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Single:
In the US, The Ballad of Jed Clampett made #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles in 1963 and #44 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Album:
Released in the US in 1963 on Hard Travelin’ featuring the Ballad of Jed Clampett.
Songwriter:
Paul Henning
Producers:
Don Law, Frank Jones
Record label of US release:
Columbia
The Beverly Hillbillies opening and closing, CBS:
BONUS SONGS BELOW – The Ballad of Jed Clampett by Leon Russell (Hank Wilson) and Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt and Scruggs
Wikipedia – The Ballad of Jed Clampett:
The Ballad of Jed Clampett was sung by Jerry Scoggins for the beginning of the Beverly Hillbillies TV series, with instruments played by Flatt and Scruggs. The version released as a single merges both the beginning and ending lyrics of the theme song of the weekly sitcom.
Flatt and Scruggs were singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs. The duo are viewed by music historians as one of the premier bluegrass groups in the history of the genre.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Jed_Clampett and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatt_and_Scruggs
Wikipedia – The Beverly Hillbillies:
The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcom was originally broadcast on US network CBS from 1962 to 1971. It ranked among the top 20 most-watched programs on US television for eight of its nine seasons, ranking as the #1 series of the year during its first two seasons, with 16 episodes that still remain among the 100 most-watched television episodes in US history.
The show was created by Paul Henning and was followed by two other Henning-inspired “country cousin” series on CBS: Petticoat Junction and its spin-off Green Acres.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beverly_Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies on Australian television:
The Beverly Hillbillies was originally screened in primetime in Australia, drawing a large audience for the Seven network. At the 1965 Logie Awards, the sitcom won Best Overseas Show. Cast member Donna Douglas, who played ‘Elly May Clampett’, was invited to Melbourne as a guest presenter at the awards ceremony held at The Palais Theatre.
Lyrics:
Come and listen to a story ’bout a man named Jed
Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed
Then one day he was shooting for some food,
And up through the ground come a bubbling crude
(Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea)
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BONUS SONGS
The Ballad of Jed Clampett by Leon Russell (as Hank Wilson)
Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Flatt and Scruggs
Foggy Mountain Breakdown entered the Australian singles chart* on 15 June 1968 and peaked at #67.
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