My greatest reward is knowing for certain, as I do with many other acts and artistes, that without Jonathan King being alive and involved, Genesis would not exist, and the guys would have had careers as intended - as accountants and lawyers!

" King had accused the BBC of a "Stalinist" revision of history. Thompson stated: "We accept that this should not have happened and we would like to apologise for any upset this caused. The book spent some time at the top of the Amazon Kindle Pop Culture chart.

". He also became known for a string of 1970s hits such as "Paloma Blanca" "It Only Takes A Minute" "Johnny Reggae" "Lick A Smurp For Christmas (All Fall Down)" "Loop di Love" and "Sugar Sugar".