hinder the reader? I think it's at worst neutral, and quite possibly helpful. On the other hand, there's WP:LEADLINK to consider, which makes me wonder if there's a better way to make us both happy (let me mull on that) ... richi (hello) 09:43, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

The one issued on the Capitol Records label? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:57, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

groan ... richi (hello) 14:50, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

78s

Many of Young's early records were 78s: [1]. It appears from this list that his first hit, in 1951, "Too Young" was in fact a B-side. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:28, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

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Whence "Jimmy"?

I didn't know his name wasn't "Jimmy" - where'd he get it from? - David Gerard (talk) 09:42, 19 July 2018 (UTC)