Peel's father was a big fan of Charlie Kunz's music and Peel chose some of Kunz's medleys as his favourite tracks in his 1932 Peelenium and the Pig's Big 78. He also played more of Kunz's music on his shows before and after his 62nd birthday in 2001 to coincide with living longer than his father, who died at the age of 61 in 1970.