[78-L] fwd: Johnny Dankworth dies

[Jeff Sultanof]

No, Dankworth wrote the original theme for "The Avengers." He even recorded
it on one of his UK Columbia LPs, released here on Roulette. Johnson's theme
was the second theme for the series.

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> David Lennick wrote:
> >
> http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/component/content/article/51-2009/11127-jazz-breaking-news-giant-of-british-jazz-sir-john-dankworth-dies-at-82
>
> >
> > Dankworth began a parallel career as a film and TV composer and became
> known to
> > a wider public for the music he wrote for The Avengers, Tomorrow’s World
> and
> > Modesty Blaise. He made the charts with ‘African Waltz’ and became a
> frequent
> > presence on radio and TV.
> >
> > - Stephen Graham
> > _______________________________________________
> Laurie Johnson wrote the music for "The Avengers"! This mistake was
> repeated on the BBC 24 News channel.
>
>         Julian Vein
>
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