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- Ronnie Aldrich was born on February 15, 1916 in Erith, Kent, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Benny Hill Show (1969), The Family Man (2000) and Kill Me Again (1989). He died on September 30, 1993 in Isle of Man, UK.
- In his later years Ronnie Aldrich settled in the Isle of Man, where he and his wife Mary lived in a castle. He found it the perfect location to indulge his big passion, sailing, and one of his neighbours was his former producer Mark White (at one time also head of BBC Radios 1 & 2).
- Recently, all the Decca recordings were released in CD format by Vocalion.
- Ronnie Aldrich became leader of the Squadronaires when its famous director Jimmy Miller left in 1950, a post he held until it eventually disbanded in 1964, following their final season at the Palace Ballroom, Douglas, Isle of Man.
- Before World War II, Aldrich went to India to play jazz.
- He recorded special tracks that were released by Reader's Digest.
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