BBC Radio 2 Presenters - Jonathan Ross, Tony Blackburn, Elaine Paige, Chris Evans, Paul O'Grady, Claudia Winkleman, Michael Ball, Ken Bruce, Si (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Jonathan Ross, Tony Blackburn, Elaine Paige, Chris Evans, Paul O'Grady, Claudia Winkleman, Michael Ball, Ken Bruce, Simon Mayo, Dermot O'Leary, Jamie Cullum, Johnnie Walker, Alan Titchmarsh, Charles Hazlewood, Steve Wright, Alan Carr, Mike Harding, Jools Holland, Aled Jones, Stuart Maconie, Alex Lester, Sarah Kennedy, Mark Radcliffe, Zoe Ball, Steve Lamacq, Jeremy Vine, Bob Harris, Paul Jones, Emma Forbes, Clare Teal, Richard Allinson, Mark Lamarr, David Jacobs, Paul Gambaccini, Janice Long, Lynn Parsons, Brian Matthew, Brian D'Arcy, Trevor Nelson, Russell Davies, Frank Renton, Phil Kelsall, Dave Bussey, Desmond Carrington, Alan Smith, Nigel Ogden. Excerpt: Elaine Paige OBE (nee Bickerstaff; born 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, North London, Paige attended the Aida Foster stage school, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Peron in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. For this role, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a Musical. She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with "Memory," a song from the show. In 1985, Paige released "I Know Him So Well" with Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess, which remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo. She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess, followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced. Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond, to critical acclaim. She appeared in The King...