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When it comes to giving an example of what
that over-used word professional really means, then look no
further than Johnny Patrick. For in the world of popular music
he's been occupying the professional slot with a consistency
that many of his contemporaries must surely envy.
Now on this Golden Hour of Hammond Hits he gives us all a taste
of his flair providing the kind of musical entertainment that
everyone can appreciate, and he does it with some of the most
commercial songs of the day. What he creates in the process is
the kind of album that bears all the hallmarks of someone who
knows exactly what music and entertainment is all about.
Today when he's not in the recording studios or working with his
Big Band on a host of top radio shows, Johnny holds the
appointment as Musical Director on the very popular ATV series
"The Golden Shot" and he's come a long way since the days when
he held down a day-time job in a shipping office and played
music for fun in the evenings. But when he was nineteen Johnny
packed in the job to concentrate on music and by the mid-fifties
he was one of the names in the big band field, notably with the
Big Band of Basil Kirchin. He went on to become an accompanyist
for people like Val Doonican, Dusty Springfield and Anita O'Day.
A busy man and a successful man, that's Johnny Patrick music
maker with a golden touch all his own.
Produced by John MacLeod
Engineered by Geoff Calver