[78-L] fwd: Johnny Dankworth dies

[David Lennick]

He also made the charts earlier, with Experiments With Mice.

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Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> 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
>>
>>