The Andy Griffith Show (sitcom)

    [Reruns and Syndicated Alternate Title: "Andy of Mayberry"]

    (CBS Primetime, 1960 - 1968)
    (Syndicated)

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Theme: "Fishin' Hole Theme"

    [a catchy tune with a whistled melody, 
     aka: The Fishin' Hole, 
     aka: Theme From "The Andy Griffith Show", and
     aka: The Andy Griffith Theme;

     in a TV Interview Earle Hagen reminisced, "I realized what
     the show needed was a simple tune. So I spent all of 15 minutes
     writing it. I called my bass player and drummer and we recorded
     it in a little studio on Fairfax Avenue (in Hollywood.) I
     whistled the tune myself..."]

     Composers: Herbert W. Spencer (ASCAP/BMI), and
                Earle H. Hagen (ASCAP/BMI)
    [partners in the music production company "Spencer-Hagen"]
             ...lyrics were later added by: Everett Sloane (BMI)

     1970 Publisher: Larrabee Music Corp. (BMI)
                     of Hollywood, CA

     1998 Publisher: Larrabee Music Corp. (BMI)

     Copyright Date: 1970, on sheet music photocopy.

     Recordings: 

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