With a foreword by the great TV writer Ian LaFrenais (“…if Chris Phipps is dropping names, these are names really worth dropping”) this book is an entertaining romp through fifty years of celebrity encounters. It will transport you behind the cameras and microphones of radio and television to witness the real personalities, the hilarious bloopers, mistakes and accidental (as well as intended) showbiz triumphs behind the scenes! The author’s unrivalled knowledge of music and film unassumingly permeates its pages – so, as well as being entertained, you end up unwittingly a lot more clued-up about the music of this era than you were previously.

Written from an insider’s extraordinary working encounters and packed with never-seen-before pictures, this compelling and entertaining compendium of astonishing (and often hilarious) anecdotes, is a must-read for anyone who appreciates the sounds and sights of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Fascinating encounters and working relationships with over fifty global super-stars - from Madonna to Miles Davis, David Bowie, Little Richard, Ozzy Osbourne, Bryan Ferry, Malcolm Maclaren, Sting, Elton John, Jane Fonda and many more, are described with wry humour. Amongst many, there are first-hand tales of the great Miles Davis being ordered to stop playing his trumpet (“that thing”) in a Newcastle pub; Chris paying Madonna’s train fare (standard class) with cash in brown envelope; Red Hot Chilli Peppers playing on top of a giant hot dog in Hollywood, and a meeting with Grace Jones wearing a Micky Mouse hat in Birmingham Botanical Gardens. “Namedropper – an unorthodox biography” is jam-packed with similar observations and anecdotes on the rich and famous of the day and is written with huge warmth and wit by broadcaster, film maker and former producer of Channel 4’s The Tube, Chris Phipps.