Signing off The Music Goes Round on Friday 30th September, Desmond Carrington said: “And now for a bit of difficult news, my friends. I wasn’t too well after my 90th birthday and it has been a ...

It is with great sadness that we at Radio 2 learnt that Desmond Carrington had passed away on February 1st 2017. Here we reflect on his wonderful and varied career that spanned six decades.