As well as being resident DJ at Mod club Tiles in Oxford Street, Jeff Dexter was a working DJ on the London circuit for over ten years up until the early ’70s, as well as being a dancer at the Lyceum Ballroom and a singer. Latterly, he managed the band America. These days, his son Wesley is a drum’n’bass DJ.

So where were you born and where did you grow up?

I was born in Lambeth Hospital and grew up in the Newington Butts, which is by the Elephant & Castle. I was born in 1946.