Jonathan Hodge
{{Short description|British composer (1941–2019)}}
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Jonathan Philip Hodge (26 January 1941 – 7 July 2019) was a British composer who wrote more than 2,000 jingles for TV and radio, including the Shake n' Vac tune.{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Sam|title=Shake n' Vac jingle maker Jonathan Hodge, from Folkestone, dies aged 78|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/shake-n-vac-jingle-maker-dies-aged-78-208738/|website=Kent Online|date=18 July 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Matthew |title=Shake n'Vac named most popular TV jingle |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1555799/Shake-nVac-named-most-popular-TV-jingle.html |accessdate=18 October 2019 |agency=The Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited |date=27 June 2007}}
Life and career
Hodge was born in London in 1941.
Jonathan wrote the scores for Villain (1971), featuring Richard Burton, and Great (1975), an Oscar-winning animated musical documentary about engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel directed by Bob Godfrey. He also wrote and produced Fiddley Foodle Bird (1992), a children's animated series for the BBC narrated by Bruce Forsyth, wrote pop music and had a No.3 hit in 1978 with "If I Had Words sung by Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley. The song sold millions worldwide.
He died on 7 July 2019 at the age of 78 at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent from multiple organ failure.
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388079 IMDB page]
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Category:20th-century British composers
Category:21st-century British composers
Category:Composers from London
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