Ronald Hazlehurst was an English composer and conductor who, having joined the BBC in 1961, became its Light Entertainment Musical Director.
11 Facts About Ronnie Hazlehurst
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Ronald Ronnie Hazlehurst was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire in 1928 to a railway worker father and a piano teacher mother.
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The band appeared on the BBC Light Programme, but Ronnie Hazlehurst left when he was refused a pay rise.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst worked at Granada for about a year in 1955 and worked on a market stall in Watford to make ends meet.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst joined the BBC in 1961 and became a staff arranger; his early works included the incidental music for The Likely Lads, The Liver Birds and It's a Knockout.
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For Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Ronnie Hazlehurst used Morse code to spell out the programme's title.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst was involved with the Eurovision Song Contest and was the musical director when the event was hosted by the United Kingdom in 1974,1977 and 1982.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst conducted the British entry on seven occasions, in 1977,1982,1987,1988,1989,1991 and 1992.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst arranged and conducted two singers' performances of their voice-overs for opening credits, Clare Torry for Butterflies and Paul Nicholas for Just Good Friends.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst recorded some LPs and CDs with his orchestra including a 2-CD box set of Laurel and Hardy film music; his orchestra backed singer Marti Caine on an album that was released on CD.
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Ronnie Hazlehurst moved from Hendon, North London to Guernsey in about 1997.