It is unwise to seek personal acquaintance with people whom one has regarded with high esteem, as they often fail to fulfil one’s expectations, resulting in disappointment. In other words, never meet your heroes - they’ll only let you down. What a load of rubbish!
Thanks to my TV and radio shows on the BBC, I’ve been incredibly lucky to meet many of my favourite stars - everyone from football legends like Joe Jordan and Kevin Keegan to singing sensations Neil Sedaka and Tony Christie - and they were all absolute gents.
Ditto my No1 performer of all-time, the one and only Engelbert Humperdinck (sorry, Syd) who I’ve seen “live” between Glasgow and Las Vegas about a dozen times. I interviewed the big man at his sprawling Leicestershire mansion back in 2005 for a Radio Scotland series called Cowan Meets The Crooners and he was terrific value.
