Television's Greatest Hits: 65 TV Themes! From the 50's and 60's
Television's Greatest Hits - 65 TV Themes! From the '50s and '60s | ||||
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Compilation album by Various | ||||
Released | 1985 | |||
Label | TVT Records | |||
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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]
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
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)
- Peer Gynt: Morning Suite**
Talking Voices (performed by): Don Pardo
Music Composed by Edvard Grieg - Captain Kangaroo ("Puffin' Billy")*
Music Composed by Edward White[6] - 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] - 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 - The Woody Woodpecker Show
Music Composed by George Tibbles & Ramey Idriss - The Bugs Bunny Show ("The Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It!)") Written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David
- Casper the Friendly Ghost - Written by Jerry Livingston & M. David
- Felix the Cat - Written by Winston Sharples[9]
Soprano Vocals performed by Ann Bennett[10] - Popeye - Written by Sammy Lerner
Music Arranged by Winston Sharples[11] - Yogi Bear - Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
- Magilla Gorilla - Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
- Top Cat
Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna, J. Barbera & Evelyn Timmens - The Jetsons ("Meet George Jetson")
Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera - Fireball XL5 - Written by Barry Gray
Vocals sung by Don Spencer[12] - 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 - 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
- The Beverly Hillbillies ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett")*
Performed by Flatt & Scruggs featuring Jerry Scoggins
Written by Paul Henning - Petticoat Junction* - Written by P. Henning & Curt Massey
Vocals sung by Curt Massey[16] - Green Acres - Performed by Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor
Written by Vic Mizzy - Mister Ed - Vocals Performed by Jay Livingston
Music Composed by Jay Livingston
Lyrics Written by Ray Evans - The Munsters* - Music Composed by Jack Marshall
- The Addams Family - Written & Arranged by Vic Mizzy
Background Vocals: Vic Mizzy
Finger Snaps[17] & Additional Voices:[18] Ted Cassidy - My Three Sons* - Music Composed by Frank De Vol
- The Donna Reed Show* -
Music Composed by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller[19] - Leave It to Beaver ("The Toy Parade")* -
Music Composed by Dave Kahn, Melvyn Leonard & Mort Greene - Dennis the Menace* -
Music Composed by John Seely & William Loose - The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* -
Music Composed by Lionel Newman
Lyrics Written by Max Shulman
Vocals performed by Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires[20] - The Patty Duke Show
Written by Robert Wells, Sid Ramin & Harry Geller[21]
Vocals Sung by The Skip-Jacks[22] - The Dick Van Dyke Show* - Music Composed by Earle Hagen
- Gilligan's Island ("The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle")* -
Written by George Wyle & Sherwood Schwartz - McHale's Navy* - Music Composed by Axel Stordahl
- I Dream of Jeannie ("Jeannie")* -
Music Composed by Hugo Montenegro & Buddy Kaye - I Love Lucy* - Music Composed by Eliot Daniel & Harold Adamson
- The Andy Griffith Show ("The Fishin' Hole")*
Performed by Earle Hagen
Music Composed by E. Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer[23] - Please Stand By** - Voices: Don Pardo
- Side C
- 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] - Lost In Space* - Music Composed by Johnny T. Williams
- The Twilight Zone* - Music Composed by Marius Constant
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Funeral March of a Marionette")*
Music Composed by Charles Gounod[26] - Superman ("Superman March")
Written[27] & Arranged[28] by Leon Klatzkin
Narrator Voiced by Bill Kennedy[29][30] - 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] - Flipper* - Music Composed by Henry Vars
Lyrics Written by William "By" Dunham - Combat! - Music Composed by Leonard Rosenman
- The Rifleman* - Music Composed by Herschel Burke Gilbert
- Bonanza* - Performed by Al Caiola
Music Composed by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans - Branded - Written by Dominic Frontiere & Alan Alch
- F Troop - Written by William Lava & Irving Taylor[33]
- Rin Tin Tin - Music Composed by Stanley Keyana[34]
- Daniel Boone* - Music Composed by Lionel Newman
Lyrics Written by Ken Darby
Lyrics Credited to Vera Matson[35] - The Wild Wild West* - Music Composed by Richard Markowitz
- 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] - The Roy Rogers Show ("Happy Trails")
Written by Dale Evans & Foy Willing[40] - We Interrupt This Program - News Medley**
Additional Voices: Don Pardo
Featuring Music Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Side D
- Mission: Impossible* - Music Composed by Lalo Schifrin
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Music Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
- Get Smart* - Music Composed by Irving Szathmary
- Secret Agent Man* - Performed by Johnny Rivers
Written by P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri - 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[41] - Perry Mason ("Park Avenue Beat")* -
Music composed by Fred Steiner - Adam-12 - Written by Frank Comstock
- The F.B.I. - Music Composed by Bronisław Kaper
- Hawaii Five-O* - Performed by The Ventures
Music Composed by Morton Stevens - 77 Sunset Strip* - Written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David
- Surfside 6 - Written by Jerry Livingston & M. David
- Ironside* - Music Composed by Quincy Jones
- Mannix* - Music Composed by L. Schifrin
- The Mod Squad - Music Composed by Earle Hagen
- The Tonight Show ("Johnny's Theme")* -
Music Composed by Johnny Carson & Paul Anka - The Late Show ("The Syncopated Clock")[1]* -
Music Composed by Leroy Anderson - WTV Toons Sign-Off - The Star-Spangled Banner** -
Voices: Don Pardo
Music Composed by Francis Scott Key
Reception
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.[42]
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- ^ Bush, John. "Rewind - Hexstatic - Album Description". Qobuz. 1 August 2000. http://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/album/rewind-hexstatic/5051083020312
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- ^ 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
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- ^ Massey, Curt. "Petticoat Junction (Thene from the CBS television production)". YouTube: Michael McKenna. 4 November 2014. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v0mcDQS94SE
- ^ "The Addams Family Theme Song". Movie Theme Songs & TV Soundtracks. http://www.themoviethemesong.com/the-addams-family-tv-theme-song/
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- ^ "TV's Greatest Hits - Superman". YouTube: ThePeacekeeperj3l. 31 July 2013. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X5eMQBJcUik
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- ^ 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!/
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