Tuesday, December 21, 2004
'Beverly Hillbillies' singer dies in Westlake
From The Ventura (CA) County Star
The man who sang the "Ballad of Jed Clampett," that catchy theme song for "The Beverly Hillbillies" television show, has died in Westlake Village.
Jerry Scoggins died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 93.
As a young man, Scoggins sang with the Cass County Boys, a country-Western trio.
One night, Gene Autry heard the group sing in Texas and invited them to work with him. So they packed up their bags and moved to California, said Judy Headley, Scoggins' daughter.
Among the movies the trio made with Autry: "Sioux City Sue," "Twilight on the Rio Grande," and "On Top of Old Smoky."
Well into his 80s, Scoggins was performing at local senior centers and hospitals. He was also a regular in the choir at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village. And when the movie version of "Beverly Hillbillies" came out, he sang the theme song once again -- at the age of 83.
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Ventura County Star
The man who sang the "Ballad of Jed Clampett," that catchy theme song for "The Beverly Hillbillies" television show, has died in Westlake Village.
Jerry Scoggins died Tuesday morning at his home. He was 93.
As a young man, Scoggins sang with the Cass County Boys, a country-Western trio.
One night, Gene Autry heard the group sing in Texas and invited them to work with him. So they packed up their bags and moved to California, said Judy Headley, Scoggins' daughter.
Among the movies the trio made with Autry: "Sioux City Sue," "Twilight on the Rio Grande," and "On Top of Old Smoky."
Well into his 80s, Scoggins was performing at local senior centers and hospitals. He was also a regular in the choir at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Westlake Village. And when the movie version of "Beverly Hillbillies" came out, he sang the theme song once again -- at the age of 83.
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Ventura County Star
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