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Botkin Jr. was also behind popular theme songs for '70s sitcom Mork & Mindy and The ABC Sunday Night Movie weekly program. Throughout his decades-long career, Botkin Jr. composed several recognizable commercial tunes for brands including American Airlines, Baskin-Robbins, Busch Light Beer, Chevron and Mattel. Though he was born in New York on April 16, 1933, the hitmaker was raised in Los Angeles after his family moved to The City of Angels soon after his birth. Botkin Jr. began developing his musical abilities in high school, where he played the trombone as part of a student jazz quartet (...

Grammy-winning composer Perry Botkin Jr. passes away at 87 ANI | Updated: Jan 24, 2021 15:00 IST Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning TV and film composer, widely known for creating the 'The Young And The Restless theme', Perry Botkin Jr. has passed away. He was 87 when he breathed his last. According to Deadline, Botkin's friend and 'The Happy Days of Garry Marshall' writer John Scheinfeld shared the sad news of the musician's demise on Facebook, noting that the star died on 18 January, this year. "Today I share the news ...

Billboard country charts. Known to most as an adaptation of the  The Beverly Hillbillies theme, the tune highlights the inimitable bluegrass stylings of country legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. (Guitarist Flatt also sang the single version, although the TV theme features vocalist Jerry Scoggins.) Anyone who's seen even one episode of the show The Beverly Hillbillies knows the song's premise: It follows the titular character, who's out hunting when he discovers "bubbling crude" coming up from the ground ( "Oil, that is," the song intones. "Black gold, Texas tea"). Newly rich, he pa...