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Jimmy Perry
Jimmy Perry is credited on 90 releases across 26 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1961–2019 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
90
Pressings credited
26
Albums
6
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
James Perry (20 September 1923 – 23 October 2016) was an English scriptwriter and actor. He devised and co-wrote the BBC sitcoms Dad's Army (1968–1977), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981), Hi-de-Hi! (1980–1988) and You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993), all with David Croft. Perry co-wrote the theme tune of Dad's Army, "Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mr. Hitler?" along with Derek Taverner, for which Perry received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in 1971.
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Credited work
90 releases · 26 albums · active 1961–2019
- Performance · 95
- Other credits · 35
Studios: Television Centre, London · BBC Radio Theatre · Patronaat · Prinsentuin, Leeuwarden
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Dad's Army
- Arthur Lowe
- Don Raleigh & His Orchestra
- Norrie Paramor
- Bud Flanagan
- The Montague Orchestra
- Wild Billy Childish And The Blackhands
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