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Subject: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 06 Aug 00 - 11:35 PM Does anyone remember those songs? I'm talkin' classics here like... Maverick, Cheyene, Wagon Train, Sugarfoot, The Lawman, Johnny Yuma(The Rebel), The Rifleman ,Bonanza Bat Masterson, Paladin, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Rawhide.... etc...etc.. let's see, from memory now....
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: gillymor Date: 06 Aug 00 - 11:41 PM Yeah Mac, Guy Van Duser did The Great Western Medley on his nylon string. It was on one of his early albums (may have been his first) and it included many of the great tunes you mention. Frankie |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 06 Aug 00 - 11:52 PM Out in the west where the livin' is the best BONANZA with a horse and a hoe and a rope, you know we planted ou family tree
Hoss and Joe man, that Loren Green could really sing!!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Rick Fielding Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:05 AM "Have gun will travel" reads the card of a man. A knight without honour in a savage land. His fast gun for hire ............wind A soldier of Fortune is the man called Palladinnnnn. Johnny Yuma was a rebel.... Ah hell, I could go on all night...and I'm supposed to be workin! Rick |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bugsy Date: 07 Aug 00 - 02:12 AM His fast gun for hire meets the calling wind. cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Alice Date: 07 Aug 00 - 02:26 AM Les B put together a set of theme songs from tv westerns. We were singing some of them with bill and Allan when they were out here on their Mudcat road trip. Maybe Les will see this thread. We went through the list of Johnny Yuma, Paladin, Maverick, Bonanza, Rawhide, ... anyone remember Wagon Train? Check this out...TV Westerns. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bugsy Date: 07 Aug 00 - 02:35 AM Rick Wasn't it "A knight without armour in a savage land"? Cheers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GMT Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:32 AM Didn't Sugarfoot start out as Tenderfoot or is my senile mind playing tricks on me ? The only one other than Bonanza above I can remember (I'm sure I'd know them if I heard them though) is Champion the Wonder Horse (now I've typed that I can remember Mr. Ed as well) although that doesn't strictly meet the criteria, but it is bit horsey. I'm looking forward to hearing some old forgotten favourites again. Cheers,br. Gary |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Dave the Gnome Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:41 AM Does Kenny Rogers' theme for "The Gambler" count? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 07 Aug 00 - 05:22 AM Do you know what Paladin's first name was? You saw it every week. It was right there on his card. "Wire" as in "Wire Paladin"! LOL |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 07 Aug 00 - 06:18 AM GMT, according to the TV Themes Songbook, Volume 2, a Sugarfoot was the next step BELOW a Tenderfoot. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GMT Date: 07 Aug 00 - 07:38 AM I didn't know that George, thanks. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: kendall Date: 07 Aug 00 - 07:44 AM shredded Ralston for your breakfast, starts the day off shining bright, gives you lots of cowboy energy with a flavor that just right..etc? can you name the radio program? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 07 Aug 00 - 08:06 AM born on a mountain top in Tennesse greatest state in the land of the free grew up straight tall as a tree killed him a bar(bear) when he was only three ............. followed by.."now ladies and gentlemen, live on our stage, a really big shoe, please welcome, Po Po Gegio".... I used to love those Sunday nights....... |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 07 Aug 00 - 08:48 AM Yes, those Ed Sullivan shows brought so much to our lives! |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Clifton53 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:15 AM What a coincidence! I was just discussing "Johnny Yuma" with my brother! These songs are great, anyone over 40 loves hearing them again. Does anyone remember the Bonanza episode when the Cartwright's sang "Sweet Betsy From Pike"? Clifton53 |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Mrrzy Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:28 AM Slight thread creep: In one John Wayne cavalry/Indians movie, I think She Wore a Yellow Ribbon? For Apache? Anyway, the soldiers sing The Bold Fenian Men to their leader. This was parodied in a Lucky Luke (the French comic strip about the Ancient West) - whose tag line was L'Homme Qui Tire Plus Vite Que Son Ombre (with the back of the books having him outshooting his shadow)... |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Kim C Date: 07 Aug 00 - 11:53 AM I have a great 4-CD set from Rhino records that has tons of Western TN and movie music. I am a Bonanza nut although I never get to see it anymore because I don't have cable and there's only 1 network station here that airs it at a time when I'm rarely around. My favorite western movie music, though, is Magnificent Seven. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Rick Fielding Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:00 PM Wow, you folks are GOOD! OK, can you give me a bit of "Wyatt Earp"? Was part of it "brave courageous and bold"? Funny thing but none of the songs had the word "pimp" in them, but quite a few of the Western heroes had that as a sideline. I'm sorry. Shouldn't have brought that up. Rick |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:06 PM Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp. Brave, Courageous, and Bold. Long live is name(or fame) and long live his glory And long may his story be told. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:07 PM that'd be His name (or Fame)....... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Mbo Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:43 PM The only Western I really ever watched was one that was on in the late 80's (I was only a little kid then) and it was about 4 cowboys who get struck by lightening and get transported through time to Modern-day Los Angeles. It was pretty cool...but they cancelled it. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:45 PM He cleaned up the country The old wild west country He made law and order prevail And none can deny it The legend of Wyatt Forever will live on the trail
Mactheturk, you took liberties with Davy Crockett: |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Sorcha Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:51 PM Swamp fox, swamp fox, hidin' in the glen, He'll come back to fight again..... Not exactly a Western, but how picky are we? You guys already got all the good ones. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Aug 00 - 12:53 PM Anyone remember Tom Tryon ( before his literary(?)career as Texas John Slaughter? Texas John Slaughter Made 'em do what they oughta Cause if they didn't They died. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:04 PM Yeah Mary...I remember Texas John....Which makes me think of a funny spoof western I only saw ONCE and its been driving me nuts ever since. The thing was so funny I was LITERALLY on the floor at times. IT was called "Evil Roy Slade" and starred John Astin (who breaks me up when he just stands there) and to my knowledge it never aired again. It was like a 2 hour made for TV movie. Its a twist on the Jungle Book stories....he was raised by buzzards and there is a scene with Astin in a cowboy hat, boots, and a diaper talking to the buzzards that's worht the whole thing. I don't remember "Sky King" having a song associated with it, just that opening......."Out of the blue of the western sky comes......sswwwooooooshhhhvvaarrrrooooommm.....SKY KING!!!" Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: thosp Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:15 PM and speaking of Kings -- there was Sargent Preston of the Yukon --" on King on you huskies "--- do i have that right? -- don't remember a song for the show ---- peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:23 PM LOL thosp.......Yeah, as a kid, my entire knowledge of Canada was limited to Sgt. Preston and noticing that they had funny cars that looked like Pontiacs with Chevy emblems called Acadians. And of course they had that funny looking money too, and a lake that said "Nipissing" which I thought funnier than hell. Now I'm more enlightened and know its the birthplace of Neil Young. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: thosp Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:28 PM and how could i forget ,br>i'm back in the saddle again out where a friend is a friend" and "happy trails to you until we meet again happy trails to you keep smilin until then" peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:32 PM Gene and Roy.......Funny they haven't come up before....did The Cisco Kid have a song? Again, all I remember is "Heeyyy Seeco....Heeyyy Pancho" (Duncan Renaldo and Leo Camarillo before anybody asks). Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:33 PM Does anyone remember Kurt Russell's claim to fame, The Travels of Jamie McPheeters? Was there a song to that one? Must have been but I don't remember it. And what was the show that was produced by the Twenty Mule Team, Boraxo? Then, of course, there was my personal favorite, Rawhide. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: thosp Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:37 PM Death Valley Days --- the spin off was President of the United States (20 mule team) peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:38 PM Did "Wild Bill Hickock" have a song? And who was the actor who played him? And if Sky King fits this, what about "Fury" with "Pete, who cut his teeth on a branding iron"? I don't know why I remember this crap. I always wanted to watch "Ding Dong School" (no Spaw, don't say it) and "Magic Cottage" but I was outvoted by 4 brothers. |
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Subject: ADDPOP: Rawhide & Johnny Yuma From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 07 Aug 00 - 01:52 PM From the Television Theme Song Book - Volume 2 Rawhide Move 'em on head 'em up, head 'em up, move 'em on, move 'em on, head 'em up, Rawhide! Keep movin', movin', movin', though they're disapprovin', keep them dogies movin', Rawhide. Sugarfoot The Rebel Words by Richard Markowitz and Andrew Fenady Chorus He searched the lands, this restless lad, He got fightin' mad, this rebel lad, He was fightin' mad, this rebel lad oh, forgot, the Rawhide theme song was by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington. Apparently, the theme song for Davy Crockett was written by Tom Blackburn, with words by George Bruns. There are TWENTY verses to it! |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 02:22 PM The explanation for the twenty verses comes from using the tune to intro each segment of the series as Davy's "life" unfolded, hence verses about the Alamo, going to Washington, and even a few on Mike Fink. There was another Mike fink song as well as a song about Davy's gun, "Bang! Goes ol' Betsy." Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: okthen Date: 07 Aug 00 - 03:34 PM born down around the old panhandle texas' where he rose to fame okthen trivia time 1a) can you complete the verse and add any? b) what happened to the actor who played the hero of the title? 2 the lone ranger's horse was called silver, what was the name of tonto's horse? cheers bill |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 03:39 PM 2)..Scout Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:13 PM "I'm Mike Fink, King of the river" Sorry Spaw. That's all I remember. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:19 PM Oh....well...
"Women hide, Bold men shiver Spaw....but does anyone remember "Evil Roy Slade?" |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: kendall Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:33 PM Bronco Lane |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: kendall Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:38 PM Sgt. Preston didnt have a theme "son" as such, there was a classical melody which I can never remember the name of... |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: kendall Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:39 PM "song" that is. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: The Walrus Date: 07 Aug 00 - 04:57 PM Does anybody remember a show "Branded"? I seem to recall the opening titles were an officer being "drummed out" of a military (presumably ACW)unit, buttons off, shoulder straps off, broken sword, the lot. (IIRC the gimmick was that he kept the sword cut doen as a bowie knife). As far as I recall, the thee was something like:
All but one man died, there at Bitter creek And they say he ran away! BRANDED ! Marked with a coward's shame! What do you do when you're branded? When you fight for your name? Whatever you do for the rest of your life You must prove you're a man…. And that's where a somewhat faulty memory runs out Walrus |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: MMario Date: 07 Aug 00 - 05:07 PM Branded All but one man died There at Bitter Creek And they say he ran away. Branded, Scorned as the one who ran. What do you do when you're branded And you know you're a man? He was innocent. Not a charge was true. But the world will never know. Branded, Marked with a coward's shame. What do you do when you're branded? Well, you fight for your name. Wherever you go for the rest of your life You must prove You're a man. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 07 Aug 00 - 05:16 PM Yes! Branded! I still remember how that show opened with them stripping him of his rank and breaking his sword. How about The Rifleman? That one was high on my list of favorites once upon a time. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Aug 00 - 05:26 PM Branded - Yes! Mike Connors? And he had a son named Jody. (didn't they all....?) Does "Liberty Valance" count since it was shown on TV. And the "Sons of Katie Elder". Great song: From the four winds we have come Katie Elder Four brothers on the run Katy Elder..." I wonder who thought it made sense to have Dean Martin and John Wayne as brothers? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Robo Date: 07 Aug 00 - 05:26 PM Hey, Clifton! How 'bout . . . "Now in the legend of the West, One name stands out from all the rest, He wore a cane and derby hat, They called him Bat, Bat Masterson . . . " (AKA Gene Barry) --Rob-o
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DougR Date: 07 Aug 00 - 06:47 PM I liked the "Gunsmoke" theme on TV. Kendall, was the answer you were seeking for the Shredded Ralston show Tom Mix? DougR |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 07 Aug 00 - 07:08 PM And of course the greatest of them all, Bret Maverick! Signed, Brett(!) Burnham |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: John Hindsill Date: 07 Aug 00 - 08:54 PM Kendall-Shredded Ralston (now Wheat Chex) sponsored Tom Mix, which starred Curley Bradley. The tune was Round-Up Time in Texas, or When the Bloom is on the Sage, whichever. Sgt. Prestons's theme was the Donna Deanna Overture by Resnichek (sp.?)
Did any one mention "Cheyenne, Cheyenne, where will you be camping tonight?" |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: kendall Date: 07 Aug 00 - 09:29 PM Tom MIx is right! now, who played the one arm sheriff in The Rifleman? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 07 Aug 00 - 09:35 PM Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie brave and daring was he his blade was tempered and so was he indestructable steel was he |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: thosp Date: 07 Aug 00 - 09:35 PM i don't remember if Hopalong Cassidy had a theme song ------ but i remember my Hoppy bicycle with training wheels --and saddle bags -- circa 1951-2 as Mbo would say "Hoppy Rules" peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: thosp Date: 07 Aug 00 - 09:39 PM the Rifleman --- why Chuck Conners of course! --- |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 07 Aug 00 - 09:49 PM Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie, He was a bold adventuring man Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie, He fought for right with a powerful hand His blade was tempered and so was he Indestructible steel was he Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie He was a fighter a fearless and mighty adventuring man. The Lone Ranger: DE duh dum de duh dem de duh dum dum dum... |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:12 PM Damn Kendall...Can't remember his name....Same guy who played the Sheriff in "Sons of Katie Elder" Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: thosp Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:21 PM ooooopps i read it wrong --- i thought it was who played the rifleman --- peace (Y) thosp |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:23 PM Swamp Fox,Swamp Fox ridin' through the glen nobody knows where the Swamp Fox' been Swamp Fox< Swamp Fox ........ |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Dave Swan Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:35 PM Oh yeah, 'spaw. Evil Roy Slade. Astin, a manic genius in the role. And Sky King, who sold more Oreos than any other pilot in history. Was his plane the Bluebird? When Rawhide shot locations in the California foothills outside of Sonora, my dad happened to be calling on accounts in the same area. After he'd watched from the roadside for a while, Dad was invited to stand with the actors off camera. Long story short, Clint Eastwood had a long break and showed Dad around, explaining how shots were set up, introducing him to other actors and stuntmen, and playing the host. Eventually Dad joined the production company for a few after pops after work, and had a long and happy conversation with Eric Fleming. Dad spent another day on the set, and remembers those as two of the happiest days of his life. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DougR Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:49 PM Kendall: Was it Micha? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Clifton53 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:53 PM Yes Rob-O, and we should tell the good folks here about my mutilation of the "Wyatt Earp" lyric, Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp, Brave, courageous and BALD! Turned out to be prophetic enough too, in my case! Clifton |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 10:54 PM I think the plane was the "Songbird"...a Lockheed. The niece was Penny and the ranch was the Flying Crown (crown had 7 points--Trivial Pursuit question) Bluebird I associate with the land and water speed record creations of Malcolm and Donald Campbell. Dave, I bet your Dad had a unique view of Eastwood et al as time went by!!! Neat story. EVIL ROY SLADE..........If I can find that tape somewhere available, I'll ask Santa!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Robo Date: 07 Aug 00 - 11:22 PM Shine on there, Clifton! Hmmm . . . the one arm sheriff in The Rifleman? Did Micah ("Lucas! Lucas boy!") have only one arm? And how about something for Yancy Derringer? (Jock Mahoney) --Robo |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bugsy Date: 07 Aug 00 - 11:35 PM I was only a nipper in the 50's but I loved "Wirey Twerp" as we used to call him. And Davey Crockett, though I could never work out how he got that raccoon to sit still through a whole episode. I always thought the song went ...."Killed in a bar when he was only three". As a kid I could never work out how he got killed in a bar and then grew up to be a big dork with a raccoon asleap on his head. Also I remember that Gunsmoke started out in the uk as Gun Law. CHeers Bugsy. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Alice Date: 07 Aug 00 - 11:45 PM Annie Oakley. loved her braids. I had a crush on Zorro. click here |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Alice Date: 07 Aug 00 - 11:46 PM I had an even more serious crush on Rowdy Yeats (Yates? Clint Eastwood in Rawhide). I swooned over the episode when he almost died of anthrax. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 00 - 11:49 PM I was a real Crockett addict Bugsy. coonskin cap, rifle and all the lunchbox kinda stuff too. Got my Mom to make me a fringed outfit......Man I was hooked!!! Later on, in the 60's, Fess Parker showed up at a protest rally I was at. I wondered then and have since, though its not an original thought, did poor old conservative Walt realize he was breeding a generation of radicals when his frontier hero said (repeatedly), "A man has to do what he thinks is right." BTW, Fess Parker owns a vineyard and winery in CA. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 07 Aug 00 - 11:54 PM I had a serious crush on Bronco Lane, but that's a whole 'nuther story......
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Robo Date: 08 Aug 00 - 12:07 AM How about Roy Rodgers? Gotta say Pat Brady (played by Pat Brady, no?) was funnier than Barney Fife! And I've been driving jeeps now going on 25 years because of ol' Nellie-Bell! --Rob-o
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: kendall Date: 08 Aug 00 - 05:01 AM the Sheriff in the Rifleman was played by Paul Fix |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: alison Date: 08 Aug 00 - 05:22 AM I love the theme to "How the West was won"....
as kids we were subjected to...
"like a streak of lightning racing cross the sky cute uncle if I remember rightly *grin*.... "what's that Rebel? (Rebel being an alsatian)... the baddies have captured that annoying nephew of mine and are hiding in the abandonned mine shaft"..... like Lassie with cowboys!! slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 08 Aug 00 - 05:47 AM Alison, this is thread creep but there is an advert for sweets on UK tv parodying the "Skippy" series where the kid "falls" down the mine shaft (pushed down there for not sharing his sweets with the "Skippy" character)."What's that Skippy...how did that happen?" Skippy just looks enigmatic! RtS |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 08 Aug 00 - 08:39 AM All of these songs are great, obviously, but who are the song writers. Are they well known? Did they ever recieve much credit? Were they Warner Bros. employees or independants. I believe Warner Bros. dominated the business. One ex-stuntman I know worked on most of these old shows. All the stuntmen and extras would have breakfast at this place in Agoura(Ca,) a director would walk in and assign your role for the day. Cheyene one morning The Rifleman the following day.......etc. etc. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,dan evergreen Date: 08 Aug 00 - 09:32 AM There was a gun that won the West;/There was a man among the best./Fastest man and gun alive./A lightning bolt when he drew that Colt (ka-BAM!)Forty-five. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 08 Aug 00 - 09:33 AM I just parted with my coonskin hat about a year ago. I don't even remember which kid I gave it too. Should have kept it. I suspect it would have set a record on the Mudcat Auction.
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DougR Date: 08 Aug 00 - 09:35 AM Yes, but wasn't Paul Fix's character's name, Micah? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,Colwyn Dane Date: 08 Aug 00 - 03:39 PM G'day,
One which has not been mentioned:
Sheriff of Cochise
Mrrzy the film was "Rio Grande" where the Regimental Singers (Sons of the Pioneers) sang the "Bold Fenian Men" Toodle-pip.
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 08 Aug 00 - 06:50 PM Definite makings of a theme Hearme. We can bore each other to death with trivia between songs. Although some of the trivia here is really interesting. Guest CD, I'll bet I have seen Rio Grande a dozen times and never recognized Stan Jones. Does toodle-pip involve a middle finger? Mary |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 09 Aug 00 - 08:57 AM Mary! [raised INDEX finger waved in your direction!] Even I know what toodle-pip means! Tut Tut young lady, such thoughts you have. Brett (indulginginhisfathermode] |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,Colwyn Dane Date: 09 Aug 00 - 01:18 PM G'day,
Sinsull regarding toodle-pip; it is an informal British way of saying goodbye Toodle-pip. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 09 Aug 00 - 01:22 PM I love the story of why you guys use two fingers (Agincourt). Even if it might not be true. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DougR Date: 09 Aug 00 - 06:12 PM Thanks for posting that site, Guest Colwyn Dane. I read the bio of Stan Jones as well Rex Allen and others. I bookmarked it so that I can go back and read more. I'm reading a bio of John Ford at the present time but I'm only at the part of the book where he did "Stage Coach." I'm sure refrences to Stan Jones will come later. DougR |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 00 - 06:23 PM Funny thing about John Ford doing "Stagecoach"..........I'd have thought he could at least have gotten a Galaxie of maybe even a Crown Vic............... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,Ely Date: 09 Aug 00 - 06:40 PM I think Micah from the Rifleman had two arms (I'll check--Channel 55 from Houston plays two episodes of the Rifleman, one of Have Gun Will Travel, and one of Rawhide every weekday. They do Wild Wild West, too, but it's pretty corny). My mom had a crush on Mark. When we were in Norway in 1992, the only TV we got was the Olympics and, in the evening, I Spy and Wyatt Earp (I got to see the first episode with the whole song). I watch them for the horses, and yes, for Clint Eastwood 35 years ago. Oh, well. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Little Hawk Date: 09 Aug 00 - 07:17 PM Wow, what a great thread! I've been wanting the words to "Rawhide" and "Johhny Yuma" for ages, and now I've got 'em. I was among the many Davy Crockett fanatics. Me and my friend Johhny Cartwright fought the battle of the Alamo innumerable times, atop my parents oil tank, finally dying under an unstoppable horde of kamikaze Mexicans. Dramatic stuff. He was bigger and tougher than me, so he got to be Crockett and I played Georgie Russel. I have since come to have quite a liking for Mexicans... One more odd cultural note (I know most of you are Americans)...the Swamp Fox was not so popular in Canada, since we rather liked the British redcoats up here. They saved our bacon quite a few times. Accordingly, the Canadian kids I knew made fun of him by changing some of the words..."Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, rides through the glen, falls in the mud with his fifty men" (and some stuff that was more insulting than that...) Needless to say, we have mixed feelings about Mel Gibson's latest movie as well. I'll stop right now, before I rekindle the War of 1812. Ha Ha |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 09 Aug 00 - 07:21 PM Yeah. Be careful, Little Hawk. PeterT. is still sensitive about that one. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 09 Aug 00 - 08:15 PM Little Hawk, are you familiar with the band Tanglefoot? Canadian and proud of it. Some great songs about beating the nasty United Statesians. Up in Houlton (Maine) is the fort that played such a pivotal role in the Bloodless Aroostook War. The only casualty of that one was the pig they slaughtered to celebrate the end. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bud Savoie Date: 09 Aug 00 - 09:50 PM Sinstull & Spaw: Listen to the thunder, hear the winds roar. Hurricane's a-comin', board up the door Load up the cannon, call out the law. Worstest calamity that folks ever saw. Girls run and hide, brave men shiver, I'm Mike Fink, king of the river. (CHORUS) Oh, he's a ring-tailed roarer and a double alligator. Oh, he's a doggone bully and a real big populator. Oh, you'd better watch your step, he'll spit right in your eye, He's gonna live forever; he's too mean to die. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bugsy Date: 09 Aug 00 - 09:54 PM The Cisco Kid. Leo Carillo, who played Pancho, was the original Cisco Kid. Duncan Rinaldo got the part when Leo got too old, and took over the part of Pancho. Adios amigo's! See you soon Ha!...........Ha ha ha ha ha ha! CHeers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: MMario Date: 09 Aug 00 - 09:54 PM Anyone got a tune for mike fink? I can't find one on the web... |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bud Savoie Date: 09 Aug 00 - 09:57 PM I know the tune to Mike Fink, but I've never seen it written down. You might be able to find a video of the Davy Crockett episode. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bud Savoie Date: 09 Aug 00 - 09:59 PM And I thought the words were "Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, feather in his hat. Nobody know where the Swamp Fox at." |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Little Hawk Date: 09 Aug 00 - 11:18 PM I think it was "Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail on his hat, Nobody knows where the Swamp Fox is at" He had a fox tail on his hat, didn't he? Oh, and yes, I do know Tanglefoot quite well. They did a concert once sponsored by our own Orillia Folk Society at the Stephen Leacock home here in Orillia. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 00 - 11:26 PM Thanks for all the words Bud. Mario, the tape is available at Blockbuster. A few years ago I had a nostalgic lookback.....still loved th Fink episodes best. RE--Leslie Nielson and the "Swamp Fox"
Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, tail in his hat. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DonMeixner Date: 09 Aug 00 - 11:44 PM Paladin's first name was never mentioned as I recall but "Wire" isn't it. Thats his western union address. Send a wire to Paladin, San Francisco. I loved TV westerns. Anyone recall, Johnny Ringo, The Westerner, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Sundance(Earl Holiman), Tombstone Territory, Cimmeron Strip, Cimmeron City, Overland Trail, Wagon Train, Casey Jones(Alan Hale jr.), River boat, The Virginian, Gunsmoke (was possibly the best), and about 100 more. Don |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 00 - 11:55 PM Yeah all of those Don.......Also Broken Arrow (Michael ansara as Cochise) Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DougR Date: 10 Aug 00 - 12:11 AM Ok. Anybody remember "Sixteen Men?" It was produced by Russell Hayden,who was Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick in several movies. DougR |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Robo Date: 10 Aug 00 - 12:17 AM "Whistle me up a memory, Whistle me back where I want to be, Whistle a tune that'll carry me. . . To Tombstone Territory." Great call, Don! Came to me in a flash soon as I read thw words. --Robo |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DonMeixner Date: 10 Aug 00 - 12:26 AM Short of rereading the thread, has anyone mentioned the connection with The Lone Ramger and The Green Hornet? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 00 - 12:27 AM I loved the "Casey Jones" series being the son of an engineer. talk about your complete fabrications of history though. But Alan Hale Jr. did a couple of interesting parts didn't he? I mean, would you travel on/in anything that he was in charge of? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Melani Date: 10 Aug 00 - 01:05 AM "Those Rebs and Yanks and strangers(?) They called us Mosby's Rangers. Both North and South They knew our fame; Gray Ghost is what they called me, John Mosby is my name." |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,seamus kennedy Date: 10 Aug 00 - 01:52 AM Alison, Champion the Wonder Horse from Gene Autry's Flying A Productions (which also gave us The Range Rider starring as the Range Rider and Dick Jones as his youthful sidekick Dick West) was about a wild stallion which could only be ridden by young Ricky (Barry North) who lived with his Uncle Sandy (Jim Bannon) his German Shepherd - Rebel.Don, Britt Reid ( the Green Hornet) was the grand-nephew of John Reid (the Lone Ranger. All the best. Seamus |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bugsy Date: 10 Aug 00 - 01:59 AM Pony Express CHeers Bugsy |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 10 Aug 00 - 05:01 AM "oh I can remember bein' bucktooth an skinny writin' love letters to "sky's" neice Penny Yeah, I wish I had a pencil thin mustache and I could do some cruisin' too, |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bud Savoie Date: 10 Aug 00 - 07:43 AM I don't remember "Sixteen Men," but I recall a short series about the Arizona Rangers called "Twenty-six Men." This is the story of twenty-six men, who rode the Arizona territory. Praised be the glory of twenty-six men, whose courage helped to build the territory. Twenty-six men, who saddled up and then rode out to answer duty's call. Twenty-six men, who lived to ride again and fight for the right and the liberty of all. Saddle up, saddle up, saddle up.
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 10 Aug 00 - 08:41 AM Bud, Thanks for the "Mike Fink" lyrics. And they say that the boob tube is a great wasteland. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: The Walrus at work Date: 10 Aug 00 - 08:46 AM To change continent ( while hardly changing genre)I seem to remember a series set on an Australian stage line (IIRC a western in all but setting) - "Whiplash" Walrus |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Dave Swan Date: 10 Aug 00 - 12:37 PM How about Steve McQueen holstering his "mare's leg" and ripping form the wall the poster(here the horns played BAH-DA ba baaaa)which read WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Dave Swan Date: 10 Aug 00 - 12:38 PM from the wall, FROM the wall. Couldn't hit clear fast enough. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DougR Date: 10 Aug 00 - 12:38 PM Bud Savoie: You're right! I was wrong! It was 26 Men I was thinking about, starring Tris Coffin and a young man Russ Hayden found working in a local department store here in Phoenix. I can't remember his name and I'm not sure he ever appeared in anything else. 16 Men didn't look quite look right when I typed it, but it was rather late at night, etc. etc. As an aside, Hayden and I lunched together one day to discuss the possiblility of the Phoenix Symphony recording a two minute intro for a new series he was pitching the network. We were interested (the symphony) but it would have required Hayden paying the same Union scale that would be required had he used the New York Philharmonic, (admittedly a bit better orchestra) so he had it recorded in Mexico. DougR |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Naemanson Date: 10 Aug 00 - 02:30 PM Sinsull, TV is NOW a vast waste land. When we were kids it was sophisticated, erudite and fun. LOL Don, I'm sorry but that was a joke. What was Paladin's last name? It was right there in his card "Wire" Paladin. It's hard to convey the tone of a joke with this flat medium of typed words only. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 10 Aug 00 - 09:25 PM Oh the boys of the western sea they're a rollickin' company they make things hum they'll soon become the men of the western sea I'm sorry, that should be part of a thread entitled "Songs from TV shows having to do with the ocean" |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DonMeixner Date: 11 Aug 00 - 12:40 AM Naemanson, I know wht you mean. I find irony wasted here-in, infact, it usually starts a fight. I only rected because someone local to me actually won a truvua contest with that answer on a radio show. Of course it was AM radio. I do recall someplace hearing Paladin called Robert, perhaps on the old radio show with John Dehner. Regards Don |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 00 - 12:45 AM HEY!!! What kind of crack was that Meixner? You lookin' for trouble boy? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: DonMeixner Date: 11 Aug 00 - 01:07 AM Dammit Spaw! Your the biggest offender around here of most things, people, and republicans. No, wait, republicans are more offensive than you, but not by much. ;-) BTW, Are you reacting to my typing or spelling? Both of which are pretty awful. Don |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: catspaw49 Date: 11 Aug 00 - 01:10 AM I don't care Don......your choice.........I'm an equal opportunity insulter.(:<)) Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mactheturk Date: 11 Aug 00 - 07:39 AM I think Johnny Crawford played Chuck Connor's son on "The Rifleman". Johnny recorded a song called "My Dad". Remember, it went something like this....
My Dad must have been around 1966 or so. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: mkebenn Date: 12 Dec 00 - 09:05 AM Correction to Mike Fink: Oh, he's a real ripsnorter and a tug boat alligator. Oh what a deep divin catfish, he'll spit right in your eye |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: jaze Date: 12 Dec 00 - 01:07 PM Not a tv show, but I loved Marilyn Monroes's singing of the title song of "River of No Return". |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bat Goddess Date: 12 Dec 00 - 01:20 PM Anyone remember the short lived "Travels of Jaimie McPheters"? It was based on a book I read many years later. With Dan O'Hirlihy and i don't remember who played Jaimie McPheters, "By river boat or wagon train Ol' Doc McPheters crossed the plain And oh him mind, keep moving on There's gold in old California. Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 13 Dec 00 - 12:55 AM Bronco Layne was a replacement for Cheyenne when Clint Walker went on strike for better wages. Ty Hardin was the star. "Born down around the old Panhandle, Texas is where he grew to fame; There ain't a horse that he can't handle; That's how he got his name. Bronco, Bronco, Bronco Layne." Can anyone name at least three actors to portray the Lone Ranger? Wasn't Kurt Russell Jaimie McPheeters? All the best. Seamus |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Bat Goddess Date: 13 Dec 00 - 10:38 AM If it wasn't Kurt Russell, I think it was someone who looked like him. I'd love to know the rest of the song; that one verse keeps popping out of my head when I least expect it for the past almost 40 years and I'd love to acquire a recording or at least the rest of the words. Got to find and dust off my copy of the book "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" and see if it was a tv tie-in. The coupla good lines I remember from the book are, "Absence of heartbeat, small round blue hole in forehead. Diagnosis: dead (of gunshot wound). Treatment: Folded hands on chest, closed eyes and laid copper coins in eyelids." Bat Goddess |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,Xristos47, christoskz@hotmail.com Date: 14 Aug 04 - 11:25 PM Just a small correction I offer. The Mike Fink song didn't have the words "women: and "bold" in it. 'Twent like dis: Girls run and hide,/ and brave men shiver;/ I'm Mike Fink,/ King of the River! I, too, was a Davy Crockett--how shall I put it?--aficionado! Well, I was a lunatic. I was about seven or eight when the rage spread. I figured at the end that Davy wiped out the entire Mexican army. Well, I wanted to figure that, but part of me knew he died, Davy did. By the way, his motto was more accurately as follows: << Be always sure you're right, then go ahead. >> I have adopted it as one of my own, along with Archimedes's << Do not disturb my circles. >> I've been trying to find the complete lyrics to Texas John Slaughter and Elfego "El Gato" Baca, by the way. Here's a song I ain't seen mentioned yet--- Who is that tall dark stranger there?/ Maverick is the name./ Ridin' the trail to who knows where,/ Luck is his companion, gamblin'is his game./ Smooth as the barrel of a gun--/ Maverick is the name./ Wild as the wind in Oregon/ Whipping down a canyon,/ Easier to tame./ Riverboat ring your bell--/ Fare thee well, Annabelle,/ Luck is the lady that he loves the best--/ Natchez to New Orleans/ Livin' off Jacks and Queens,/ Maverick is the Legend of the West!/ And on that note, I close and depart---Xristos |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca Date: 15 Aug 04 - 11:33 AM Xristos, if you read the FIRST message, you will see that this thread started off WITH the Maverick theme song. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 15 Aug 04 - 11:51 AM I just passed up an LP called BONANZA. It included the theme song and some other music from the series. If anyone wants it I can probably get it - there didn't seem to be a lot of LP buyers. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: kendall Date: 15 Aug 04 - 08:34 PM Doug, I'll bet you and I could stump the lot of them by going to radio programs such as "Tennessee Jed" and the original "Lone Ranger". I was 18 before I ever saw a TV set. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: The Walrus Date: 16 Aug 04 - 07:45 PM Does anyone remember the Australian mail coach based 'western' "Whiplash"? Walrus |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Rabbi-Sol Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:01 PM Does anyone have the complete lyrics to the Bat Masterson Song "Back When The West Was Very Young" ? SOL ZELLER |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:24 PM Back when the west was very young There lived a man named Masterson He wore a cane and derby hat His name was Bat Bat Masterson |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Rabbi-Sol Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:29 PM That is only the beginning. There were 2 complete verses and a chorus. I am looking for the complete ballad. SOL ZELLER |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:32 PM Texas John Slaughter Made them do what they oughta Cause if they didn't They died. Sorry - that's all I remember. Tom Tryon went on to become a best selling author of horror tales - The Other, etc. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 16 Aug 04 - 08:36 PM Bat Masterson Theme Back when the west was very young, There lived a man named Masterson. He wore a cane and derby hat, They called him Bat, Bat Masterson. The trail that he blazed is still there. No one has come since, to replace his name. And those with too ready a trigger, Forgot to figure on his marching home. Now in the legend of the west, One name stands out of all the rest. The man who had the fastest gun, His name was Bat, Bat Masterson. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: Rabbi-Sol Date: 16 Aug 04 - 10:20 PM You left out this stanza which I do remember. I believe it is the second one. A man of steel the stories say And women's eyes all cast his way The man who had the fastest gun His name was Bat, Bat Masterson Does this ring a bell for you ? SOL ZELLER |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: SINSULL Date: 16 Aug 04 - 11:05 PM I found the lyrics on a website but yes - what you posted rings a bell. The kind people on Tom Tryon's website are trying to track down the texas John Slaughter lyrics. We'll see. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns....... From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 17 Aug 04 - 10:46 AM I'm sure "Lawman" will have been mentioned in this thread. John Russell played Marshall Dan Troop - and he really looked the part of a Western hero. " The Lawman came with the the sun, there was a job to be done, so they sent for the man with the badge and the gun of the Lawman!" That opening song used to give me quite a thrill back then. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST Date: 13 Jan 12 - 06:08 AM marberet4 Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels were Lone Ranger and Tonto |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST Date: 13 Jan 12 - 07:05 AM Not a western but Daniel Boone was a man yes a big man. He was brave, he was fearless and as tough as a might oak tree. From the coonskin cap on top of Old Dan to the heel of his rawhide shoes. He was the rippingest roaringest fightingest man the frontier ever knew. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Genie Date: 13 Jan 12 - 01:13 PM Well, if we're counting Disney's Davy Crockett as a "western" TV show, I guess Dan'l Boone would count too. But the song I remember was "Daniel Boone was the daddy of them all, Was the daddy of them all, Was the daddy of them all, Daniel Boone heard the western forests call, From the mountains to the Ohio!" DK if that was the theme song from the TV show, though. Maybe just a pop spin-off from the hit "Ballad Of Davy Crockett" song from the Disney TV show. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns, Daniel Boone From: GUEST,Mister Reader Date: 21 Jan 17 - 12:12 PM Daniel Boone (The Daddy Of Them All) Found by searches on Yahoo and Google http://www.worldcat.org/title/song-of-daniel-boone-the-daddy-of-them-all/oclc/499148355 The song of Daniel Boone (the daddy of them all) Author: Enoch Light; Lewis Davies Publisher: New York : Record Songs, Inc., ©1955. https://www.amazon.com/Song-Daniel-Boone-Daddy-Them/dp/B00C8A3N5Y The Song of Daniel Boone, the Daddy of Them All Paperback – 1955 by Enoch; Davis, Lew Light (Author) 3090. SHEET MUSIC. 1955. 3 p. 12.00x9.00. SONG. Words and Music by ENOCH LIGHT and LEW DAVIS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9FrgpQVGq8 Ken Carson version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhZzZoG42ls Dick Lee version https://www.discogs.com/Loren-Becker-With-Enoch-Light-Orch-Chorus-Brigadiers-The-Song-Of-Daniel-Boone-The-Daddy-Of-Them-All/release/1872170 Loren Becker With Enoch Light Orch & Chorus* / The Brigadiers – The Song Of Daniel Boone (The Daddy Of Them All) |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns, Daniel Boone From: GUEST,Mister Reader Date: 21 Jan 17 - 12:29 PM I should have added that, yes, "Daniel Boone (The Daddy Of Them All)" is best described as a pop spin-off of the Davy Crockett craze, as noted by Genie on January 13, 2012. I found the following text excerpt on Newspapers.com. Misspellings are from their computer conversion. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/155550733/ WILMINGTON MORNING NEWS, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, FRIDAY, JUNE 24. 1955 PAGE 15 Just how long the Crockett craze will reign is hard to guess, but so far Davy's No. 1 spot In the hearts of young Americans has weathered every challenge, the latest one being the defiant musical claim, "Daniel Boone was the Daddy of them all," which, apparently, hasn't even made a dent in the solid Crockett fan line. Obviously, this pre-teen-age loyalty is not to be underestimated. When kids go to bed with coonskin caps in weather like this, it's the real McCoy. For collectors of choice cou now nis lame has been only comparable to that of Ponce de Leon, Captain John Smith or Nathan Hale. Don't misunderstand ... no one's trying te minimize the greatness of any one of these men, but certainly no one not even the father of our country has been the object of such rabid adulation by youngsters as Daw Crockett. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST,Senoufou Date: 21 Jan 17 - 02:20 PM I well remember Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger. The song was "A Four-Legged Friend". I was horse-mad as a girl, and loved this song. Also Wagon Train I really quite fancied Robert Horton, but so did my friend Linda and we argued over him constantly (as if he cared!). The song for that was rather boring, "Wagon train, wagon train, keep a-rolling wagon train". |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Georgiansilver Date: 21 Jan 17 - 02:27 PM There ya go Guest Senoufou. A Four Legged Friend.. Roy Rogers. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Senoufou Date: 21 Jan 17 - 02:39 PM Oh, Georgiansilver, I've got a tear in my eye now after listening to that! We used to try and sing it with an American accent. Being little Cockneys it must have sounded ridiculous :) Thank you so much! |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Senoufou Date: 21 Jan 17 - 02:45 PM I also remember 'Rawhide' with Rowdy Yates (a very young Clint Eastwood) "rollin' rollin' rollin' though the streams are swollen, keep them dawgies rollin, rawhide!" (loud whipcrack!) We used to wonder why the Americans called cows dogs!! |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST,pauperback Date: 21 Jan 17 - 04:04 PM Indians called horses big dogs, ( http://www.indianhorse.com/?page_id=46 ), maybe cattle too? We called our Appaloosa Skookum . John Belushi (R.I.P.) & Dan Aykroyd did a great cover in the Blues Brothers with John providing excellent whip-cracking. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Senoufou Date: 22 Jan 17 - 04:04 PM I used to love The Lone Ranger with his ...er...'Red Indian' (sorry) friend Tonto. The music was of course Rossini's 'William Tell Overture' but it was years before we'd believe it wasn't Lone Ranger's tune. We'd gallop about in the school playground, slapping our own bottoms on an imaginary Silver, pretending to be him, wearing a home-made mask, and humming the tune. Cowboys-and-Indians was one of our favourite games, The boys used to be the cowboys and us girls were allocated the role of Indians. (It was the early fifties, and nobody intended any insult to Native Americans; we'd never heard that term.) |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: ranger1 Date: 22 Jan 17 - 07:18 PM Local TV station plays a bunch of the older westerns from 5 AM until noon here. Cisco Kid, Trackdown, Cheyenne, two episodes of Wanted: Dead or Alive, two episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel, Rawhide, Wagon Train, and Maverick. Rawhide recently replaced The High Chaparral and Maverick replaced Daniel Boone a couple of weeks ago (much to my delight). And on Sundays, the same station has Stagecoach West, Branded, The Rebel, Broken Arrow, and Yancy Derringer. Most of these shows aired 20 or so years before I was born, but I do love 'em! |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 23 Jan 17 - 08:49 AM For some reason, certain tv westerns were renamed in the UK. For example, Gunsmoke became Gun Law, and Sugarfoot became Tenderfoot. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST,pauperback Date: 23 Jan 17 - 11:28 PM Sgt. Brisbois told me once they used to go to Yakima to play cowboys and Indians, him being from the rez. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST,pauperback Date: 24 Jan 17 - 02:21 AM It gave me great pause when he told me this, being a naive just turned 18 year old, especially when he say "with real guns". I always liked the Bonanza theme song, and galloped around the front room every Sunday night. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Steve Parkes Date: 24 Jan 17 - 06:00 PM Tunesmith, Sugarfoot/Tenderfoot: one was on BBC and the other on ITV, and in that order, I think. And at almost the same time, which seemed rather silly at the time. It could have been a clash with a different show with a similar name. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: GUEST,Richard Date: 25 Jan 17 - 08:47 AM From way, way back in this thread; Hopalong Cassidy did have a song, but all I remember is Hopalong Cassidy, clippety clippety clop.! Any help? Richard |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: gillymor Date: 25 Jan 17 - 08:58 AM I haven't read through this entire thread and someone may have already linked the The Great Western TV Medley by the excellent Guy Van Duser. Recognize any of the tunes? |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Steve Parkes Date: 25 Jan 17 - 09:17 AM Richard, I could hum the tune -- as could you, I'm sure -- but I can only remember the same words as you! |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: Senoufou Date: 25 Jan 17 - 09:17 AM Richard, "Here he comes! Here he comes! There's the trumpets! There's the drums! Here he comes!" (or something similar) I think it's on Youtube. |
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Subject: RE: Songs from TV westerns From: gillymor Date: 25 Jan 17 - 09:32 AM At the very beginning of this 1:16 minute video you'll hear "Here He Comes, Here He Comes". Click here |
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