Ronnie Hazlehurst - RIP

[ATS]

Dies aged 79. Wrote theme tunes for last of the summer wine and
blankety blank. Also musical director for BBC at eurovision

A piccolo is mentioned on the beeb website but I can't confirm if he
ever played the drums - Steve it's over to you

[Trumpton]

R.I.P Ronnie.

The piccolo piece was composed for 'Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em'.

[Jonone]

Isn't it funny that the piccolo features in the Russell Brand promos on BBC2. Did Ronnie Hazelhurst do a double tracked piccolo with Peter Buck on 'Losing My Religion' ?

Respect to Ronnie H though .. maybe not as versatile as Tony Hatch, but he's definitely a name.

[steve56]

He did a lot of Montages for BBC and link tracks.

[colonel]

He did the themes to most BBC comedies from the late 60s to the mid 80s...most spectacularly the full orchestral theme to The Two Ronnies. Loved that.

[dynatech]

It has to be said, his themes for Some Mothers.., Last of the Summer Wine, The Two Ronnies & Are You Being Served? are superb (and sometimes the best thing about the show!)

[colonel]

Last of the Summer Wine being the only one of his themes still being played to 'new' material...I noticed he retired to Guernsey- I would presume his retirement package with Auntie included a large lump sum for their purchase of any residual copyrights for his tunes.

[BGAFD Admin]

?30 very well spent: