Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen were the regular house band, and they performed the show's signature tune.

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen (issued in US on Kapp)

The hearse was led by a jazz band, including Kenny Ball on trumpet, playing a New Orleans funeral march.

Kenny Ball, 82, jazz trumpeter.

Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen (who had appeared on so many of their shows)

Trad jazz went pop at the end of the decade with huge hits by Kenny Ball and Acker Bilk among others.

"Sukiyaki" has been covered multiple times over the years, beginning with the instrumental by Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.

Kenny Ball, had a top-40 hit with "Midnight in Moscow" in the early 1960s, is a leader of the British Trad movement.

Kenny Ball, 82, English jazz trumpeter, pneumonia.

Kenny Ball, jazz trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader (aged 82)