Possible Clues:

• Best cricketer, say -- spinner?
• The best soft bed -- this is suitable for singles
• It relays notes picked up from best-ever actor
• Gramophone or jukebox
• Musical item using a pointy-beaked bird
• Memento by defender of disc jockey
• Best performance goes to one in Hamlet produced by disc jockey
• Old hi-fi (2 words)
• 45's place
• "Best performance" actor seen in DJ