Alan Hawkshaw: Grange Hill and Countdown composer dies aged 84

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As well as his TV career, Alan Hawkshaw was in the Shadows and toured with the Rolling Stones.

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In the 1960s Hawkshaw was in rock'n'roll group Emile Ford & The Checkmates, which toured with the Rolling Stones.

He joined The Shadows in the 1970s and worked as Olivia Newton-John's musical director, arranger and pianist. He was awarded best arrangement by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences for Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You". Hawkshaw was instrumental in a host of hits and worked with artists including Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Lulu and David Bowie.Alan Hawkshaw composed the original theme tune to popular children's show Grange Hillcalled Hawkshaw "one of the most sampled musicians in the world".

"Hip hop producers in particular have plundered Alan's catalogue of works including the biggest of them all, Jay-Z with Pray which featured on the American Gangster album," it said."He also famously said of Streisand, 'Barbara held this song of mine eight years until I sent her a note via one of her lawyers saying please record it before one of us dies.

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RIP

They used the Grange Hill tune for some bizarre reason for give us a clue too

Rip Alan .

In the crematorium As the coffin slides through the curtains wouldn’t it be fitting to have the countdown bit

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