Jonathan Hodge
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Jonathan Philip Hodge (26 January 1941 – 7 July 2019) was a British composer who wrote more than 2,000 jingles for TV and radio, including the Shake n' Vac tune.[1][2]
Life and career
[edit]Hodge was born in London in 1941.
He wrote the scores for Villain (1971), featuring Richard Burton, and Great (1975), an Oscar-winning animated musical documentary about engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel directed by Bob Godfrey. He also wrote and produced Fiddley Foodle Bird (1992), a children's animated series for the BBC narrated by Bruce Forsyth, wrote pop music, and had a No.3 hit in 1978 with "If I Had Words", sung by Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley, for which he wrote the lyrics. The song sold millions worldwide.
He died from multiple organ failure on 7 July 2019, aged 78, at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Williams, Sam (18 July 2019). "Shake n' Vac jingle maker Jonathan Hodge, from Folkestone, dies aged 78". Kent Online.
- ↑ Moore, Matthew (27 June 2007). "Shake n'Vac named most popular TV jingle". Telegraph Media Group Limited. The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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