Ronnie Hazlehurst: the only man to have played on every episode of Coronation Street is dead. His record will continue for some time to come.
PS His composing style seems – to this untrained ear – to be as follows.
1. What is the name of the programme?
2. What musical notes sounds like someone saying the name of the programme?
3. Write down notes.
4. Pass to musicians.
5. Sit back and wait for royalty cheques.
ETA The Guardian is kindly making available a medley of the best of Ronnie here. No prizes for naming the tunes.
Do you remember the Spitting Image sketch of Ronnie Hazlehurst’s requiem?
‘My soul doeth magnify the Lord’ (tiddley-pom)
‘And praise my salvation’ (dum, dum)
[obviously it was a multi layered satire, also getting at Macca's classical works]
I don’t remember this. I’m hoping youtube can oblige
Scott
Not there at the moment, maybe someone will post it in memory!
Have you heard the Dirty Fan Male parody of McCartney?
Requiem for Ronnie Hazlehurst
(to the tune of Blankety Blank)
Ronnie is dead! Ronnie is Dead!
Ronnie is dead! Ronnie is dead!
RONNIE is dead!
Ronnie is DEAD!
boo-boo-be-doo.
very very good
Scott
Relive Ronnie’s golden moments at
http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Guardian/audio/2007/10/02/RonnieHazlehurstmix.mp3