Jerry Scoggins performed on radio, in movies, and on television from the 1930s thru the 1980s.
11 Facts About Jerry Scoggins
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Jerry Scoggins was noted for his work with Gene Autry and Bing Crosby and especially for singing "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme song to the 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.
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Jerry Scoggins sang and played guitar on Dallas radio stations in the early 1930s and in 1936 formed his own group, the Cass County Kids, with John Dodson and Fred Martin.
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In 1962, Scoggins was working as a stockbroker and singing on weekends when he was asked to sing the theme song for a new sitcom, called The Beverly Hillbillies.
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In 1993, a retired Jerry Scoggins learned that 20th Century Fox was making a film version of the series.
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Jerry Scoggins called their offices only to be told that they'd had no idea he was still alive.
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The studio preferred Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson to sing the theme song, but the director, Penelope Spheeris, insisted on Jerry Scoggins getting the job, which he did.
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Jerry Scoggins figured he'd probably sung the ballad over 1,000 times since the original recording.
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Jerry Scoggins appeared on-camera, singing the ballad, in the 1993 TV special, The Legend of The Beverly Hillbillies.
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Jerry Scoggins died in 2004, from natural causes, in his Westlake Village, California home.
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Jerry Scoggins was interred at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, in Westlake Village, California.