Classic Tv Shows Theme Songs

Posted on
Television's Greatest Hits - 65 TV Themes! From the '50s and '60s
Compilation album by
Released1985
LabelTVT Records
Various chronology
Television's Greatest Hits - 65 TV Themes! From the '50s and '60s
(1985)		65 More TV Themes From The 50's and 60's
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

65 TV Themes! From the 50's and 60's is the first volume of the Television's Greatest Hits series of compilation albums by TVT Records. From the 50's and 60's was a double LP that featured 65 themes from television shows ranging from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s.[1]

Windows

The album catalog was later acquired by The Bicycle Music Company. In September 2011, Los Angeles-based Oglio Records announced they were releasing the Television's Greatest Hits song catalog after entering into an arrangement The Bicycle Music Company. A series of 9 initial '6-packs' including some of the songs from the album has been announced for 2011.[2]

Don Pardo 'hosted' the original LP and cassette versions from 1985. Five tracks are exclusive to the original 1985 releases..

  • The first track on the first record/tape, side one, begins with a musical sample of Edvard Grieg's 'Morning Mood' from the Peer Gynt suite,[3] which is interrupted by Don Pardo beginning the 'broadcast day.'
  • Side one concludes with a faux test announcement of the Emergency Broadcast System, leading into the 'Duck and Cover' song (from the 1951 Civil Defense education film of the same name.)
  • Side two concludes with easy-listening music and Pardo making announcements of the 'station' having technical difficulties and to please stand by. This was also sampled on Hexstatic's album Rewind.[4]
  • Side three (the first side on the second record/tape) concludes with a medley of news themes and announcer voices, led off by Pardo announcing a faux news bulletin interrupting the 'broadcast' over a music sample of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, specifically the 'Scherzo' movement.[5]
  • Side four (and the whole album) concludes with Don Pardo signing-off the 'broadcast day' with a recording of the United States national anthem (enhanced with explosion and firework sounds near the end), and then fades on a test pattern tone (signaling the 'station' has gone off the air.)

Track listing[edit]

NOTE: An asterisk (*) designates a track that was re-recorded for either a later season of the TV show, a single/album by the theme song artist or this album. A double asterisk (**) denotes a track exclusive to the record and cassette versions only, and, except for the Japanese release on CBS/Sony, do not show up on any CD version.

Side A (LP and Cassette versions)
  1. Peer Gynt: Morning Suite**
    Talking Voices (performed by): Don Pardo
    Music Composed by Edvard Grieg
  2. Captain Kangaroo ('Puffin' Billy')*
    Music Composed by Edward White[6]
  3. The Little Rascals ('Good Old Days')
    Music Composed by Roy Shields
    First appeared in the 1930 Our Gang/Little Rascals short 'Teacher's Pet'[7]
  4. The Flintstones ('Meet the Flintstones')
    Background Vocals sung by The Skip-Jacks
    Instruments played by a '22-piece Jazz band'[8]
    (Music & Lyrics) Written by Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
  5. The Woody Woodpecker Show
    Music Composed by George Tibbles & Ramey Idriss
  6. The Bugs Bunny Show ('The Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It!)') Written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David
  7. Casper the Friendly Ghost - Written by Jerry Livingston & M. David
  8. Felix the Cat - Written by Winston Sharples[9]
    Soprano Vocals performed by Ann Bennett[10]
  9. Popeye - Written by Sammy Lerner
    Music Arranged by Winston Sharples[11]
  10. Yogi Bear - Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
  11. Magilla Gorilla - Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
  12. Top Cat
    Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna, J. Barbera & Evelyn Timmens
  13. The Jetsons ('Meet George Jetson')
    Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
  14. Fireball XL5 - Written by Barry Gray
    Vocals sung by Don Spencer[12]
  15. Howdy Doody
    Lyrics Written by Buffalo Bob Smith & Edward Kean[13]
    Talking Voices: Buffalo Bob Smith
    Background Vocals: 'A Choir of 40-Children'
    Music based on the vaudeville song 'Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay',[14] originally credited as composed by Henry J. Sayers
  16. Test of the Emergency Broadcast System - Duck and Cover**
    EBS Voice: Don Pardo[15]
    'Duck and Cover' Songwriting Credited to Civil Defense Department
Side B
  1. The Beverly Hillbillies ('The Ballad of Jed Clampett')*
    Performed by Flatt & Scruggs featuring Jerry Scoggins
    Written by Paul Henning
  2. Petticoat Junction* - Written by P. Henning & Curt Massey
    Vocals sung by Curt Massey[16]
  3. Green Acres - Performed by Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor
    Written by Vic Mizzy
  4. Mister Ed - Vocals Performed by Jay Livingston
    Music Composed by Jay Livingston
    Lyrics Written by Ray Evans
  5. The Munsters* - Music Composed by Jack Marshall
  6. The Addams Family - Written & Arranged by Vic Mizzy
    Background Vocals: Vic Mizzy
    Finger Snaps[17] & Additional Voices:[18]Ted Cassidy
  7. My Three Sons* - Music Composed by Frank De Vol
  8. The Donna Reed Show* -
    Music Composed by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller[19]
  9. Leave It to Beaver ('The Toy Parade')* -
    Music Composed by Dave Kahn, Melvyn Leonard & Mort Greene
  10. Dennis the Menace* -
    Music Composed by John Seely & William Loose
  11. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* -
    Music Composed by Lionel Newman
    Lyrics Written by Max Shulman
    Vocals performed by Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires[20]
  12. The Patty Duke Show
    Written by Robert Wells, Sid Ramin & Harry Geller[21]
    Vocals Sung by The Skip-Jacks[22]
  13. The Dick Van Dyke Show* - Music Composed by Earle Hagen
  14. Gilligan's Island ('The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle')* -
    Written by George Wyle & Sherwood Schwartz
  15. McHale's Navy* - Music Composed by Axel Stordahl
  16. I Dream of Jeannie ('Jeannie')* -
    Music Composed by Hugo Montenegro & Buddy Kaye
  17. I Love Lucy* - Music Composed by Eliot Daniel & Harold Adamson
  18. The Andy Griffith Show ('The Fishin' Hole')*
    Performed by Earle Hagen
    Music Composed by E. Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer[23]
  19. Please Stand By** - Voices: Don Pardo
Side C
  1. Star Trek ('Theme from Star Trek')* - Written by Alexander Courage
    Monologue Voice narrated by William Shatner[24]
    Soprano Vocals sung by Loulie Jean Norman[25]
  2. Lost In Space* - Music Composed by Johnny T. Williams
  3. The Twilight Zone* - Music Composed by Marius Constant
  4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents ('Funeral March of a Marionette')*
    Music Composed by Charles Gounod[26]
  5. Superman ('Superman March')
    Written[27] & Arranged[28] by Leon Klatzkin
    Narrator Voiced by Bill Kennedy[29][30]
  6. Batman* - Written by Neal Hefti
    Contains replayed elements from 'To the Batmobile', as performed by Nelson Riddle with Adam West & Burt Ward,[31] with Dialog written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.[32]
  7. Flipper* - Music Composed by Henry Vars
    Lyrics Written by William 'By' Dunham
  8. Combat! - Music Composed by Leonard Rosenman
  9. The Rifleman* - Music Composed by Herschel Burke Gilbert
  10. Bonanza* - Performed by Al Caiola
    Music Composed by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
  11. Branded - Written by Dominic Frontiere & Alan Alch
  12. F Troop - Written by William Lava & Irving Taylor[33]
  13. Rin Tin Tin - Music Composed by Stanley Keyana[34]
  14. Daniel Boone* - Music Composed by Lionel Newman
    Lyrics Written by Ken Darby
    Lyrics Credited to Vera Matson[35]
  15. The Wild Wild West* - Music Composed by Richard Markowitz
  16. The Lone Ranger (Music taken from 'William Tell Overture')
    Music Composed by Gioachino Rossini
    Music Arranged by Ben Bonnell[36]
    Orchestra conducted by Daniel Perez Castaneda[37]
    Narrator Voices: Gerald Mohr & Fred Foy[38]
    Sampled Voice ('Hi-Yo Silver'): Earle W. Graser[39]
  17. The Roy Rogers Show ('Happy Trails')
    Written by Dale Evans & Foy Willing[40]
  18. We Interrupt This Program - News Medley**
    Additional Voices: Don Pardo
    Featuring Music Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Side D
Classic Tv Shows Theme Songs
  1. Mission: Impossible* - Music Composed by Lalo Schifrin
  2. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Music Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
  3. Get Smart* - Music Composed by Irving Szathmary
  4. Secret Agent Man* - Performed by Johnny Rivers[41]
    Written by P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri[42]
  5. Dragnet ('Theme and March')* - Performed by Ray Anthony
    Written by Walter Schumann
    Music based on the 'Main Title', from the 1946 film 'The Killers', composed & performed by Miklós Rózsa[43]
  6. Perry Mason ('Park Avenue Beat')* -
    Music composed by Fred Steiner
  7. Adam-12 - Written by Frank Comstock
  8. The F.B.I. - Music Composed by Bronisław Kaper
  9. Hawaii Five-O* - Performed by The Ventures
    Music Composed by Morton Stevens
  10. 77 Sunset Strip* - Written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David
  11. Surfside 6 - Written by Jerry Livingston & M. David
  12. Ironside* - Music Composed by Quincy Jones
  13. Mannix* - Music Composed by L. Schifrin
  14. The Mod Squad - Music Composed by Earle Hagen
  15. The Tonight Show ('Johnny's Theme')* -
    Music Composed by Johnny Carson & Paul Anka
  16. The Late Show ('The Syncopated Clock')[1]* -
    Music Composed by Leroy Anderson
  17. WTV Toons Sign-Off - The Star-Spangled Banner** -
    Voices: Don Pardo
    Music Composed by Francis Scott Key

Reception[edit]

Alongside Television's Greatest Hits Volume II, the compilation was described by CD Review as 'organized as a theoretical average viewing day'. CD Review jokingly commented that the compilation would be 'highly effective during interrogations' by the FBI.[44]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abcEder, Bruce. 'Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: Original TV Soundtracks'. AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  2. ^'Television's Greatest Hits - TV Theme 6-packs'. Oglio Records. September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  3. ^Don Pardo's 'WTV Toons Sign On' Sample of Edvard Grieg's 'Morning Mood'. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/208098/Don-Pardo-WTV-Toons-Sign-on-(Peer-Gynt-Morning-Suite)-Edvard-Grieg-Morning-Mood/
  4. ^Bush, John. 'Rewind - Hexstatic - Album Description'. Qobuz. 1 August 2000. http://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/album/rewind-hexstatic/5051083020312
  5. ^Don Pardo's 'We Interrupt the Program..News Medley' Sample of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 9: Scherzo'. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/207894/Don-Pardo-We-Interrupt-the-Program..News-Medley-Ludwig-Van-Beethoven-Symphony-No.-9%3A-Scherzo/
  6. ^'TV's Greatest Hits - Captain Kangaroo (Puffin' Billy)'. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 16 September 2012. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IsWgt3v-WNA
  7. ^Edwards, Bobb. 'Leroy Shield'. Find a Grave. 3 April 2012. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88041033
  8. ^Gailer, Sharon. '13 of the Best-Ever Telly Theme Songs'. Life Death Prizes. 9 September 2015. http://www.lifedeathprizes.com/lists/best-ever-tv-theme-songs-31271
  9. ^'TV's Greatest Hits - Felix The Cat'. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 20 September 2012. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8530B78QX1Q
  10. ^Sanders, Rebekah L. 'Glendale Singer marks 'Felix the Cat' theme's 50th year'. Azcentral.com. 8 April 2009. http://archive.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/2009/04/08/20090408gl-felix0408-ON.html
  11. ^'Popeye the Sailor TV Series (1960-62): Full Cast and Crew' - Series Music Department. IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145628/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
  12. ^'Theme Time..Fireball XL5'. So It Goes.. 6 September 2015. http://randomramblingsthoughtsandfiction.blogspot.com/2015/09/theme-time-barry-gray-don-spencer.html?m=1
  13. ^Hevesi, Dennis. 'Edward Kean..Dies at 85'. The New York Times. 24 August 2010. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/arts/25kean.html
  14. ^Kittrels, Alonzo. 'It's Howdy Doody Reminiscing Time'. The Philadelphia Tribune. 28 January 2017. http://www.phillytrib.com/lifestyle/it-s-howdy-doody-reminiscing-time/article_7a240fd6-762d-501e-b799-8b260bc9ec91.html
  15. ^'Television's Greatest Hits..Duck and Cover..'. YouTube: Wileyk209zback. 24 September 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o5GZNJijWlQ
  16. ^Massey, Curt. 'Petticoat Junction (Thene from the CBS television production)'. YouTube: Michael McKenna. 4 November 2014. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v0mcDQS94SE
  17. ^'The Addams Family Theme Song'. Movie Theme Songs & TV Soundtracks. http://www.themoviethemesong.com/the-addams-family-tv-theme-song/
  18. ^Shaw, James. 'Original Addams Family Theme..'. Otaku no Culture. 11 August 2016. https://otakunoculture.com/2016/08/11/original-addams-family-theme-goes-remix-and-lurch-busts-a-move-in-music-video/
  19. ^'Howard Greenfield'. Page 4 of 22. Songwriters Hall of Fame. http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/detailed/C132/P60/
  20. ^'TV's Greatest Hits - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 27 July 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gNVluFjhZLc
  21. ^TV's Greatest Hits - The Patty Duke Show'. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 27 July 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OwPVpDUvT0k
  22. ^'10 Fascinating Factoids about 'The Patty Duke Show'. MeTV.com. 15 December 2015. http://www.metv.com/lists/10-fascinating-factoids-about-the-patty-duke-show
  23. ^'TV's Greatest Hits - The Andy Griffith Show'. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 29 July 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2R4-IdC5vkA
  24. ^Deezen, Eddie. 'The Star Trek Theme Song Has Lyrics'. Mental Floss. 2 October 2011. http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=28895
  25. ^Bernstein, Adam. 'Alexander Courage..'Star Trek'. Washington Post. 31 May 2008. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053003013.html
  26. ^'TV's Greatest Hits - Alfred Hitchcock Presents. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 31 July 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKZdWr4VYY
  27. ^'TV's Greatest Hits - Superman'. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 31 July 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X5eMQBJcUik
  28. ^'The Adventures of Superman - Main Theme: 'Superman MS'. http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/superman.html
  29. ^'Bill Kennedy - Biography'. IMDb. https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0447930/bio
  30. ^'14 fascinating facts about 'Adventures of Superman'. Decades.com. 29 April 2016. http://www.decades.com/lists/14-fascinating-facts-about-adventures-of-superman
  31. ^TeeVee Toons Inc's 'Batman' Sample of Nelson Riddle, Adam West & Burt Ward's 'To the Batmobile'. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/144519/TeeVee-Toons,-Inc.-Batman-Nelson-Riddle-Adam-West-Burt-Ward-To-the-Batmobile!/
  32. ^Riddle, Nelson. 'Batman: Original TV Soundtrack (CD, Album, Reissue)'. Mercury. 1989. https://www.discogs.com/Nelson-Riddle-Batman-Original-TV-Soundtrack/release/4185185
  33. ^'TV's Greatest Hits: F Troop'. YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 1 August 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WnnJhbI0M94
  34. ^Television's Greatest Hits Band. 'Rin Tin Tin'. Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/song/rin-tin-tin-mt0046764175
  35. ^'Vera Matson'. Discogs. https://www.discogs.com/artist/636369-Vera-Matson
  36. ^Pavlik, John V. 'Masterful Stories: Lessons from Golden Age Radio'. Routledge. 2017. https://books.google.com/books?id=rKE0DgAAQBAJ&pg=PT80&lpg=PT80&dq=lone+ranger+theme+song+ben+bonnell&source=bl&ots=xMtjbUsWgQ&sig=uiNjb9tB68MuvnjOzekuaGkB1a4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil26OZwLbSAhWFQSYKHf_vDr8Q6AEIUzAN#v=onepage&q=lone%20ranger%20theme%20song%20ben%20bonnell&f=false
  37. ^Jensen, Steve. 'The Music of The Lone Ranger'. Intersound, Inc./Cinedisc. 1997, 2004. http://claytonmoore.tripod.com/lonemusc.html
  38. ^'The Gerald Mohr Collection'. One's Media. http://m.onesmedia.com/item/31333437
  39. ^'The Lone Ranger TV Series (1949-57): Trivia'. IMDb. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0041038/trivia
  40. ^'Happy Trails..'. The 1951 Club/Wordpress. 25 April 2015. https://1951club.wordpress.com/tag/foy-willing/
  41. ^Rivers, Johnny. 'Secret Agent Man'. YouTube: ScreamDream3000. 13 July 2009. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XG-VChTYfOk
  42. ^Rivers, Johnny. 'Secret Agent Man'. YouTube: Krazee4uvidz. 22 November 2014. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0G15vI7RHE
  43. ^Miklós Rózsa and Walter Schumann's 'Dragnet Theme' Sample of Miklós Rózsa's 'Main Title'. WhoSampled.com. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/155046/Miklós-Rózsa-Walter-Schumann-Dragnet-Theme-Miklós-Rózsa-Main-Title/
  44. ^Taylor, Andrew (March 1987). 'New Releases Spotlight'. CD Review. 3 (7): 80. Retrieved June 12, 2017.

External links[edit]

  • Television's Greatest Hits at Oglio Records
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Television%27s_Greatest_Hits:_65_TV_Themes!_From_the_50%27s_and_60%27s&oldid=866178789'