Wicked Speed Book

In 1998 Annie Nightingale was awarded the Woman of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award from the Music Industry and Related Media Organisation. The story of how she got to this point in her life is indeed fascinating, as is the fact that she has managed to survive for so long, with her 40-a-day habit (which contributes still to her distinctive, dusky voice), her heavy-duty rock 'n' roll lifestyle, and, more recently, a brush with death in Havana from which she never truly believed she would recover. In Wicked Speed, with an introduction by the ever-cool Irvine Welsh (whose description of the effect of Annie N on his teenage life in itself makes the book worth buying!), tells the story of how a suburban schoolgirl became an icon of the music industry--a tag which, to this day, surprises her every time she hears it. From local BBC radio journalist with--horror of horrors!--no degree, to ground-breaking Radio One DJ, Nightingale's life comes complete with all the glamour and angst that one would expect from the story of an original rock chick, but at the heart of it all lies a tale of hard work and determination which ultimately paved the way for would-be Nightingales such as Zoé Ball and Jo Whiley. Written with all the pace and panache that a biography entitled Wicked Speed deserves, Annie Nightingale's story is one of pleasure, pain and high achievement, pinpointing the trials and tribulations of a self-made icon who still has the power to pull in the punters, whether as a live DJ in clubs across the UK or as a smooth, radio pro crooning her way into the homes of post-party clubbers with her radio show at 4am on a Sunday morning. As seriously cool as she ever was, Annie Nightingale is the woman we would all like to be, and in Wicked Speed we get a taste of a life that most of us can only imagine. Annie's motto is: "The only way is on." Let's go, then. --Susan HarrisonRead More