The Ballad of Jed Clampett

"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies TV show and movie, providing the back story for the series. The song was written and composed by Paul Henning, and sung by Jerry Scoggins, who was accompanied by...

In this article: Bela Fleck, Jerry Scoggins, Cannabis, Rapper's Delight, Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*, UHF, Paul Henning, and Lester Flatt

...Hillbillies' Parody" and credits "Mark Knopfler and Sting " (writers of the original "Money for Nothing") and Paul Henning (writer of "The Ballad of Jed Clampett") as the writers. Originally the title of the song was going to be simply...

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..."Foggy Mountain Breakdown," the go-to soundtrack for numerous rural car chases and crashes in the movies (notably "Bonnie & Clyde") and "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," the theme song for "The Beverly Hillbillies." Legacy Recordings is reissuing...

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...sonics and the music's inherent agility. His introduction to the banjo was, in fact, the most common on record: Earl Scruggs playing The Ballad of Jed Clampett. That period didn't last very long. Not long after his high school...

In this article: Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Grammy, Edgar Meyer, Perpetual Motion, Louisville, World's Finest, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra

...royalties every time The Addams Family theme is played, even when it's on an organ at a baseball game. (Photo from VicMizzy.com) 4. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" - The Beverly Hillbillies This tune joins the elite group of T.V. theme...

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...was a United States country singer who performed in radio, movies, and television from the 1930's onward. He was noted for singing The Ballad of Jed Clampett, the theme song to the 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. Scoggins was born...

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Instrumental lead-in and first verse of "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (theme from The Beverly Hillbillies), from Flatt and Scruggs' live album "At Carnegie Hall" recorded in 1962. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" - Meets criteria set by and ,...

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...Hillbillies" may never have been performed in Benaroya Hall. Until Monday night, that is. Half the bluegrass team behind the "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" - Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and pioneering banjo picker Earl Scruggs -...

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...classic recordings and live performances. Flatt & Scruggs are perhaps best known for their tunes Foggy Mountain Breakdown and The Ballad of Jed Clampett from the 1960s TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. Flatt bought the guitar for...

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...for sure," says Fleck, who was first smitten by the banjo as a 5-year-old living in New York and hearing Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs's "Ballad of Jed Clampett," the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies." A decade later, "Dueling Banjos"...

In this article: Bela Fleck, Abigail Washburn, Edgar Meyer, Strength in Numbers, Mark O'Connor, Tony Trischka, Zakir Hussain, Nashville Symphony, Dueling Banjos, and High School of Music and Art