Weekend Music Bonanza

The '50s and '60s were the Golden Age of TV Westerns (or "oaters"), with 30 of them airing in prime time by 1959.  To us, the title songs often provide some of the more enduring memories of those programs, whether we saw them when they first aired or later in re- runs.  That's because the producers often hired the best songwriting talent from movies to "brand" their show. We've chosen a few examples of what we think are some of the best intros/ credits music from that era.  Saddle up!

The Virginian (composer Percy Faith)

Rawhide (Dmitri Tiomkin)

Wagon Train (Jerome Moross)

Bonanza (Jay Livingston)

The Roy Rogers Show, "Happy Trails" (Dale Evans)