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"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" is the theme song for the television series The Beverly Hillbillies and the later movie of that name, providing the introductory story for the series. The song was composed by Paul Henning, and recorded first by bluegrass musicians Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, with Jerry Scoggins
In 1996 the Boys were inducted into Western Music Hall of Fame. They also received a Golden Boot Award from the Motion Picture and Television Fund. In 1962, Scoggins was working as a stockbroker and singing on weekends when he was asked to sing the theme song for a new sitcom, called The Beverly Hillbillies.
On September 24, 1962, the duo recorded "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" for the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. Sung by Jerry Scoggins, the theme song became an immediate country music hit and was played at the beginning and end of each episode of the series. The song went to #1 on the Billboard country chart, a first for any bluegrass recording ...
Granny (actress Irene Ryan) sings the song in an episode of the 1960s TV sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. [citation needed] In "Lisa's First Word", the tenth episode of the fourth season of The Simpsons, characters Rod and Todd Flanders sing this song.
On December 20, 1988, Yankovic recorded "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies". The song features the lyrics of The Beverly Hillbillies theme song altered slightly and set to the tune of "Money for Nothing". The song appears in its entirety within UHF as a computer-animated dream sequence, framed as if it were part of a music video. [1]
When Miley joined Hannah, effectively so, too, did the extended Cyrus clan, whom Miley used to describe as “the real Beverly Hillbillies.” Tish and Billy Ray first met at a nightclub in 1991 ...
Douglas was born Doris Ione Smith [1] in the community of Pride, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on September 26, 1932. [2] [3] [4] The younger of two children, [2] she was the only daughter of Emmett Ratcliff Smith Sr., [note 1] who worked most of his working life for Standard Oil, and his wife, Elma (née Robinson), a former telephone operator.
The Peppermint Trolley Company was an American sunshine pop band known for their 1968 single "Baby You Come Rollin' 'Cross My Mind", their performances on Mannix and The Beverly Hillbillies, and their arrangement and performance of original theme song for The Brady Bunch.