User:Strawberrywar/Old Ned

Old Ned was the theme tune composed by Ron Grainer for the BBC television sit-com Steptoe and Son. Grainer named the tune 'Old Ned' after Albert and Harold Steptoe's horse that appeared pulling their rag and bone cart along in the opening credits of the programme. The inspiration for the plodding style rhythm of the popular theme was from the familiar children's nursery rhyme 'Horsey, horsey'.

http://www.rongrainer.org.uk/bio.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Grainer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steptoe_and_Son