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
Chicken Man (theme tune) replaced by a re-recorded version from 1988-1989. After being replaced by a completely different theme tune, it made a reappearance in the final series of "Grange Hill" in 2008. An entirely different arrangement of "Chicken Man" was also used as the theme to early series of the British quiz show "Give Us a Clue", despite the fact that it was already being used on "Grange Hill". It lasted as the theme tune from 1979 until 1982, when a new producer/director commissioned an entirely new theme tune. Most recently, the tune has been used as a jingle for the El Árbol