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Greg Edwards

1947–

United Kingdom

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Greg Edwards (born 24 December 1947) is a British radio broadcaster and DJ. He is well known as the founder of Capital Radio's Soul Spectrum programme (from 1975 onwards) and for the promotion of PIR records and associated artists when it was formed in 1971. He is credited as being a DJ who had a major influence on the promotion of soul and disco music in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s both on radio as well as the club circuit.

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