Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Hillbillies singer Scoggins dies
From the BBC (UK)
Country and Western musician Jerry Scoggins has died in Los Angeles at the age of 93, his family has said.
Scoggins was best remembered for singing the theme tune to popular US TV show The Beverly Hillbillies.
The Texan-born singer approached the producers of the programme with theme tune The Ballad of Jed Clampett for the pilot which was screened in 1962.
When a film version of The Beverly Hillbillies was made in 1993, Scoggins came out of retirement to perform the theme tune.
Read the article
BBC
Country and Western musician Jerry Scoggins has died in Los Angeles at the age of 93, his family has said.
Scoggins was best remembered for singing the theme tune to popular US TV show The Beverly Hillbillies.
The Texan-born singer approached the producers of the programme with theme tune The Ballad of Jed Clampett for the pilot which was screened in 1962.
When a film version of The Beverly Hillbillies was made in 1993, Scoggins came out of retirement to perform the theme tune.
Read the article
BBC
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