Alan Keith 1950s, he devoted time to devising and presenting music programmes for the BBC. In 1959, he devised "Your Hundred Best Tunes", a programme of famous classical music, operetta and ballads. Keith chose the original 100 pieces himself. Many works were suggested by listeners and played in the programme. Thus a good many more than 100 works were played and the list evolved. Therefore, in subsequent years, a 100 Best were periodically voted for by listeners. In early March 2003, at the age of 94, he recorded an announcement that he intended to retire from the programme after 44 years. However,
John Dunn (radio presenter) Dunn's regular closing theme music for his afternoon-early evening Radio 2 programme was 'Imogene' by Les Reed. In 1998, John Dunn was awarded a Gold Sony Radio Award for the best drivetime music programme. He was married with two daughters, and lived in Croydon, Surrey, where he died, aged 70, after a long-suffering battle with cancer. John Dunn (radio presenter) John Churchill Dunn (4 March 1934 – 27 November 2004), professionally known simply as "John Dunn", was a British disc jockey and radio presenter who worked for many years on BBC Radio. He was also known as "Long John" Dunn