Background
Jones was born in Manchester and began his music career as a studio arranger for Norrie Paramor, there he worked arranging music for The Zombies, Jim Dale, and Jonathan King.
Jones was born in Manchester and began his music career as a studio arranger for Norrie Paramor, there he worked arranging music for The Zombies, Jim Dale, and Jonathan King.
Among his work Jones was musical director for Parkinson and wrote the scores for several comedy films. In the 1960s he established his own orchestra and began a career in film and television Foreign the British Broadcasting Corporation Television Jones composed and arranged the themes for lieutenant"s Marty, and the sitcom Sykes which ran from 1972 until 1979.
Also in 1979, Jones conducted the United Kingdom entry at the Eurovision Song Contest which was sung by Black Lace (ironically Alyn Ainsworth had served as conductor for the national final, but he was unable to attend the contest in Jerusalem).
Between 1971 and 1979 he served as musical director for Parkinson. In 1979, he was picked up by rival station Independent Television where he wrote and composed the theme tune and music to the sitcom Only When I Laugh.
Jones remained associated with music throughout the 1980s. He died in 1988 whilst on holiday in France.