The world’s longest-working DJ is easing into retirement on the finish of an illustrious profession.
Hong Kong’s Ray Cordeiro, a radio DJ with a profession spanning an awe-inspiring 70 years, known as it quits final month on the age of 96.
Cordeiro’s route into radio was a circuitous one, however appreciation for music was one thing he developed at a really younger age. With a brother 10 years his senior, Cordeiro was closely impressed by his tastes, listening to his brother’s report assortment when he wasn’t residence.
The beginning of Cordeiro’s skilled profession noticed him working odd jobs, going from being a warden to a financial institution clerk. He finally went again to pursuing his schooling in London, when he landed the chance of a lifetime to interview the Beatles. He confirmed up impromptu to the workplaces of EMI, the place he was promised an interview with the legendary group and was even equipped a tape recorder to conduct it.
That connection ended up turning into instrumental to his success. Upon persevering with his interview sequence in Hong Kong, he was linked with the Beatles as soon as once more once they came around the area. The high-profile interviews launched Cordeiro’s profession into overdrive and he went on to host his personal present, “All of the Approach with Ray,” the place he continued to interview musical greats from 1970 till this yr.
ABC News notes that Cordeiro holds the Guinness World Document for the world’s longest-working DJ and it is a profession path he would have picked in a heartbeat if he needed to do it over again.