Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Johnny Pearson, Delia Derbyshire, George Fenton, Geoffrey Burgon, Tony Hatch, Howard Goodall, Simon May, Murray Gold, Ronnie Hazlehurst, Amin Bhatia, Troy Banarzi, Matthew Strachan, Simon Webb, Nigel Hess, Dan Jones, Andrew Hewitt, DJ Dextrous, Ray Russell, Pete Thomas, Brian Hodgson, Laurie Johnson, John Scott, Guy Michelmore, John Sullivan, Dru Masters, Dave Hewson, Andy Roberts, Colin Towns, Ian Habgood, Jonathan Kerrigan, Freddie Phillips, Debbie Wiseman, Banks & Wag, Deborah Mollison, Eric Spear, Jonathan Whitehead, Cyril J. Mockridge, Laurie Holloway, Gavin Greenaway, Albert Elms, Gary Judd, Mark Ayres, Richard Attree, Paul Reade, Joel Douek. Excerpt: John Valmore Pearson (18 June 1925 - 20 March 2011) known as Johnny Pearson, was a British composer, orchestra leader and pianist. He led the Top of the Pops orchestra for sixteen years, wrote a catalogue of library music, and had many of his pieces used as the theme music to television series. Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire Johnny Pearson showed talent with the piano at an early age. By nine, he had won a scholarship with the London Academy of Music. Here he spent four years under English pianist, Solomon. In his teens, he would give classical recitals, but his true love at the time was jazz. His first band was the Rhythm Makers. After World War II, he signed up and became one of the founding members of the Malcolm Mitchell Trio, before leaving in 1954. During his time with the trio, he toured England and Europe, playing the West End and theatres. After leaving the trio, Pearson turned his talents to British radio, as well as performing in the Peter York Concert Orchestra. By 1960, he was conducting the Romance in Rhythm Orchestra. He recorded two singles for Parlophone, "Waterfall" in mid 1959, and "Theme from an L shaped room" in 1962. He was then offered a ...