Johnny Hawksworth  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search  Johnny Hawksworth (born 2 February 1924)
is a British musician and composer who has lived and worked in
Australia since 1984.  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.[1] He is
probably best known, however, for his short compositions for
television. These include Salute to Thames (the famous identity
tune for Thames Television)[2] 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 Irish composers, such