1983 WAS the best year of my life. Steve Wright was simply awesome. Growing up listening to Radio 1 was part of my childhood and I hold it the the highest regards. The tunes were beyond fantastic, its now 40 years ago yet all i want to do is listen to videos like this and remember how great life was back then. Steve Wright should be knighted for making so many lives better, and happy back at a time when we had Greenham Common and all the other crazy stuff going on. Long live Steve Wright...
The music in 1983 was phenomenal, Steve Wright was phenomenal, his guest was phenomenal. He got such an alluring voice that was full of trust and honesty. I loved and literally adored this guy. Turning the volume up was absolutely necessary cos that was how addictive his show was. I worked with 10 other guys and he put us in stitches of laughter.
I remember being in hospital and Steve Wright in the Afternoon was the highlight of the day, his shows were always amazing, funny and interesting, his music choices,as always sublime and the velvety tone to his voice give a sort of soothing continuity of reassurance. RIP Steve and thank you for everything x
Thank you for expressing my feelings about him...I am very sad, I just keep wishing he hadn't died. The best, he was simply the best. Dearest Steve, goodbye friend, we all love you so so much ❤❤❤
Oh wow...bouncing thru' all the country lanes on the school bus going home listening to Wrighty Boy, with everyone shouting at the bus driver "TURN THE RADIO UPPPP...!!!" You'll never be forgotten Wrighty 🙏🙏🙏
The way it flowed his artistry in speaking and his broadcasting talent was always evident listening to him he was one of a kind in radio broadcasting and will be sadly missed
Aah, Janis Long. RIP. Wow this is truly a blast from the past. When radio 1 was quite smooth FM. Steve Wright a true radio ledge. 39 years ago and still sounds great. That's right!!!
The Possie ⚠️ Sid the Manager Mr ANGRY Mr Mad Ask Elvis Linda Lust Gervais the hairdresser Hopeless Weather girl Damian the Social Worker Barry from Watford The Pub singer would keep us entertained. Show was a tad silly but definitely made the working afternoon pass quicker !! My 1st job after training for 18 months as a Radar engineer in the RAF , was at RAF Locking in 1981. In 1T hangar where Radio 1 would be playing, Steve Wright came on who I'd not heard before. I was instantly hooked. He would go right up close to the microphone and say "C'mon touch your radio and feel the warmth of my sincerity " 😎 I could not believe it when BBC bosses axed his show in 2022 I cannot listen to Steve's replacement Scott Mills instead I listen to my own music collection instead. Too young to go Steve RIP 💜 Strange this tragedy has happened in the same week BBC are dismantling Wogan house. Nobody has mentioned this butmy belief is Steve couldn't face seeing his studio dismantled and basically destroyed.Dacades of memorabilia GONE.Did Steve died of a broken 💔?RIP Steve. You have been my afternoons since 1981 x
radio was so much more of our lives, listening to the roadshows and all the great music. helped the day go by if you had a boring job. great times, and all off to the pub in the evening with your mates. I was 20 in 83. good memories
I was working on the farm back in 1983 .I have grown up listening to Steve Wright rest in peace thank you for all the great music May god look after you up in heaven 🙏
Great compilation. Ah the memories. Forgot how great his show was. Very similar to Kenny Everett, and why not. Steve's show was in a safe pair of hands.
The month/,year I left big school...I loved listening the top ten at dinner time 78 to 83 ....I also ran a mobile disco at a very young age, even being paid. Great times ☺️
Every afternoon in the welding shop at JJ Blows, blasting out, spec Mr Angry, Chats Rd, Cfeld. Then the company closed down ore a Safe way, now a Morrisons. RIP SW, Sir.
Radio 2 would have a sports programme on Bank Holiday and allow Radio 1 a rare, yet welcome, opportunity to broadcast on FM, usually between 2 and 7 pm! They should have launched on VHF, as it was called for many years, from the get-go - they were playing all the latest hits, plus random oldies across the day - and that would have benefited from being in stereo - unfortunately, the BBC saw fit to relegate it to a 💩 medium wave frequency - making it sound worse than the pirate stations it was set up to replace!
It's interesting to note that the phrase "climate change" isn't automatically appended in the news report of floods in the East of France and Germany as it does today. M6 and M61 northbound tailbacks to Blackpool continue to this day though and this is most comforting.
This is the real Steve Wright, the real DJ McCoy of Radio 1 before Wokeism and Snowflake's liberal gender identification generation came along and snuffed it all out. Sorry, Steve, it had to be said. R.I.P Mate
He's like Chris Evans, neither seem able to do a show by themselves. Take Sunday Lovesongs, it's a request show where Steve doesn't need to do much apart from read messages out.
'tiz somewhat unfortunate that in the current BBC/PC woke agenda climate , Steve's show ( still going on Radio 2 every weekday 2.02 - 5.00pm , except bank hOlidays the jammy swine!) is not as full of fun and improvised frolicking around as this trip down memory lane.
Banal dribble from a dj who loves the sound of his own voice. Can't even play another presenters jingle without mimicking them. How on earth did he stay on the BBC for so long?
@dj4myparty mind you , Serious Jockin' with no 'g' is the dog's wotsits , if you're into that sort of thang innit? . . . but One must ask in all seriousness , Why oh bleedin' why does Steve play so much Ed bleedin' Sheeran and Justin bleedin' Bieber?
RIP Steve. Part of the soundtrack of my youth. Legend forever.
1983 WAS the best year of my life. Steve Wright was simply awesome. Growing up listening to Radio 1 was part of my childhood and I hold it the the highest regards. The tunes were beyond fantastic, its now 40 years ago yet all i want to do is listen to videos like this and remember how great life was back then. Steve Wright should be knighted for making so many lives better, and happy back at a time when we had Greenham Common and all the other crazy stuff going on. Long live Steve Wright...
100% !!!
1983 music videos playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL6oCQqv2KW6WTjSBpavnnkILla2nhwwrV.html
1983 best year.
Same here ❤
I think you might be conflating things if you bring up Greenham Common.
Brilliant no one ever will be as good as Steve Wright, a genuine loss to the Radio world, loved you Steve.
Rest in peace our DJ hero..... radio will never be the same without you 💔
The music in 1983 was phenomenal, Steve Wright was phenomenal, his guest was phenomenal. He got such an alluring voice that was full of trust and honesty. I loved and literally adored this guy. Turning the volume up was absolutely necessary cos that was how addictive his show was. I worked with 10 other guys and he put us in stitches of laughter.
If only radio was this good now!
The end of an era. Radio will never be as good as this ever again. Life is short even in it’s longest days.
Where did my 37 years go? The urgency of TIME. You’ve only got so much of it before it runs out.
The permanence of the moment is the greatest illusion of life...
Wait till you hit 45..
Can't believe he's gone xx Thanks for the happy memories Steve and the great music xx ❤❤❤🙏🙏
I remember being in hospital and Steve Wright in the Afternoon was the highlight of the day, his shows were always amazing, funny and interesting, his music choices,as always sublime and the velvety tone to his voice give a sort of soothing continuity of reassurance. RIP Steve and thank you for everything x
Thank you for expressing my feelings about him...I am very sad, I just keep wishing he hadn't died. The best, he was simply the best. Dearest Steve, goodbye friend, we all love you so so much ❤❤❤
I loved the afternoon show on Radio 1. Was fortunate to see him at the local Radio 1 roadshow. My all time favourite radio DJ.
2022 and He still makes me laugh out loud, Wonderful. What a Legend.
He's still got it . I really do love the show
Oh wow...bouncing thru' all the country lanes on the school bus going home listening to Wrighty Boy, with everyone shouting at the bus driver "TURN THE RADIO UPPPP...!!!" You'll never be forgotten Wrighty 🙏🙏🙏
Radio will never be the same ❤
Love ur voice wrighty. Never be another jock like u. You made my 80’s and 90’s with ur shows. Hope ur in peace god bless ❤
One of the best dj's EVER,absolutely BRILLIANT!!!
You obviously haven't listened to that man stations
This sounds amazing, I loved listening to Steve and afternoons are no longer the same without his Big Show 😏
The way it flowed his artistry in speaking and his broadcasting talent was always evident listening to him he was one of a kind in radio broadcasting and will be sadly missed
Aah, Janis Long. RIP. Wow this is truly a blast from the past. When radio 1 was quite smooth FM. Steve Wright a true radio ledge. 39 years ago and still sounds great. That's right!!!
" Curtis Stigers, rhymes with tigers" 😂😂 my first day at work '1983' and this guy comes on the radio 🤪😍, remember it like it was yesterday.....
Best ever Radio 1 news jingle Steve sounds so young
The Possie ⚠️
Sid the Manager
Mr ANGRY
Mr Mad
Ask Elvis
Linda Lust
Gervais the hairdresser
Hopeless Weather girl
Damian the Social Worker
Barry from Watford
The Pub singer would keep us entertained.
Show was a tad silly but definitely made the working afternoon pass quicker !!
My 1st job after training for 18 months as a Radar engineer in the RAF , was at RAF Locking in 1981.
In 1T hangar where Radio 1 would be playing, Steve Wright came on who I'd not heard before. I was instantly hooked.
He would go right up close to the microphone and say
"C'mon touch your radio and feel the warmth of my sincerity " 😎
I could not believe it when BBC bosses axed his show in 2022
I cannot listen to Steve's replacement Scott Mills instead I listen to my own music collection instead.
Too young to go Steve RIP 💜
Strange this tragedy has happened in the same week BBC are dismantling Wogan house.
Nobody has mentioned this butmy belief is Steve couldn't face seeing his studio dismantled and basically destroyed.Dacades of memorabilia GONE.Did Steve died of a broken 💔?RIP Steve.
You have been my afternoons since 1981 x
Thank's for the memories throughout the years Steve, will never forget your voice on the radio. R.I.P. 🙏♥️🙏
His style and voice barely changed.
The roadshows remind me of the summers in my youth in the 80s,it was the only station to listen to then,....great shows and music,.,.,good memories
radio was so much more of our lives, listening to the roadshows and all the great music. helped the day go by if you had a boring job. great times, and all off to the pub in the evening with your mates. I was 20 in 83. good memories
Get the geese off !!
RIP 🪦
Steve Wright
26/8/1954-13/2/24
Aged 69
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I was working on the farm back in 1983 .I have grown up listening to Steve Wright rest in peace thank you for all the great music May god look after you up in heaven 🙏
Me too, used to listen to him doing the afternoon milking! The cows loved it
Priviliged to have heard this first time round as a young man.
Boy do I miss wrighty....😢
REST IN PEACE STEVE THANKS 4 ALL THE YEARS OF PLAYING GOOD SONGS BEEN WITH YOU SINCE THE 80S LEGEND
I was 16, brilliant stuff . Need more stuff like this
Listened to this guy on the radio as a kid was funny played great tunes R.I.P to a true legend
love this show sooo much
Doing me site visits in the Rhondda with Steve Wright as the soundtrack after fitting my Pye car radio. Happy days.
Not one bad word said about him. He will be missed, the whole of the uk 🇬🇧 is in shock😢
haha so great to hear Steves voices again… before the PC brigade clamped down on his shown… never hurt anyone but gave us all a great laugh 😂
Great compilation. Ah the memories. Forgot how great his show was. Very similar to Kenny Everett, and why not. Steve's show was in a safe pair of hands.
He did an hour at a Northampton night club in around 93/94 i was at, had no clue he was going to, happy times
Ah. Brings back the memories
The month/,year I left big school...I loved listening the top ten at dinner time 78 to 83 ....I also ran a mobile disco at a very young age, even being paid. Great times ☺️
The same time I left school too! :)
I can’t believe the craziness is no more!! Soundtrack to my afternoon. RIP Steve.
Jesus. Steve Wright being holiday covered by Gary Davies. 35 YEARS later and nothing has changed except it’s Radio 2 now.
Steve Wright is always on holiday. He shouldn't even be on the radio anymore. He's terrible.
The playlist hasn’t changed either 😉
@@Liofa73 after 40 odd years , the powers that be at The BBC agree with you ...."see told you he was pony"
I've shared the hell out of this. He was one presenter who inspired me to be a presenter in the 90/2000s
My 18th birthday on that day. Wow where did those years go. RIP Steve.
Lots more of this please !
"he needs a check up from the neck up !!! "
Loved this show
BRILLIANT. RIP Steve
Steve said a few times, including to Mike Oldfield that Moonlight Shadow was his all time favourite song.
Gotta love that short clip of Kajagoogoo!
Every afternoon in the welding shop at JJ Blows, blasting out, spec Mr Angry, Chats Rd, Cfeld.
Then the company closed down ore a Safe way, now a Morrisons.
RIP SW, Sir.
Used to love Bank Holidays back in the early 80s as I could hear Steve on the Radio 2 FM Frequency instead of the usual Medium Wave
Radio 2 would have a sports programme on Bank Holiday and allow Radio 1 a rare, yet welcome, opportunity to broadcast on FM, usually between 2 and 7 pm!
They should have launched on VHF, as it was called for many years, from the get-go - they were playing all the latest hits, plus random oldies across the day - and that would have benefited from being in stereo - unfortunately, the BBC saw fit to relegate it to a 💩 medium wave frequency - making it sound worse than the pirate stations it was set up to replace!
wow 36 years ago............seems like it was yesterday.
It certainly does...😢
Love the show Steve
Old wrighty has had a good living from radio 1 and 2 !
Steve is one of the best.
Never laugh at your own jokes, unless you are The master Wright
It's interesting to note that the phrase "climate change" isn't automatically appended in the news report of floods in the East of France and Germany as it does today. M6 and M61 northbound tailbacks to Blackpool continue to this day though and this is most comforting.
what a fucking legend.. 😔
Steve has still got it, always quality shows
With you on that John.
Defo...I'm still listening to steve 2019...Radio 2 but just as good.
He’s carrying on kenny Everett’s work ? But well done ! Then we moved to Marc and lard ! In the 90s 😂 then it’s fucked ?
Miss him 😢
Top stuff, although I was too young way back then to fully appreciate it!
1:51 Radio 1 Weather Check Jingle 👍
Ha! Neil Tennant from Smash Hits! I wonder whatever happened to him... :)
is there any way of getting the full show, it would be great to hear again after all these years. thanks Iain!
I agree, I found myself wanting to hear the music that had been edited out.
Loved these shows & characters but due to school used to catch more of him when he did the morning breakfast show, must’ve been just before this?
Great stuff arcibold leach is Cary Grant if your interested .
Steve was another Kenny Everette in his own right … always remember one of the features … “Would you be gay for pay” 😂😂😂
So much for the John McEnroe movie...
Better days.
Wow, our Auntie Janice Long saying," Neil Tennant from Smash Hits will be here."
Two years before West End Girls
I knew who the mystery celebrity was straight away ! :-)
Did he do the coffee pot spot in the morning in the 70s and 80s or was that someone else? I just remembered it was Mike Reed I think
RIP Steve write
Pretty similar to him on Radio 2 39 years later.
@@paulhiggins6024 Most DJ’s are similar when they move from R1 to R2.
If I'm right, how can this be the quality of FM, when Radio 1 was only in AM in 1983 ?
Lewis72 it was on FM as Radio 2 had sport
Radio 1 and 2 shared 88-91 during this era.
Anyone awake to why more and more people are dying so young recently?
Thats not Steve Wright half the time??
This is the real Steve Wright, the real DJ McCoy of Radio 1 before Wokeism and Snowflake's liberal gender identification generation came along and snuffed it all out. Sorry, Steve, it had to be said. R.I.P Mate
You mean before Steve evolved and realised homophobia isn’t funny?
I'd prefer it with the music not taken out.
Are you offering to pay the royalties?
What was the backing music at 1000 onwards...I used to have it on vinyl but have forgotten its name. Anyone recognise it please? Thanks either way :)
HARRY THUMANN -- 'underwater' original version 1979.
@@mikebarnes1641 Thank You. I used to have the extended version, but couldn't remember its name!
The show that has replaced Steve's week day afternoon programme on radio two is so bloody awful that I stopped listening to it on day three..
Damien sounds like Jim Broadbent?
radio 1 wasn't entirely top 40 back then right??
Big news? Was it Steve Wright had proposed to his then girlfriend, whilst over in New York?
Steve and his Factoids
Do you think Steve Wright could do a show by himself- no posse- no help?
He's like Chris Evans, neither seem able to do a show by themselves. Take Sunday Lovesongs, it's a request show where Steve doesn't need to do much apart from read messages out.
Mayo is THE one is unable to do a show by himself
He did before Radio 1. He was at Radio 210 in Reading doing the Breakfast Show
They’re very good with a team round them. Not as good by themselves.
Absolutely not
So it's basically radio 2
He's bonkers
He sounds much thinner ....
Haha! Yes he does!
'tiz somewhat unfortunate that in the current BBC/PC woke agenda climate , Steve's show ( still going on Radio 2 every weekday 2.02 - 5.00pm , except bank hOlidays the jammy swine!) is not as full of fun and improvised frolicking around as this trip down memory lane.
Fuck off with your WOKE shit
Why is everything rubbish now? Why?
Radio One definitely needed a shake up so embarrassing.
How did he become so overweight?
Bad diet and junk food according to his brother.
@@feeltheforce10 And I guess not much exercise having a sit down job.
It was the unfunny hangers on I hated...
Banal dribble from a dj who loves the sound of his own voice. Can't even play another presenters jingle without mimicking them. How on earth did he stay on the BBC for so long?
You’re an idiot
Steve isnt funny anymore the same joke day after day with john culshaw to me is ignoring things have moved on .
He's very far up his own backside
@dj4myparty mind you , Serious Jockin' with no 'g' is the dog's wotsits , if you're into that sort of thang innit?
. . . but One must ask in all seriousness , Why oh bleedin' why does Steve play so much Ed bleedin' Sheeran and Justin bleedin' Bieber?
Best times I miss them people were much more honest and no wok mob
WHYS THE MUSIC CUT OFF? Copyright?