This week on the show we wish a very happy 75th birthday to pop and theme tune composer extraordinaire Tony Hatch. Of course, this does mean that Tony isn’t quite eligible for entry into the Moonbase Hall of Fame (which has a minimum age requirement of 80). But we feel sure that in the next five years Tony will produce many more classic tunes and we look forward to formally inducting him in 2019.
We’ve tried to bring you some of Tony Hatch’s less well-known compositions as well as some cover versions of classic Hatch which will hopefully result in a quizzical look or two.
Listen now:
The Music
| 1. | The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Theme From Crossroads from Top TV Themes |  |
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| 2. | The Tony Hatch Sound: Man Alive from TV Sound And Image (British Television, Film And Library Composers 1956-80) | |
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| 3. | Tony Hatch & The Satin Brass: Codename from Sounds Of The 70s | |
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| 4. | Ninette: Push a Little Button | |
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| 5. | Mrs. Miller: Downtown from Wild Cool & Swingin’ Vol.3 | |
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| 6. | David McCallum: Call Me from A Part Of Me/A Bit More Of Me | |
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| 7. | The Tony Hatch Sound: Black Is Black from A Latin Happenning | |
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| 8. | Tony Hatch: Out Of This World from The Easy Project II – House Of Loungecore | |
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| 9. | Cybercom Project: emmerdale |  |
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| 10. | Tony Hatch & His Orchestra: Maori from The Tony Hatch Sounds | |
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| 11. | The Tony Hatch Orchestra: Sportsnight from Hit The Road To Themeland | |
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