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Eric Spear (18 April 1908 – 3 November 1966) was an English composer best known for his film scores and the theme of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
Eric Spear (18 April 1908 – 3 November 1966) was an English composer best known for his film scores and the theme of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
Eric Spear was an English composer best known for his film scores and the theme of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
Feb 14, 2019 · The original was composed by Eric Spear, who was born in Croydon in April 1908 and died in November 1966. Prior to writing the Corrie theme, Spear was known to Granada as the composer of the Biggles series – which Street creator Tony Warren wrote scripts for.
Feb 7, 2020 · Its composer, Eric Spear could never have known that his famous trumpet line would be playing in living rooms six decades on - but it is a little known fact that he wrote the piece in Guernsey...
Composer of film music most noted for writing the theme tune to the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. He was born in Croydon and died in Southampton. Spear participated in the 1953 film Streets of Shadow, which featured the German World War I spy Elsbeth Schragmüller.
Dec 9, 2020 · Today marks 60 years since Coronation Street first graced our screens. The series was produced in Manchester but what people may not know is its theme tune was written in Guernsey by the late...
