Television's Greatest Hits: 65 TV Themes! From the 50's and 60's

Television's Greatest Hits - 65 TV Themes! From the 50's and 60's
Compilation album by Various
Released	1985
Label	TVT Records
Various chronology
65 TV Themes! From the 50's and 60's (1985) 65 More TV Themes From The 50's and 60's (1986)

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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]

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 "Morning Mood" from the Peer Gynt suite, 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.
• 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.
• 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 the 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.

1. Peer Gynt Morning Suite** - Talking Voices (performed by): Don Pardo
2. Captain Kangaroo ("Puffin' Billy")*
3. The Little Rascals
4. The Flintstones ("Meet the Flintstones")
5. The Woody Woodpecker Show
6. The Bugs Bunny Show ("The Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It!)")
7. Casper the Friendly Ghost
8. Felix the Cat
9. Popeye
10. Yogi Bear
11. Magilla Gorilla
12. Top Cat
13. The Jetsons ("Meet George Jetson")
14. Fireball XL5
15. Howdy Doody
16. Test of the Emergency Broadcast System - Duck and Cover**
17. The Beverly Hillbillies ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett")* - Performed by Flatt & Scruggs featuring Jerry Scoggins
18. Petticoat Junction*
19. Green Acres - Performed by Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor
20. Mister Ed - Performed by Jay Livingston
21. The Munsters
22. The Addams Family
23. My Three Sons
24. The Donna Reed Show*
25. Leave It to Beaver ("The Toy Parade")*
26. Dennis the Menace*
27. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
28. The Patty Duke Show
29. The Dick Van Dyke Show*
30. Gilligan's Island ("The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle")*
31. McHale's Navy*
32. I Dream of Jeannie ("Jeannie")*
33. I Love Lucy*
34. The Andy Griffith Show ("The Fishin' Hole")* - Performed by Earle H. Hagen
35. Please Stand By** - Voices: Don Pardo
36. Star Trek ("Theme from Star Trek")*
37. Lost In Space*
38. The Twilight Zone*
39. Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Funeral March of a Marionette")*
40. Superman ("Superman March")
41. Batman*
42. Flipper*
43. Combat!
44. The Rifleman*
45. Bonanza* - Performed by Al Caiola
46. Branded
47. F Troop
48. Rin Tin Tin
49. Daniel Boone*
50. The Wild Wild West*
51. The Lone Ranger
52. The Roy Rogers Show ("Happy Trails")
53. We Interrupt This Program - News Medley** - Additional Voices: Don Pardo
54. Mission: Impossible*
55. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.*
56. Get Smart*
57. Secret Agent Man*
58. Dragnet ("Danger Ahead")* - Performed by Ray Anthony
59. Perry Mason ("Park Avenue Beat")*
60. Adam-12
61. The F.B.I.
62. Hawaii Five-O* - Performed by The Ventures
63. 77 Sunset Strip*
64. Surfside 6
65. Ironside*
66. Mannix*
67. The Mod Squad
68. The Tonight Show ("Johnny's Theme")*
69. The Late Show ("The Syncopated Clock")^[1]*
70. WTV Toons Sign-Off - The Star-Spangled Banner** - Voices: Don Pardo

References

1. Eder, Bruce. "Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: Original TV Soundtracks". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
2. "Television's Greatest Hits - TV Theme 6-packs". Oglio Records. September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-15.

External links

• Television's Greatest Hits at Oglio Records