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The music and lyrics for the theme song, "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle", were written by Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle. One version was used for the first season and another for the second and third seasons.
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers also apparently preferred to use the title "'Round About Midnight", as opposed to the original "'Round Midnight", in several recordings they made of the song. A recording by Jimmy McGriff was used as the 6pm closedown theme in the early days of Radio Caroline in 1964.
George Wyle (born Bernard Weissman; March 22, 1916 – May 2, 2003) was an American orchestra leader and composer best known for having written the theme song to 1960s television sitcom Gilligan's Island. He is the grandfather of musician Adam Levy.
In fact, no episode of The Brady Bunch ever finished in the top 30; Gilligan's Island fared better in its first season, ranking as high as 17, but its ratings declined over the next two seasons ...
The band is best known for its single "Gilligan's Island (Stairway)" [1] [2] a song combining the lyrics to the theme song of the television show Gilligan's Island with the music of "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. The band wrote the song in 1977 as "material to pad the last set of the grueling 5 nights a week/4 sets a night routine ...
Gilligan's Island producer Sherwood Schwartz had his pilot episodes rejected twice. Before resubmitting a reworked pilot, he decided to use a new theme song. Working with composer George Wyle he developed a folk song that told the back story of the castaways, and hired The Wellingtons to sing it. The song was a hit. [6]
Hoping to change Mr. Hecuba's mind, Gilligan suggests that they perform a play for Mr. Hecuba so that he might reconsider Ginger's talent and ultimately decide to use her in a movie. From the limited resources available on the island, they create a musical version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The cast performs three songs for their show.
The Electric Company – Theme song composed by Eric Rogers; performed by original cast; The Electric Company (2009 TV series) ("Turn Up the Power") – original cast; Elena of Avalor – Gaby Moreno; Ellen - composed by W. G. Snuffy Walden; ("So Called Friend") – Texas; The Ellen Burstyn Show ("Nothing in the World Like Love") – Rita Coolidge