Jack Good (born August 7, 1931, Greenford, England), icon painter and television and music producer.

History

Jack Good was a pioneer television and music producer who produced the Six-Five Special, Oh Boy! , Wham! and Boy Meets Girls TV series, the first UK teenage music programmes. Jack Good introduced and managed a number of the UK's first rock and roll stars including, Tommy Steele, Marty Wilde, Billy Fury, Jess Conrad and even Cliff Richard. He has also worked with Elvis and The Beatles. Brian Epstein commissioned Good to produce Around the Beatles, the first major TV showcase for the Beatles and Epstein's other artistes.

In the early 1960s he wrote a column for Disc, a UK weekly pop newspaper.

Moving to the U.S.A., he was responsible for the hit show Shindig!. He has also been a theatrical producer, with hit shows such as Catch My Soul, Oh Boy! and Elvis to his credit.

He converted to Roman Catholicism and now completely devotes his time to Christianity and Icon painting. He showed his paintings at Rancho de Chimayó Gallery alongside painter Antonio Roybal. He lived in New Mexico for many years, but now has returned to England.

Sources

• Jack Good at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/wolf/31/ Jack Good's "Oh Boy!"
• http://www.ranchochimayo.com/ Rancho de Chimayó Collection
• Shindig