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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.
Tedesco's playing credits include the theme from television's Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Vic Mizzy's theme from Green Acres, M*A*S*H, Batman, and Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special. Tedesco was shown on-camera in a number of game and comedy shows, and played ex-con guitarist Tommy Marinucci, a member of Happy Kyne's Mirth-Makers, in the 1977 ...
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]
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans wrote the original theme song. It was originally planned that the leads would sing the lyrics while riding out of Virginia City, but ultimately, the song was used instrumentally. Dortort, not liking the lyrics, agreed to use the song under the provision that it would not be used within the episodes. [7]
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
Jack Elliott - "Theme from Barney Miller" (with Allyn Ferguson), "Theme from Charlie's Angels", "Theme from Night Court" Ray Evans - "Bonanza" ("Theme from Bonanza") (with Jay Livingston), "Theme from Mister Ed", "Tammy" (Theme from Tammy) Greg Evigan - "B.J. McKay" (Theme from B. J. and the Bear), "P.S. I Luv U Theme" (Theme from P.S.
They also wrote the theme music for the television shows Bonanza and Mister Ed, with Livingston singing the lyrics for the latter: "A horse is a horse, of course, of course ...". [ 3 ] They received three Academy Awards for Best Song - for "Buttons and Bows" in The Paleface (1948), "Mona Lisa" in Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) and "Que Sera Sera ...
He wrote and performed the theme song "The Ballad of Paladin" for the CBS television program Have Gun – Will Travel, with Richard Boone. In collaboration with Johnny Cash, he re-wrote the lyrics of NBC's Bonanza and the theme song, "The Rebel – Johnny Yuma", from the ABC series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. [3]