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

Track listing

NOTE: An asterisk (*) designates a track that was re-recorded for either a later season of the TV show, a single/album by the theme song artist or this 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
   Music Composed by Edvard Grieg
2. Captain Kangaroo ("Puffin' Billy")*
   Music Composed by Edward White
3. The Little Rascals ("Good Old Days")
   Music Composed by Roy Shields
   First appeared in the 1930 Our Gang/Little Rascals short "Teacher's Pet"
4. The Flintstones ("Meet the Flintstones")*
   Background Vocals sung by The Skip-Jacks
   Instruments played by a "22-piece Jazz band"
   (Music & Lyrics) Written by Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
5. The Woody Woodpecker Show
   Music Composed by George Tibbles & Ramey Idriss
6. The Bugs Bunny Show ("The Bugs Bunny Overture (This Is It!)") Written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David
7. Casper the Friendly Ghost - Written by Jerry Livingston & M. David
8. Felix the Cat - Written by Winston Sharples
   Soprano Vocals performed by Ann Bennett
9. Popeye - Written by Sammy Lerner
   Music Arranged by Winston Sharples
10. Yogi Bear - Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
11. Magilla Gorilla - Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
12. Top Cat
    Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna, J. Barbera & Evelyn Timmens
13. The Jetsons ("Meet George Jetson")
    Written by H. Curtin, W. Hanna & J. Barbera
14. Fireball XL5 - Written by Barry Gray
    Vocals sung by Don Spencer
15. Howdy Doody
    Lyrics Written by Buffalo Bob Smith & Edward Kean
    Talking Voices: Buffalo Bob Smith
    Background Vocals: "A Choir of 40-Children"
    Music based on the vaudeville song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay", originally credited as composed by Henry J. Sayers
16. Test of the Emergency Broadcast System - Duck and Cover**
    EBS Voice: Don Pardo
    "Duck and Cover" Songwriting Credited to Civil Defense Department

1. The Beverly Hillbillies ("The Ballad of Jed Clampett")*
   Performed by Flatt & Scruggs featuring Jerry Scoggins
   Written by Paul Henning
2. Petticoat Junction* - Written by P. Henning & Curt Massey
   Vocals sung by Curt Massey
3. Green Acres - Performed by Eddie Albert & Eva Gabor
   Written by Vic Mizzy
4. Mister Ed - Vocals Performed by Jay Livingston
   Music Composed by Jay Livingston
   Lyrics Written by Ray Evans
5. The Munsters - Music Composed by Jack Marshall
6. The Addams Family - Written & Arranged by Vic Mizzy
   Background Vocals: Vic Mizzy
   Finger Snaps & Additional Voices: Ted Cassidy
7. My Three Sons - Music Composed by Frank De Vol
8. The Donna Reed Show* -
   Music Composed by Howard Greenfield & Jack Keller
9. Leave It to Beaver ("The Toy Parade")* -
   Music Composed by Dave Kahn, Melvyn Leonard & Mort Greene
10. Dennis the Menace* -
    Music Composed by John Seely & William Loose
11. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* -
    Music Composed by Lionel Newman
    Lyrics Written by Max Shulman
    Vocals performed by Judd Conlon's Rhythmaires
12. The Patty Duke Show
    Written by Robert Wells, Sid Ramin & Harry Geller
    Vocals Sung by The Skip-Jacks
13. The Dick Van Dyke Show* - Music Composed by Earle Hagen
14. Gilligan's Island ("The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle")* -
    Written by George Wyle & Sherwood Schwartz
15. McHale's Navy* - Music Composed by Axel Stordahl
16. I Dream of Jeannie ("Jeannie")* -
    Music Composed by Hugo Montenegro & Buddy Kaye
17. I Love Lucy* - Music Composed by Eliot Daniel & Harold Adamson
18. The Andy Griffith Show ("The Fishin' Hole")*
    Performed by Earle Hagen
    Music Composed by E. Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer
19. Please Stand By** - Voices: Don Pardo

1. Star Trek ("Theme from Star Trek")* - Written by Alexander Courage
   Monologue Voice narrated by William Shatner
   Soprano Vocals sung by Loulie Jean Norman
2. Lost In Space* - Music Composed by Johnny T. Williams
3. The Twilight Zone* - Music Composed by Marius Constant
4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Funeral March of a Marionette")*
   Music Composed by Charles Gounod
5. Superman ("Superman March")
   Written & Arranged by Leon Klatzkin
   Narrator Voiced by Bill Kennedy
6. Batman* - Written by Neal Hefti
   Contains replayed elements from "To the Batmobile", as performed by Nelson Riddle with Adam West & Burt Ward, with Dialog written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.
7. Flipper* - Music Composed by Henry Vars
   Lyrics Written by William "By" Dunham
8. Combat! - Music Composed by Leonard Rosenman
9. The Rifleman* - Music Composed by Herschel Burke Gilbert
10. Bonanza* - Performed by Al Caiola
    Music Composed by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
11. Branded - Written by Dominic Frontiere & Alan Alch
12. F Troop - Written by William Lava & Irving Taylor
13. Rin Tin Tin - Music Composed by Stanley Keyana
14. Daniel Boone* - Music Composed by Lionel Newman
    Lyrics Written by Ken Darby
    Lyrics Credited to Vera Matson
15. The Wild Wild West* - Music Composed by Richard Markowitz
16. The Lone Ranger (Music taken from "William Tell Overture")
    Music Composed by Gioachino Rossini
    Music Arranged by Ben Bonnell
    Orchestra conducted by Daniel Perez Castaneda
    Narrator Voices: Gerald Mohr & Fred Foy
    Sampled Voice ("Hi-Yo Silver"): Earle W. Graser
17. The Roy Rogers Show ("Happy Trails")
    Written by Dale Evans & Foy Willing
18. We Interrupt This Program - News Medley**
    Additional Voices: Don Pardo
    Featuring Music Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

1. Mission: Impossible* - Music Composed by Lalo Schifrin
2. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Music Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
3. Get Smart* - Music Composed by Irving Szathmary
4. Secret Agent Man* - Performed by Johnny Rivers
   Written by P. F. Sloan & Steve Barri
5. Dragnet ("Theme and March")* - Performed by Ray Anthony
   Written by Walter Schumann
   Music based on the "Main Title", from the 1946 film "The Killers", composed & performed by Miklós Rózsa
6. Perry Mason ("Park Avenue Beat")* -
   Music composed by Fred Steiner
7. Adam-12 - Written by Frank Comstock
8. The F.B.I. - Music Composed by Bronisław Kaper
9. Hawaii Five-O* - Performed by The Ventures
   Music Composed by Morton Stevens
10. 77 Sunset Strip* - Written by Jerry Livingston & Mack David
11. Surfside 6 - Written by Jerry Livingston & M. David
12. Ironside* - Music Composed by Quincy Jones
13. Mannix* - Music Composed by L. Schifrin
14. The Mod Squad - Music Composed by Earle Hagen
15. The Tonight Show ("Johnny's Theme")* -
    Music Composed by Johnny Carson & Paul Anka
16. The Late Show ("The Syncopated Clock")* -
    Music Composed by Leroy Anderson
17. WTV Toons Sign-Off - The Star-Spangled Banner** -
    Voices: Don Pardo
    Music Composed by Francis Scott Key