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[[File:John Walters (broadcaster).jpg| 200px | right | thumb |John Walters]] [[Category:Radio/TV Presenter]] == Relevance == Believed to have played a pivotal role in getting The Smiths on the [[Mention::John Peel]] and [[Mention::David Jensen]] shows. As summed up by Morrissey in [[Mention::Autobiography]]: <blockquote> "The rush of success surged with certainty, and the press began stories of the Smiths turning down six-figure offers from CBS and Virgin, preferring instead Rough Trade β which was untrue. The only label that had offered the Smiths a deal was Rough Trade. Suddenly, Number One magazine lists Hand in glove at number 70 on their official Top 100, and our unrelenting self-financed touring attracts John Walters, who is producer and acting scout for the John Peel radio show. Our timetable then erupts with a series of radio sessions for both David Jensen and John Peel, and our reputation swells a hundredfold. It is a great feeling. John Peel, though, did not ever come to see the Smiths play live, and he did not attend any of the radio sessions. He is cited as instrumental in the Smithsβ success, but if not for the continual exuberance of John Walters, John Peel could never have encountered the Smiths. When I accidentally meet John Peel over the years (two times, and both in motorway service stations), he shyly has nothing to say on both occasions." </blockquote>
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