14 Facts About Ed Welch

Edward William Welch was born on 22 October 1947 and is an English songwriter, composer, conductor and arranger.

Ed Welch gained a scholarship to Trinity College of Music London, studying composition with Arnold Cooke.

Ed Welch wrote arrangements, composed B-sides, and plugged the UA catalogue at the BBC.

In 1971, Ed Welch recorded an album, Clowns, including songs he had co-written with Tom Paxton and session musicians such as Mike de Albuquerque and Cozy Powell.

Ed Welch made his television debut in 1972, on The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Ed Welch's songs have been recorded by artists including Cilla Black, Davy Jones, Shirley Bassey, Matt Monro, Design, and Tina Reynolds, whose recording of 'When Morning Has Come' reached number 20 on the Irish charts in 1973.

Ed Welch co-wrote the 1995 Icelandic entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, "Nuna",.

Ed Welch composed the station identification music for TSW as well as scores for TSW films such as the musical Doubting Thomas, and numerous local programmes, including Gus Honeybun in 1987.

Ed Welch composed and conducted music for Television South, from 1987 until the channel disappeared on 31 December 1992.

In 1982, Ed Welch composed the score for the play Private Dick, by Richard Maher and Roger Michell.

Ed Welch composed the score to the Cannon and Ball comedy film The Boys in Blue.

Ed Welch adapted fairy tales and wrote the scripts for a 1982 LP with Spike Milligan, later developed into a children's cartoon series of the same name, Wolves, Witches and Giants, which ran from 1995 to 1999.

Ed Welch is credited for the music in the 2001 cartoon series Binka.

Ed Welch composed over 300 pieces, including pieces for a music library and a number of local programmes for a number of ITV contractors, mainly TVS and TSW.