As The Beverly Hillbillies took off on CBS, bluegrass legends Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs recorded the show's theme song, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", composed by producer Paul Henning, the show's creator.
Flatt & Scruggs turned up on The Jimmy Dean Show to perform the track. For the record, another artist, Jerry Scoggins, sang "Ballad" to open & close Hillbillies throughout its 9 year run (1962-71). Plain speaking Flatt does the honors here.
Many public domain prints of seasons 1-2 do not include "Ballad" for copyright reasons.
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