[1] Shaw was born in Leicester and attended the Trinity College of Music.
[2] Following wartime service he arranged music for Ted Heath, Mantovani and many others.
Shaw came back in 1971 with a double album The Return of James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (released as a single album in the UK as The Phase 4 World of Spy Thrillers) for the release of Sean Connery's return as Bond in Diamonds Are Forever.
Shaw recruited guitarist Vic Flick to repeat his guitar playing on the Gypsy Camp track.
[4] Shaw arranged the music in several films and composed the scores for The Secret of My Success (1965) and Straight on Till Morning (1972).