Ernest Tomlinson

b. 19 September 1924, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. A prolific writer with boundless energy, Tomlinson has been one of the major figures in British light music during the second half of the twentieth century. Delayed by war service in the RAF, his musical career began as a staff arranger for a London publisher after graduating in 1947 with a degree of Bachelor of Music for composition. Tomlinson was soon in demand for radio, television, stage and recording commitments, providing numerous arrangements as well as, occasionally, his own compositions - the first was broadcast ...