His Sunday night shows on Piccadilly Radio introduced a generation of Mancs to house music, hip hop and rave. He was one of the first DJs to play the likes of A Guy Called Gerald, 808 State and Sub Sub.
And he was a pop star in his own right, clocking up 13 top 40 hits as part of 90s eurodance act Clock. Without the visionary influence of Stu Allan, who died this week aged 60 after receiving treatment for cancer, it's fair to say the feted Manchester music scene of the late 80s and 90s would have looked a lot different.
Allan grew up on Anglesey in North Wales but moved to Manchester in March 1982 after being made redundant from his job as an engineering apprentice. He started DJing that same year after being inspired by hearing DJ Grandmaster Flash on John Peel's Radio 1 show.
