They typically played classical themes at breakneck speed, interspersed with noises such as cowbells and hooters writer Richard Anthony Baker described them as sounding "like a cross between a small symphony orchestra and a Dixieland jazz band". Though Hines, as a serious musician, was initially reluctant, he formed a band, which was given the name Dr Crock and His Crackpots by Winnick. In 1947, Winnick persuaded Hines to take over the musical interludes in the popular radio programme Ignorance Is Bliss, after Sid Millward and His Nitwits left the show. In the 1930s and early 1940s, he played in various dance bands, including those of Ambrose, Ray Noble, Teddy Brown, and Maurice Winnick, and wrote arrangements. He learned clarinet when in the Royal Navy, later learned the saxophone, and became a professional musician in 1933.
Henry Albert "Harry" Hines (born Henrick James Albert Rudolph Hinz 9 June 1903 – ) was a jazz musician, born in Tottenham, London. They were led by saxophone and clarinet player Harry Hines. Crock and His Crackpots were a British comedy band popular between the 1940s and 1960s.
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