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"Rawhide" is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, a western television series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1965. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of ...
Rather than release another single from the album [The Sound of Johnny Cash (1962)], Columbia chose to issue "Bonanza," the theme to the hit television show, with lyrics rewritten by Cash and Johnny Western. The song briefly touched the Pop chart at #94 before dropping off, and did not hit the Country charts at all.
Solid Gold – Theme song performed by Dionne Warwick (Seasons 1 and 4) and Marilyn McCoo (Seasons 2–3, 5–8) Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em – Ronnie Hazlehurst; The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour ("The Beat Goes On") – Sonny Bono and Cher; Sonny with a Chance ("So Far, So Great") – Demi Lovato; The Sooty Show – Alan Braden
The show's theme song, also titled "Bonanza", became a hit song. Only instrumental renditions, without Ray Evans's lyrics, were used during the series's long run. [3] In 2002, Bonanza was ranked No. 43 on TV Guide ' s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, [4] and in 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time. [5]
Written by Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo, this heartwarming theme actually received an Emmy nomination in 1983 for Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics. Watch on Paramount+ 4.
In 1959 Cash [...] recorded "The Rebel – Johnny Yuma," written by Richard Markowitz and Andrew J. Fenady. Cash was asked to perform the theme song to the TV western The Rebel, which starred Nick Adams and ran from 1959 to 1961. The theme of the series must have appealed to Cash.
Charles Fox - "Theme from Happy Days" (with Norman Gimbel), "Making Our Dreams Come True" (Theme from Laverne & Shirley), "Different Worlds" (Theme from Angie, "Theme from Wonder Woman", "The First Years" (Theme from The Paper Chase), "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (Theme from Foul Play), "Theme from The Love Boat" (with Paul Williams ...
In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time. [10] A rendition of the song is one of the seven fight songs of the University of Kansas, and is traditionally played by the Marching Jayhawks university band at the end of every home athletic event. [11]