John Barry (composer) Minster. Serving in the British Army, Barry spent his national service playing the trumpet. During his army service, he took a correspondence course (with jazz composer Bill Russo); he also worked as an arranger for the Jack Parnell and Ted Heath's Orchestra, and formed his own band in 1957, the John Barry Seven, with whom he had some hit records on EMI's Columbia label. These included "Hit and Miss", the theme tune he composed for the BBC's "Juke Box Jury" programme, a cover of the Johnny Smith song "Walk Don't Run", and a cover of the theme for the United
Miss Hit and Run on the UK Singles Chart in August 1974. It also reached number 9 on Capitol Radio's "Capitol Countdown" chart, and spent three weeks on the Dutch Tipparade. It was also a track on the K-Tel album, "Music Explosion". Notable TV performances of the song included appearances on 10 August 1974 on "TopPop", the Dutch pop music program as well as on the BBC programme "Top of the Pops". It was re-released by Blue as the B-side to "Do You Wanna Dance" in 1980. The song has been released on a number of Barry Blue compilation CDs such as "The Singles