Danny Baker
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Baker in 2012
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22 June 1957 Deptford, London, England |
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| Occupation | Radio DJ, presenter, journalist | ||
| Spouse(s) | Wendy Baker | ||
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Danny Baker (born 22 June 1957) is an English comedy writer, journalist, radio DJ and screenwriter. Since the late 1970s, he has worked for a wide range of publications and broadcasters including NME, LWT, the BBC and Talk Radio.
Baker was born in Deptford in south east London to Fred "Spud" Baker, a dock-working, union-leading father and Betty, a factory worker and grew up in Bermondsey. He attended Rotherhithe Primary School and then instead of taking up a grammar school place he went to the nearby West Greenwich Secondary Boys School, Deptford. He left the school in 1973 at the age of 14 and initially worked in One Stop Records, a small but fashionable record shop in South Molton Street in London's West End.
In 1977, Baker started writing for the punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue which was founded by his old schoolfriend Mark Perry, this led to an offer from the New Musical Express, home to the likes of Julie Burchill, Tony Parsons, Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent. Baker initially began working as the office receptionist, but was soon contributing regular articles and reviews before progressing to interviews. He often refers to these times during his radio shows, regularly citing examples of the ridiculous behaviour exhibited by his rock star interviewees.
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