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
Chris Evans Drivetime to the programme. Jonny reads The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of these comments (over said theme tune) before Chris announces whether the track was overall a hit or a miss. Sir Tom Jones was present at the judgement of his single "Give a Little Love", but Chris claimed that there were no negative texts received. Immediately following the drivetime jukebox jury, two connected tracks are played, which are selected by a listener. Since 2009, a cheesy song has been played after the 18:00 news each Monday, dedicated to burly truckers everywhere. Thursday's programme is known as Thirsty Thursday,