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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]

Television's Greatest Hits - 65 TV Themes! From the '50s and '60s
Compilation album by Various
Released	1985
Label	TVT 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)

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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[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
   Vocals performed by Ann Bennett[9]
9. Popeye - Written by Sammy Lerner
   Music Arranged by Winston Sharples[10]
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 - Music Composed by Barry Gray
    Lyrics Written by Charles Blackwell
    Vocals sung by Don Spencer[11][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[1]
   Written by Paul Henning
2. Petticoat Junction* - Written by P. Henning & Curt Massey
   Vocals sung by Curt Massey[16]
3. Green Acres - Vocals Performed by Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor[1]
   Written by Vic Mizzy
4. Mister Ed - Vocals Performed by Jay Livingston[1]
   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[17]
   Finger Snaps[18] & Additional Voices:[17] Ted Cassidy
7. My Three Sons* - Music Composed by Frank De Vol
8. The Donna Reed Show* -
   Music Composed by John Seely[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 performed by The Skip-Jacks[8]
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[1]
    Music Composed by E. Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer[22]
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[23]
   Soprano Vocals sung by Loulie Jean Norman[24]
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[25]
5. Superman ("Superman March")
   Written[26] & Arranged[27] by Leon Klatzkin
   Narrator Voiced by Bill Kennedy[28][29]
6. Batman* - Written by Neal Hefti
   Contains replayed elements from "To the Batmobile", as performed by Nelson Riddle with Adam West & Burt Ward,[30] with Dialog written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.[31]
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[1]
    Music Composed by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
11. Branded - Written by Dominic Frontiere & Alan Alch
12. F Troop - Written by William Lava & Irving Taylor[32]
13. Rin Tin Tin - Music Composed by Stanley Keyana[33]
14. Daniel Boone* - Music Composed by Lionel Newman
    Lyrics Written by Ken Darby[34]
    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[1]
   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[1]
   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

External links

• Television's Greatest Hits at Oglio Records

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