The Gay Cavalieros – Steve Wright (1984)

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Steve Wright – The Artists

Stephen Richard Wright MBE (1954 – 2024) was an English disc jockey (DJ), radio personality, novelty song singer and occasional television presenter, credited with introducing the morning zoo format on British radio, known for its zany, multi-personality approach. He presented Steve Wright in the Afternoon for 12 years on BBC Radio 1 and 23 years on BBC Radio 2, two of the BBC’s national radio stations, the latter being the most popular station in the United Kingdom, ending on 30 September 2022. He continued to present his Sunday Love Songs weekend mid-morning show on Radio 2 until his death, and in October 2023, he took over as the host of Pick of the Pops from Paul Gambaccini. On BBC Television Wright hosted Home Truths, The Steve Wright People Show, Auntie’s TV Favourites, Top of the Pops and TOTP2. Wright won awards, including Best DJ of the Year as voted by the Daily Mirror Readers Poll and by Smash Hits in 1994. In 1998 he was awarded TRIC Personality of the Year for his radio programmes. The original incarnation of Steve Wright in the Afternoon ran from 1981 to 1993 on BBC Radio 1. The show became known in its Radio 1 incarnation for its cast of telephone characters created and performed by Gavin McCoy, Peter Dickson, Richard Easter and Phil Cornwell. Like his mentor, Kenny Everett, Wright went out of his way to be irreverent, including stories taken from the Weekly World News. The success led to a hit single, I’ll Be Back, released under the name Arnee and the Terminaters. In later years the style changed, dumping most of the characters and instead having a “zoo” format, with spoof guests and comedy sketches. A “posse” of producers and radio staff joined in. This format was new to British radio and marked the beginning of the marginalisation (and eventual departure) of several established Radio 1 DJs over the years that followed.

The Gay Cavalieros (The Story So Far…) – The Song

‘The Gay Cavalieros (The Story So Far …)’ is a novelty song sung by English disc jockey Steve Wright. 

The Mexian Cavaliero – The Shape

This record has been cut into the silhouette  of a typical Mexican musician with a pair of castanets.

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