Fact #113632
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Penny Valentine is born in London, UK. She will become one of the UK's first female pop and rock music critics, working for Disc, Sounds, Record Mirror and Melody Maker. She also made several appearances on the tv show Juke Box Jury.
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Richard Williams (music journalist) : She was probably the first woman to write about pop music as though it really mattered.
Chris Welch (music journalist) : Penny Valentine was part of a social whirl of receptions, parties and night-clubbing that made Swinging London such fun...The Beatles and Rolling Stones certainly preferred to be interviewed by the vivacious young lady from Disc magazine than by some spotty chap in a raincoat.
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Chris Welch (music journalist) : Penny Valentine was part of a social whirl of receptions, parties and night-clubbing that made Swinging London such fun...The Beatles and Rolling Stones certainly preferred to be interviewed by the vivacious young lady from Disc magazine than by some spotty chap in a raincoat.