Throughout the course of my career, I introduced on stage:
Hilary Clinton
Emmy Lou Harris
Adam Ant
Neil Diamond
(and more, but I forget who),
Stood next to, exchanged brief words with, shook hands with, or interviewed:
Mel Gibson, Dustin Hoffman, Patrick Stewart, Timothy Dalton, Kiefer Sutherland, Gael García Bernal, Penelope Cruz, Drew Barrymore, Ray Manzarek (The Doors), Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Robert Smith (The Cure), Quentin Tarantino, Madonna, Boy George, Rick James, Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones), Jakob Dylan, Neneh Cherry (daughter of Don Cherry and a musician in her own right), Ravi Coltrane, Horace Silver (one of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers), Duran Duran (taped interview with John Taylor, but was with the whole band), George Clinton, Seal, Mos Def, Echo & The Bunnymen, Bjork, Charlie Haden, Fabio, Henry Winkler, Jack Palance, Ice Cube, Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo, Jody Watley, Johnny Rotten, Kato Kaelin, OJ Simpson, MC Hammer, Malcolm McLaren, Moby, Moon Unit Zappa, Robin Willams, Cindy Birdsong from The Supremes, Terence Trent D'Arby, Brian Warner (aka Marilyn Manson), Tim Burton, Tony Bennett, Traci Lords, Morrissey, multiple members of The Funk Brothers (Motown's backing band who played on all the Motown hits), Warren Zevon, Carnie Wilson (daughter of Brian Wilson - I didn't actually meet her because I was out at lunch when she came to see me, but she did leave me a lovely hand-written note which I still have), Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Ezrin (record producer for artists like Alice Cooper, Rush, Pink Floyd. I worked for him for a while), MC Solaar (French rapper), Bono and Adam Clayton from U2, Lisa Stansfield, Lady Gaga, Angela Rippon (British news anchor for the BBC), Divine (singer and actor associated with John Waters), Terence Trent D'Arby, Julio Iglesias, Eric Burdon, Les McCann, Anita O' Day, Frances Davis (wife of Miles Davis).
There are more and as soon as I post this, they will come back to me. I have never had a particularly good memory. It was great fun though.