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
ECT (TV programme) ECT (TV programme) ECT (an abbreviation of Extra Celestial Transmission) is a British television music programme dedicated to hard rock and metal music genres. Ten episodes were broadcast on Channel 4 between 12 April 1985 and 14 June 1985. It aired on Friday evenings (17:30 to 18:10) as part of Channel 4’s Friday Zone that also included Paintbox (18:10 to 18:20) and Soul Train (18:20 to 19:00). It preceded two other UK TV programmes aimed at fans of rock and heavy metal: Power Hour (1988–90) and Raw Power (1990-93). The shows were recorded at Wembley Studios and produced by Keith