[78-L] fwd: Johnny Dankworth dies

[Royal Pemberton]

Which was produced by Sir George Martin.

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:11 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

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