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Jack Good (born 7 August 1931, Greenford
Greenford

Greenford, historically Greenford Magna, is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, England. Greenford is one of the oldest recorded places in Ealing, first referred to in a legal document dated AD 845....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
), is a icon
Icon

An 'icon' is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity. More broadly the term is used in a wide number of contexts for an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it either concretely or by analogy, as in semiotics; by extension, ...
 painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
 and former television
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
 and record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
.

Good was a pioneer television and music producer who produced the Six-Five Special
Six-Five Special

The Six-Five Special was a British television programme launched in February 1957 when both television and rock and roll were in their infancy in Britain....
, Oh Boy!, Wham! and Boy Meets Girls TV series, the first UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 teenage music programmes. Jack Good introduced and managed
Management

Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
 a number of the UK's first rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 stars
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
 including, Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele Order of the British Empire is an England entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock 'n' roll star....
, Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde is an English people singing and songwriter. He was among the first generation of United Kingdom popular music celebrity to emulate United States Rock and roll and is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde....
, Billy Fury
Billy Fury

Billy Fury , was an internationally successful United Kingdom pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s....
, Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad

Jess Conrad is an actor and singing from England. He was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s with a number of hit record to his credit, "Cherry Pie", "This Pullover", "Mystery Girl" and "Pretty Jenny"....
 and Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
. He has also worked with The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
, when Brian Epstein
Brian Epstein

Brian Samuel Epstein was a United Kingdom music entrepeneur, and the music manager of The Beatles. Through his family's company, NEMS he also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J....
 commissioned Good to produce Around the Beatles, the first major TV showcase for the Beatles.

was also a pop star in his own right, and recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 for Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 in the late 1950s, as a member of the pop
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 group Lord Rockingham's XI
Lord Rockingham's XI

Lord Rockingham's XI was a band of United Kingdom session musicians, led by Harry Robinson , who had a #1 hit single on the UK Singles Chart in 1958 with "Hoots Mon"....
.






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Jack Good (born 7 August 1931, Greenford
Greenford

Greenford, historically Greenford Magna, is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, England. Greenford is one of the oldest recorded places in Ealing, first referred to in a legal document dated AD 845....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
), is a icon
Icon

An 'icon' is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity. More broadly the term is used in a wide number of contexts for an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it either concretely or by analogy, as in semiotics; by extension, ...
 painter
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
 and former television
Television producer

The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking....
 and record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
.

Career

Jack Good was a pioneer television and music producer who produced the Six-Five Special
Six-Five Special

The Six-Five Special was a British television programme launched in February 1957 when both television and rock and roll were in their infancy in Britain....
, Oh Boy!, Wham! and Boy Meets Girls TV series, the first UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 teenage music programmes. Jack Good introduced and managed
Management

Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
 a number of the UK's first rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 stars
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
 including, Tommy Steele
Tommy Steele

Tommy Steele Order of the British Empire is an England entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock 'n' roll star....
, Marty Wilde
Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde is an English people singing and songwriter. He was among the first generation of United Kingdom popular music celebrity to emulate United States Rock and roll and is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde....
, Billy Fury
Billy Fury

Billy Fury , was an internationally successful United Kingdom pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s....
, Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad

Jess Conrad is an actor and singing from England. He was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s with a number of hit record to his credit, "Cherry Pie", "This Pullover", "Mystery Girl" and "Pretty Jenny"....
 and Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur.With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The Beatles' first year in the charts....
. He has also worked with The Beatles
The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock music and pop music band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr ....
, when Brian Epstein
Brian Epstein

Brian Samuel Epstein was a United Kingdom music entrepeneur, and the music manager of The Beatles. Through his family's company, NEMS he also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & The Pacemakers, Billy J....
 commissioned Good to produce Around the Beatles, the first major TV showcase for the Beatles.

Lord Rockingham's XI

Good was also a pop star in his own right, and recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 for Decca Records
Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
 in the late 1950s, as a member of the pop
Popular music

Popular music is music that is accessible to the mainstream and disseminated by one or more of the mass media. It belongs to any of a number of musical genres, and stands in contrast to classical music, which historically was the music of the elite and upper strata of society, and traditional music which was disseminated orally....
 group Lord Rockingham's XI
Lord Rockingham's XI

Lord Rockingham's XI was a band of United Kingdom session musicians, led by Harry Robinson , who had a #1 hit single on the UK Singles Chart in 1958 with "Hoots Mon"....
. Their hit single
Hit single

A hit single is a Sound recording track or Single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official Record chart through repeated airplay and/or significant commercial sales....
s included "Fried Onions" and the better known UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 #1, "Hoots Mon
Hoots mon

"Hoots Mon" is a song songwriter by Harry Robertson . It was a #1 hit single for three weeks in 1958 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was later featured in a Advertising for Cadbury Trebor Bassett Wine Gums with the line "There's a moose loose aboot this hoose" changed to "There's juice loose aboot this hoose", as performed by Lord Rockingha...
".

Disc column

In the early 1960s he wrote a column for Disc, a weekly UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 Magazine
Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
, of that time.

USA

Good moved to USA and was responsible for the hit show Shindig!
Shindig!

Shindig! is an United States music variety show which aired on the American Broadcasting Company from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966....
. He has also been a musical theatrical producer creating productions of Oh Boy!, Elvis the musical and Catch My Soul
Catch My Soul (UK stage version)

Catch My Soul was the UK stage version of the musical, produced by Jack Good in 1969. This Musical theatre production was based on the play Othello by William Shakespeare, using Rock music music and a band called Gass ....
, which was also made into the film Catch My Soul
Catch My Soul

Catch My Soul is a 1974 film produced by Jack Good and Richard M. Rosenbloom, and directed by Patrick McGoohan. It was an adaptation of Good's musical theatre of the same title, which itself was loosely adapted from William Shakespeare's Othello....
.

Later life

He converted to Roman Catholicism and now completely devotes his time to Christianity
Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
 and icon painting. He showed his paintings at Rancho de Chimayó Gallery alongside painter Antonio Roybal
Antonio Roybal

Antonio Roybal is an United States fine-art Painting and sculptor from Santa Fe, New Mexico, New Mexico....
. He lived in New Mexico
New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
 for many years, but returned to England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 where he lives in Oxfordshire.

External links

  • biography by Tise Vahimagi at Screenonline.com
  • Jack Good's version
  • Collection
  • by Jack Good