The Great Joey Bishop Show Theme

HI Y'all,
Here I am again after somewhat of an absence, to blog about an old tv
theme...
The theme in question is for the "JOey Bishop Show"(sitcom)

This show ran from 1961 to about 1965...all but the last season was in
color.
NBC, at that time was owned by RCA, and they were pushing color tv sets, and featured The Bishop Show in color.

When NBC cancelled the show, CBS picked it up for one more season, and decided to relegate it to BLack and White. CBS didn't have that many color shows at the time, and for whatever reason, decided to feature this show in glorious Black and White.
The musical theme is a lost gem, in my humble opinion. Not many people
remember this show, probably because it was not available on rerun, as other classic shows of it's time were.
The show was produced by the legendary Danny Thomas, who was quite an
enrtrepanuer. Danny had his fingers silently in many shows, and was somewhat of a tv
mogul.
Since Joey was a member of the rat pack, his fellow members often sang or requested songs from friend Jimmy Van Heusen, who ran with Sinatra and company...So it was that Van Heusen wrote the theme for Joey's Show..probably at the behest of Bishop.
The music and the arrangements for the show were done by the late Herb Spencer, one of Hollywood's greatest orchestrators..a true legend in the industry. Herb, previous to this, was doing tv scoring for many Desilu Shows with his then partner Earle Hagen...they had a music scoring company called "MSI"(Music Scoring, Inc.)
But it was at this point in time that Herb went solo from Hagen to do the
Bishop show..So, in essence, Herb wrote the arrangment for the theme,
as well as the underscore. Herb gives this theme a similar treatment that he gave The Dick Van Dyke Show theme...
Kind a a jazzy mid tempo beat with a nice drum beat, slightly delayed,
or layed back...I think Herb did the chart for the Van Dyke ahow, although
its composer was Earle Hagen...
We dont hear scoring like this today...with big band and strings so
expertly arranged...
On the bridge of the Bishop show Theme, the strings take over and after a bar and a half the unison violins shift into a "singing" high register..
Another expertly arranged element in this chart are the saxes that
blend so efforlessly with the brass...
This chart also kind of mirrors the similar arranging that Spencer-Hagen
did on The Danny Thomas Show theme.

WEll, when I hear this music I am overjoyed, for 2 reasons..one, it
takes me back to another era...
and two, its just arranged so damn good! Jimmy Van Heusen did an
excellent job at providing a wonderful theme for JOey.
Of course, as Earle once told me back in the day, after the show
music was recorded, the production companies "threw out the physical
scores.." The studios didn't feel that they had any value - The nostalgia
era had yet to occur, and without a thought, these musical cues, including
the theme to That Girl, another excellent theme, were thrown out to
make space at the studio. Sad.
The show is now available on DVD(finally) and is available on Amazon.com.


Here is a link to the main and end credit themes as heard and seen on
youtube.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7DOEsToAM


Steveo

Message to Kay Weeks
Dear Kay,
Thank you for responding to my post on your site about your dad Julian Davidson...
He was a wonderful man...
Best to you,
Steveo

911 Abuses

911 Abuses

I'm blogging about the people who call 911(emergency telephone line) for everything
EXCEPT what they should be calling it for, and to point out some ridiculous circumstances for which calls were placed.

A man calls 911, and when the crew gets there, it turns out a strange cat has wandered into in his house.

A woman calls 911 and when she is asked why she is calling, she states that the crows outside in the trees and sitting on the telephone lines making too much noise(cawing too loudly..)

The 911 crew listens to a frantic call where a man and a woman are yelling, and carrying on...and when they get there, it turns out that the couple was arguing over who was going to do the dishes..Im not making this stuff up!

Want more? here ya go...

A man calls 911 because an employee at Burger King messed up his order!
A woman calls 911 to get a date with a policeman...she is needy, and likes cops...

"I cant find the movie theatre, and the film starts in 5 minutes...help!"
A woman calls 911 because she says time has stopped...its been 3 pm for
over 2 hours now...
A four year old calls because she is having a problem with a math question....

ok, nuff said..there are many, many more...but people, dont call 911 unless it's life threatening or for some sort of medical emergency..just sitting in traffic and being in a traffic jam is not a good excuse...;)

Steveo

The Great Lloyd Price

Just want to mention the fact that the excellent rhythm and blues singer Lloyd Price, is still around and performing now and then at various venues...Lloyd has been active in his own food business, as well as performing on oldies shows and is even involved in putting out a play on his storied life. This October, the 22nd 23rd(2010), he will be performing in New Orleans at Harrah's Im sure he will touch on some of his old hits such as the classic Lawdy Miss Clawdy, JustBecause, Personaity, and many others...so, if you get a chance, check out Lloyd next month at Harrah's - 2 great shows!

The hottest day in los angeles

yesterday, Spet, 27 10
The hottest day in los angeles so far, (since records have been kept from 1877..113
in
downtown L.A.and I wanna tell you it was very very strange, I
said goodbye to a friend at 5 am, and stepped outside... it
was already 80 degrees...later on that day
it was a dry heat, bit intense.. I turned my air conditiong on
in the car, but it wasnt really cooling the car off.....now
today about 10 degrees cooler and humidity now present, the
car ac seems to be working again...i turned it on this morning and it smelled very strange...
like maybe a burnt rubber small(the belt?)I dont know what it was..
very strange day it was.....I fell asleep with a fan on me,
and woke up a few hours later the darn thing was still going...
I wonder if thats the last hurrah until the next hot weather
the coming year?
glory halleluiah!

Steveo

Thoughts

Thoughts
I Was driving to my music lesson today, and I saw a familiar face walking along side of the road as cars were whizzing past.It is a 30 something homeless guy, who I see around town from time to time...AND NOW....he is getting animated, flailing his hands and talking to himself, so he is getting worse...I wonder if there is, or will be any help for him? Will he ever become mentally stable, or will he always be like this...I don't know...But I pray for him..

ANd THEn...I was on facebook and thinking, I wonder if anyone has started another site based on other parts of the body?..Yup, they did..it's called Assbook...its a real website, but its pretty new, and of course...not quite as appealing as facebook..and the membership is pretty low...I didn't see anyone by name I recognized on there, but most use aliases..some use profile pics of their face, while other use(you guessed it)

The recession has finally ended according to government statistics..but I do know a couple of things..it doesn't feel that way..
The first thing is - I suppose you could measure the economic barometer based
on certian signs..one would be the drop of sales of SPAM or PEanut Butter.

The second thing I know is if the media will start putting out more positive reports, I think things will improve...but as long as we hear things are bad, we tend to go that way...and mirror what is said...so we need to be positive and think and act positive..I know its a hard thing to do in wake of the jobless and homeless....

And now they have a new website for dating, based on the not so good looking..its a dating site for the ugly! They call it uglybugball.com dating for the aesthetically challenged.
Well, of course, I had to go on the site to see what they were calling ugly...and well, really so many of the folks on there arent that bad...
of course theres the flip side of the coin, a site for people who think
they are beautiful and yes, many of them have illusions of grandeur.....

Well, Ill sign off, and as I have said(not often, but sometimes)
"keep singin and keep swingin!"

Steveo

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Songs About Time.....

Songs About Time.....
WEll, thought Id blog on some song titles that you all may be
familiar with if you know pop tune history from way back....
Here are some of them:

As Time Goes By sung by Dooley Wilson in Casablanca.
Good Timin) sung by Jimmy Jones
You need good Timin' sung by The Beach Boys
Time is on MY Side sung by the Rolling Stones
Time(Where Did It Go?) Pozo Seco Singers
Good Times as heard on the TV Show Good Times
Good Times sung by the Addrissi Brothers
All of The Time sung by The Dave Clark five
Our Time Theme (from the motion Picture Our Time Michael Legrand
SummerTIme performed by Billy Stewart
I Didnt Know What Time it Was sung by Frank Sinatra
This Time(Didnt We) sung by Richard Harris
Finger Poppin' Time sung by Chubby checker
Twine Time Performed by Junior Walker and the all Stars
Twilight Time by the 3 Suns; Platters
Time of The Season by the Zombies
Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is? by the group "Chicago"
Time After Time sung by Chris Montez
Time After Time sung by Cindi Lauper
No Time by sung by The Guess Who
No Time For Sergeants Theme from the WB Film
By the TIME I get to Phoenix sung by Glen Campbell
If I Could Turn Back Time-sung by Cher
The Happy Time sung by John Davidson
The Second Time Around performed by Henry Mancini
Time sung by Pink FLoyd
Time Enough At Last subg by Fall
No Time sung by the Monkees
No Time This Time sung by the Police
time Its Time sung by Talk Talk
Time for Rita sung by fischer-Z
Give It Time-Patty Symth
Time to React done by Allegiance
Time With You done by mMc
One More Time done by the Lemonheads
Time(Clock Of The Heart done by Culture Club
Dead on Time sung by Queen
Give Mt time by the Hollies
Night Time Girl performed by the Fairport Convention
Let The GoodTime(s) in- Dean Martin
Right On Time by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
What Time Do the Trains Come In by Rod McKuen
There is No Tiome done by Lou Reed
Its Christmas Time sung by christine Aguilera
It Time TO cry sung By Paul Anka
Shes on Time by Barenaked Ladies
Timebomb by the Ramones
Time to Get ALone sung by The Beach Boys
This is War done by Vandenberg
Funny How time Flies done by Janet Jackson
Christmastime sung by the Beatles.
River of Time dones by Van Morrison
Smoochin' Time sung By The Ames Brothers
Next Time i Fall by Peter Cetera
Sleepy Time time done by the cream
When it's sleepy Time down South performed by Louis Armstrong
The Night Time is The Right Time by Creedence Clearwater
The Last Time by The Rolling Stones
The Last Time by Bette Midler
Time Backstreet Boys
Time Is On My Side sung by The Rolling Stones
The Next Time im In Town done by Chet Atkins
Soul Time by Joe Cocker
Time To Move On
Cherry Pink And Apple Blosson Time done by Perez Prado(Instrumental)
In Apple Blossom Time done by the 4 Freshmen; Andrews Sisters
Ive had The Time Of My Life-done by Bill Medley
Sign Of The Time(s) sung By Petula Clark
Time Has Come Today performed by The Chambers Brothers

In The Good Old SummerTime sung by the Dapper Dans
In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry
Hot time In The Old Town Tonight
The Time(S) They Are A Changin' -recorded by Bob Dylan;Beach Boys
Mashed Potato Time- Chubby Checker
Pony Time-Chubby Checker
Time tunnel TV Theme compoased and Arranged By John Williams
Let The Good Time(s) Roll sung by Shirley and Lee
Let The Good Time(s) Roll Sung By Bill Medley
There Is Always One More Time sung by B.B. king
Id Rather Be An Old Time Christian(Kingsmen(Gospel Group)
Give Me That old Time Religion- The Caravans
It's Just A Matter Of Time- sung by Brook Benton
Sometime(s) Im Happy-sung by Connie stevens and hundreds of others
All the Time-Lavern Baker
My Time Will Come-La Vern Baker
One More Time-Britney Spears
One More Time-Daft Punk
One Time sung by Justin Beiber
Time in A Bottle- sung by Jim Croce
Time WOnt let Me -sung by the Outsiders
Just in Time-Tony Bennett;Dean Martin
Sleepy Time Gal-Dean Martin
Crying time- done by Ray Charles
For The Good Time(s) -Ray Price



just to name a few! lol

Steveo