Jimmy Young | |
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| Born | Leslie Ronald Young 21 September 1921 Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died | 7 November 2016 (aged 95) London, England |
| Other names | JY, Jimbo |
| Education | East Dean Grammar School |
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| Years active | 1950–2002 |
| Employer(s) | BBC Radio 1 (1967-73) BBC Radio 2 (1973–2002) |
| Known for | "Unchained Melody", "The Man from Laramie" |
| Spouses | Wendy Wilkinson
(m. 1946, divorced)Sally Douglas
(m. 1950, divorced)Alicia Padstow (m. 1996) |
| Children | 1 |
Sir Leslie Ronald Young CBE, known professionally as Jimmy Young (21 September 1921 – 7 November 2016), was an English singer, disc jockey and radio personality.[1] Early in his career in the 1950s he had two number ones, "Unchained Melody" and "The Man from Laramie", both in 1955, and several other top ten hits in the UK chart, but he became better known for his long-running show on BBC Radio 2, The JY Prog, which ran from 1973 until 2002.