Here's a tune worthy of The Dr. Demento Show . The reason for this 1957 Golden Record's existence is the popular theme from The L...

When it comes to Christmas music, I'm a Scrooge. But there is one song I haul out every year - sometimes even in July - to give a lis...

The makers of Wildroot Cream-Oil are back to make your hair stand on end with the adventures of the greatest detective of them all (or so...

  . What would James Bond think of this? First up is a rendition of the Thunderball theme by the Jazz All-Stars, with an opening riff i...

 . Here's a movie theme Triple Feature. What are your favorite Western themes? I'll feature any I can in future posts. Chisum ...

Some extra-nice bits in this episode from April 10, 1949. Effie's sister Buffy fills in because Effie is visiting her sick friend, ac...

. This is one of the coolest TV themes ever, and never fails to get my juices flowing - especially when performed by Roland Shaw. But I ca...

This week's caper comes to you direct from August 28, 1949.  Be sure to shop eBay, your local antique store, or your grandfather'...

. Lorne Greene stopped by to sing this for us some weeks back, and I mentioned the vocal version had also been recorded by Johnny Cash. Wel...

Last week's episode, you may recall, had echoes of The Maltese Falcon . Well, this one does too, with a character clearly inspired by...

...for swingin' by your neck, that is. Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men, who did Perry Mason for us a while back, return with thei...

This week's story has deliberate echoes of The Maltese Falcon . Sometime in the near future (maybe in December when the NaNoWriMo mad...

Back in 1962, Duane Eddy hit #33 on the charts with this rockin' rendition of "The Ballad of Paladin." Among the tunes beatin...

I've already hyped this one ( see previous post ), but I'll say it again. This is one hell of a good episode. Sam has a Western p...

ATTENTION WESTERN FANS! Coming tomorrow is a very special episode of our weekly broadcast, The Adventures of Sam Spade . Sam (portrayed by ...

You've heard this theme a thousand times. Maybe a million. But Ralph Marterie and his Marlboro Men (I kid you not) give it a new kind...

Who knew there were lyrics to the Bonanza theme? Lorne Greene sang them on a 1962 cast LP called Bonanza Party Time . Other vocal versions...

Yep, when old Lawrence had put away enough champagne he sometimes donned a Stetson and led his Music Makers in TV Western themes. In this on...

Ever had the urge to don a black hat and mask and ride the streets by night - righting wrongs, slashing Zs into everything in sight and whi...

Laurie Powers ran a nice piece on movie star Ken Maynard on Laurie's Wild West the other day, and it turned up again today on THE TA...