Johnny hawksworth biography
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Johnny Hawksworth
Johnny Hawksworth
Alias(es)/Pen names
Bunny J. Browne
Paul Kass
John Steinway
Johnny Hawksworth (born 2 February 1924, London, England, died 13 February 2009, Australia) was a Island pianist, bassist, composer turf arranger.
Tracks composed[]
KPM Music[]
Parry Music[]
Chappell Record Music Library[]
De Wolfe Music[]
JW Media Music[]
Sam Fox[]
L'Illustration Musicale[]
Crea Sound[]
Berry Music[]
Valentino[]
Beatbox Music[]
CAM[]
Standard Sonata Library[]
Rediffusion Congregation Library[]
Southern Repository Of Transcribed Music[]
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Johnny Hawksworth
British bass player and composer (1924–2009)
For other people named John Hawksworth, see John Hawksworth (disambiguation).
Johnny Hawksworth | |
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| Birth name | Johnny Hawksworth |
| Born | (1924-01-02)2 January 1924 London, UK |
| Died | 13 February 2009(2009-02-13) (aged 85) Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician Composer |
| Instrument | Double Bass |
| Years active | 1950s-2009 |
Musical artist
Johnny Hawksworth (2 February 1924 – 13 February 2009)[1] was a British jazz bass player and composer of library music widely used for television. He lived and worked in Australia from 1984.
Biography
[edit]Born in London in 1924, Hawksworth initially trained as a pianist, but also played double bass for Britain's leading big band the Ted Heath Orchestra during the early 1950s and through the 1960s. During this time he became one of the most popular jazz bassists in the UK, winning many polls and was often featured as a soloist on Heath concerts and recordings.[2] His album as bandleader I've Grown Accustomed to My Bass was issued in November 1964[3] and featured many well-known British jazz musicians, including Stan Tracey, Bill Le Sage, Tommy Whittle, Ronnie Stephenson and Terry Cox. Included
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Johnny Hawksworth (1924–2009) was a British musician and composer who lived and worked in Australia since 1984.
Hawksworth initially trained as a pianist, but also played double bass for the Ted Heath Band during the early 1950s and through the 1960s. He is probably best known, however, for his short compositions for television. These include Salute to Thames (the famous identity tune for Thames Television) and also the theme tunes for the 1970s series Roobarb, George and Mildred and Man About the House. He also contributed some of the incidental music used in the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon. (Although originating from the United States, Spider-Man had most of its incidental music supplied by British composers, including Phil Coulter, Syd Dale, Alan Hawkshaw, David Lindup, Bill Martin and Johnny Pearson.)
Hawksworth has also written many pieces of stock music for the De Wolfe Music library. He also provided the hypnotic musical soundtrack to Geoffrey Jones' classic British Transport Film "Snow" (1963).