| 词条 | Edward White (composer) |
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White was born in London, and was largely self-taught. He became a violinist in a trio and various dance bands, performing also on saxophone and clarinet. He became known as an arranger of music and, after service in the RAF during World War II, he ran a ballroom orchestra at the Grand Spa Hotel in Bristol.[1] Puffin' BillyPuffin' Billy (1952) is perhaps his most familiar composition, especially in the original recording by the "Melodi Light Orchestra". The piece was inspired by an old steam locomotive called "Puffing Billy", (not the locomotive in the London Science Museum) seen by the composer while on holiday on the Isle of Wight. The piece was used as the signature tune for the BBC Light Programme's 'Children's Favourites', a radio request programme, from 1952 to 1966.[1][2]In the United States it was used for an even longer period of time (1955–1974) as the theme music to Captain Kangaroo on the CBS TV network. When a new theme song for Captain Kangaroo was used as "Good Morning, Captain", a portion of the "Puffing Billy" theme was used, played by strings, so that the theme trademark could live on through the next generations. In 1957 permission was granted for Mary Rodgers to write lyrics to the tune and the vocal version was given the title "Captain Kangaroo".[3] Puffin' Billy has often been used to signify "1950s Middle England", for example, in The Comic Strip's parodies of The Famous Five, in some of the last cigar adverts on British TV in the early 1990s, and in a trailer for a 2004 Channel 4 documentary about anti-asylum-seeker demonstrators in Lee-on-the-Solent). The Runaway Rocking-HorseThe Runaway Rocking-Horse (1946) was another White novelty tune used as the theme tune for the filmed U.S. Television Series Life with Buster Keaton (1951 - 1952.)[4]References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Naxos Records sleeve notes|url=http://www.naxos.com/person/Edward_White/22414.htm|accessdate=17 March 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Hyperion Records sleeve notes|url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W4225_GBAJY9686811|accessdate=17 March 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Classic TV themes|url=http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/captainKangaroo.html|accessdate=17 March 2017}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Classic themes|url=http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/lifeWithBusterKeaton.html|accessdate=17 March 2017}} External links
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