Saxophonist Johnnie Gray played for the best known singers in the business and never received more than £15 for his pains.
Now the veteran musician is likely to receive thousands of pounds through having a forgotten tune played many times each day on a TV commercial.
Eighty-year-old Johnnie, from Telscombe Cliffs, is accustomed to the fame and now he may make a deserved fortune too.
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