Starter of this subject: Ted Hering
Last post in this subject: 5/4/2000
Messages in this subject: 3
| Ted Hering | 5/4/2000 3 replies |
| About a year ago, I posted a question here about the theme to the Chase and Sandborn Show. A friend of mine who likes to perform early American folk tunes has identified it for me as "The Year of Jubilo," a comedy song from the Civil War. The words are badly dated now, in terms of racial sensibilities. Tennessee Ernie sang the tune with new words, "Sunday Barbecue," in the 1950s. |
| GEORGE MILLER | 5/13/2000 2 replies |
| Hi Ted, If you're referring to the Charlie McCarthy Chase & Sandborn shows, I once read that the tune is called "The Big Show" written by the famous composer Jerome Kern. Regards, George Miller |
| Jim Stokes | 7/11/2000 1 replies |
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As far as I know, the theme is called, "Doodletown Fiffers," as performed by the Spenser-Hagen Orchestra. Herb Spenser died a year of so ago. He and Earl Hagen had succesful orchestra and collaboration that produced a lot of lively music like that, much of which was used as production music.
Herb Spenser became an orchestror for one of the moive companies. Can't recall which one. I think it was Paramount. Whatver the movie company was, he was the arranger/orchestrator for the wonderful title song from the movie THE BEST OF EVERYTHING. |
| Rich | 9/14/2000 0 replies |
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I've never heard Jerome Kern's "The Big Show" or "Doodletown Fifers" by the Spenser-Hagen Orchestra, but the melody that was used from roughly 1941 through the end of the Chase & Sanborn era is definitely "Year of Jubilo." Actually the first time I heard THE CHARLIE McCARTHY SHOW I wondered why in the world they were using that Tennessee Ernie Ford song Ted mentioned, "Sunday Barbecue," as their theme. (My dad was a big fan of Tennessee Ernie's, so I knew the song.)
Keep in mind, of course, that the series used other themes prior to late 1941-early 1942 and after 1948. Maybe "The Big Show" and "D |