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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 "Morning Mood" from the Peer Gynt suite, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 the 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.

  1. Peer Gynt Morning Suite** - Talking Voices (performed by): Don Pardo
  2. Captain Kangaroo ("Puffin' Billy")*
  3. The Little Rascals
  4. The Flintstones ("Meet the Flintstones")
  5. The Woody Woodpecker Show
  6. The Bugs Bunny Show ("The Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It!)")
  7. Casper the Friendly Ghost
  8. Felix the Cat
  9. Popeye
  10. Yogi Bear
  11. Magilla Gorilla
  12. Top Cat
  13. The Jetsons ("Meet George Jetson")
  14. Fireball XL5
  15. Howdy Doody
  16. Test of the Emergency Broadcast System - Duck and Cover**
  17. The Beverly Hillbillies ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett")* - Performed by Flatt & Scruggs featuring Jerry Scoggins
  18. Petticoat Junction*
  19. Green Acres - Performed by Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor
  20. Mister Ed - Performed by Jay Livingston
  21. The Munsters
  22. The Addams Family
  23. My Three Sons
  24. The Donna Reed Show*
  25. Leave It to Beaver ("The Toy Parade")*
  26. Dennis the Menace*
  27. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  28. The Patty Duke Show
  29. The Dick Van Dyke Show*
  30. Gilligan's Island ("The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle")*
  31. McHale's Navy*
  32. I Dream of Jeannie ("Jeannie")*
  33. I Love Lucy*
  34. The Andy Griffith Show ("The Fishin' Hole")* - Performed by Earle H. Hagen
  35. Please Stand By** - Voices: Don Pardo
  36. Star Trek ("Theme from Star Trek")*
  37. Lost In Space*
  38. The Twilight Zone*
  39. Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Funeral March of a Marionette")*
  40. Superman ("Superman March")
  41. Batman*
  42. Flipper*
  43. Combat!
  44. The Rifleman*
  45. Bonanza* - Performed by Al Caiola
  46. Branded
  47. F Troop
  48. Rin Tin Tin
  49. Daniel Boone*
  50. The Wild Wild West*
  51. The Lone Ranger
  52. The Roy Rogers Show ("Happy Trails")
  53. We Interrupt This Program - News Medley** - Additional Voices: Don Pardo
  54. Mission: Impossible*
  55. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.*
  56. Get Smart*
  57. Secret Agent Man*
  58. Dragnet ("Danger Ahead")* - Performed by Ray Anthony
  59. Perry Mason ("Park Avenue Beat")*
  60. Adam-12
  61. The F.B.I.
  62. Hawaii Five-O* - Performed by The Ventures
  63. 77 Sunset Strip*
  64. Surfside 6
  65. Ironside*
  66. Mannix*
  67. The Mod Squad
  68. The Tonight Show ("Johnny's Theme")*
  69. The Late Show ("The Syncopated Clock")[1]*
  70. WTV Toons Sign-Off - The Star-Spangled Banner** - Voices: Don Pardo

References

  1. ^ a b c Eder, 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.

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