Whispering Ted Lowe is best known as a commentator for which sport?
Ted Lowe and my father were down there and he was so nice to us." Ted Lowe Edwin Charles Ernest Lowe, MBE (1 November 1920 – 1 May 2011), known as Ted Lowe, was an English snooker commentator for the BBC. His unmistakably husky, hushed tones earned him the nickname "Whispering Ted". Born in Lambourn, Berkshire, Lowe was general manager of London's Leicester Square Hall, the home of professional billiards and snooker. He got his break one day when the BBC's regular commentator, Raymond Glendenning, succumbed to laryngitis. He was the commentator for the snooker television show "Pot Black" from 1969. He
John Farnham he subsequently provided a running commentary for a local pool game he named himself "Whispering Jack Phantom" after the "Pot Black" commentator, "Whispering Ted Lowe". His work for the album, "Whispering Jack", included expanding his songlist with Fraser's advice. "A Touch of Paradise" was written by Gulliver Smith and Mondo Rock's Ross Wilson, while "Pressure Down" was provided by Harry Bogdanovs. Two weeks before the album was due to be recorded a demo tape arrived from London with similar material as "Pressure Down", Farnham and Fraser listened to the demo of "You're the Voice" and knew they had found a