Sarah Doukas
Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Agency, joins Kirsty Young to choose her Desert Island Discs.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the founder of Storm model agency, Sarah Doukas.
She has never, she says, had a normal career - after running away from school, she ran bric-a-brac stalls in London and Paris and then lived in America before returning to Britain. She enjoyed a stint as a model herself (her speciality, at only five feet two inches tall, was perching on car bonnets so they seemed bigger in advertising pictures). But she discovered she had a knack for spotting future talent and is best known for finding a 14 year old Kate Moss and turning her into an international star. "I'm a terrible old rocker" she says, "I always knew my life would be unconventional."
Producer: Leanne Buckle
Record: Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye
Book: The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Luxury: A photo album of all my family.
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Marvin Gaye
Mercy Mercy Me
Composer: Marvin Gaye
- Best of Marvin Gaye.
- Motown.
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Enrico Caruso
O Sole Mio
Composer: Di Capua
- Caruso in Song.
- Nimbus.
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Small Faces
Itchycoo Park
Composer: Steve Marriott/Ronnie Lane
- Best Sixties album in the world.
- EMI.
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Leonard Cohen
Suzanne
Composer: L Cohen
- Leonard Cohen: Greatest Hits.
- Columbia.
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Otis Redding
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Composer: Otis Redding/Steve Cropper
- Best Sixties album in the world.
- EMI.
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Richard Hawley
Open Up Your Door
Composer: Richard Hawley
- Richard Hawley Truelove’s Gutter.
- Mute.
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Caetano Veloso
Cucurrucucu Paloma
Composer: Alberto Iglesias & Vicente Amigo
- Hable Con Ella.
- Milan.
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Miles Davis
The Doo Bop Song
Composer: Miles Davis, Easy Mo Bee
- Miles Davis: Doo-Bop.
- Warner.
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Book Choice
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The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin
Luxury Choice
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A photo album of all my family
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Sarah Doukas |
Broadcasts
- Sun 10 Oct 2010 11:15±«Óãtv Radio 4
- Fri 15 Oct 2010 09:00±«Óãtv Radio 4
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