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Jack Parnell
John Russell Parnell was an English bandleader and musician. Parnell was born into a theatrical family in London. His father Russ Carr was a music hall artist, before becoming a theatrical agent. His uncle Val Parnell was general manager of the London Palladium. Parnell was educated at Brighton and Hove Grammar School and studied piano from the age of five and drums for a year with Max Abrams. He made his debut, playing the drums for a concert party on the front at Scarborough in 1939. He then worked in a ballroom in Cambridge, before serving with the RAF for three years. He played in a five-piece line-up led by saxophonist Buddy Featherstonhaugh at RAF Bomber Command headquarters in High Wycombe. While he was in the RAF, he met Vic Lewis and together they formed the "Vic Lewis/Jack Parnell Jazzmen". He worked with the Ted Heath Band (1944
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Muppet Show's Jack Parnell die
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Michael Ricci
British bandleader, drummer and composer Jack Parnell, who led The Muppet Show's music for its five-year run, died on Sunday at age 87 after a year-long battle with cancer. London-born Parnell's musical career stretched almost seven decades. The son of a showbiz familyhis father was a music hall performer and his uncle ran a chain of theatreshe studied piano as a child, but found his niche on the drums, making his professional debut as a teenager in the English seaside ...
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