Television's Greatest Hits: 65 TV Themes! From the 50's and 60's

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]

Television's Greatest Hits - 65 TV Themes! From the '50s and '60s
Compilation album by
Various
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]

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)
  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
  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
    Written by P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri
  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[41]
  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

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]

References
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  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
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  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/
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  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
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  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!/
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  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
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  40. "Happy Trails...". The 1951 Club/Wordpress. 25 April 2015. https://1951club.wordpress.com/tag/foy-willing/
  41. 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/
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