Press Reviews

• Tracey Thorn

  Annie was important to me back when I was a teenager, when not only was she one of the few people playing records I liked, she was a WOMAN doing it, which was inspirational to me. I wrote about her in my book Another Planet, where I quote a diary entry from 1978 which listed things I was loving in between watching Bowie on tv and taping a Bruce Springsteen album, the entry simply says, 'Listened to Annie Nightingale'

• Irvine Welsh

  I can't imagine what growing up without Annie Nightingale would have been like. I don't want to contemplate the limitations that would have been imposed on my cultural life and my own ambitions in that sphere without her presence. Thank god I don't have to and she was there every step of the way from a voice on the radio to an enthusiastic comrade in the chill out zone and post-rave party

• Miranda Sawyer

  Observer

  It wasn't until I heard Annie Nightingale on Sunday evenings after the chart rundown that I understood what music radio could be. Nightingale had a broader music taste than, say, John Peel, but was alternative enough to introduce me to songs I never would otherwise have heard. She's still on Radio 1 now, at the very Nightingale time of 2am. She still plays tracks I hate, tracks I love. She's still the best

• Charlotte Heathcote

  Sunday Express

  Many of her stories are entertaining [...] and the book includes short, funny, informative interviews with leading lights of the day.

• The Sun

  Full of brilliant anecdotes, this autobiography offers a rare insight into a woman who has lived at the forefront of pop culture.

• David Quantick, writer, Veep and The Thick of It

  Absolutely terrific. A memoir, an overview of the pop and rock eras, and a great deal of wisdom and insight

• Louder Than War

  What a marvellous memoir. From the very start, Nightingale engages directly with her reader. She welcomes us into an intimate conversation like those she has been creating for decades on the radio . . . as we read, it's almost as if we're listening to the voice that's so distinctive, warm, funny, and honest

• Buzz Magazine

  Nightingale was the first female broadcaster on Radio 1 in 1970 and her tales of surviving in a stifling, male-dominated arena are told vividly within Hey Hi Hello . . . Jam-packed with stories and events that span decades of music and culture, from the Beatles via Marc Bolan to Primal Scream and Little Simz . . . very hard to put down

• Jude Rogers

  Guardian

  Eccentric but entertaining

• Irvine Welsh

  I loved this book. Annie Nightingale is my heroine. The woman is a legend