If you don’t already know whose voice that was, singing the theme song of The Rebel, chances are you’ll recognize it when you hear it.
Yes, it was Johnny Cash, back in 1959-1961: he wasn’t famous yet. But it was a hit TV show, and singing the theme song was a big boost for his career.
In fact, for a lot of us–me, for instance–the story lines are blurred or altogether wiped away… but we remember the music.
(Yeesh, there was even a Rebel board game! I nevcr played it, though.)
We’ve been having fun here, pawing through our memories for old TV show theme songs that we haven’t heard in years and years. Hey, I cover nooze every day and lately it’s been getting to me. Let’s have a little fun!
So far the themes you guys have mentioned are themes that I like, too. But here’s another one that I’ve always liked, and I wonder how many of you remember it.
Tales of the Vikings lasted only one season, 1959-60, but that was enough to get the kids in my neighborhood playing “vikings.” This show was a blast! And when I went on, in my college career, to specialize in the history and politics of the Viking Age–well, maybe this TV show had a little something to do with that.
Keep them memories comin’, folks. It contributes to the general fund of sanity.