waylon jennings sang the theme song for dukes of hazard.
who sang theme song for dukes of hazard?
waylon jennings
the new decade brought another #1 album for jennings, his fifth since 1976. produced by the singer and waylon's drummer richie albright, the mood is lighter than it had been on jennings' previous release, the ballad-heavy "what goes around comes around". jennings later said of both records, "virtually identical in cover look and personnel, the two albums revolved around his resolute bass drum, while the guitars swirled, traded licks, and i rode the rhythm section like a palomino." it contains the popular "theme from "the dukes of hazzard" (good ol' boys)", which became jennings' tenth solo #1 hit. as the narrator for the 1975 movie "moonrunners", jennings was tapped to serve in the same capacity for "the dukes of hazzard" which premiered on cbs in 1979 and was based on "moonrunners". jennings wrote the theme song for the show and recorded two versions: the television theme version and a slightly different version made commercially available on both single and album which received radio airplay. the television show version features a banjo which the commercially available version does not, as well as a bridge which follows the first verse and chorus. following the second chorus, jennings makes a tongue-in-cheek reference to his faceless appearance in the credits by singing, "i'm a good ol' boy, you know my mama loves me, but she don't understand why they keep showing my hands and not my face on tv!", a statement referring to the opening shot in the television theme version where jennings is only shown below the neck playing guitar. as andrew dansby of "rolling stone" wryly noted in 2002, "in 1980, another generation discovered jennings, albeit only a third of him." the song was certified double-platinum by the recording industry association of america with over 2 million in sales. jennings' other songwriting contribution, "it's alright," is a simultaneous tribute to oklahoma rocker j.j. cale ("music man" opens with a cover of cale's song "clyde") and george jones (""if we could all sing like we wanted to, we'd all sound like george jones""). waylon also mentions his wife jessi colter on "it's alright" and recorded her song "storms never last" for the lp, which they would reprise on their duet album "leather and lace". in the liner notes to "the essential waylon jennings", wade jessen quotes the singer: "jessi had this song and she threw it away. like lash larue i brought it back. she said, 'i have a silly song for you.' there was not a rhyming line it, every line in the song standing on its own. at first the chorus went, 'storms never last/do they, waylon?' she wrote it for me." the singles "clyde" and "storms never last" reached #7 and #17 respectively.
music man (album)
thirteen pieces of theme music are used: two opening themes and eleven ending themes. the first opening theme song for episodes 1 to 76 is performed by kazuya yoshii of the yellow monkey. the lyrics were penned by yukinojo mori who has written numerous songs for the "dragon ball" series. the second opening theme song for episodes 77 to 131 is by kiyoshi hikawa. mori wrote the lyrics for the rock number "genkai toppa x survivor". takafumi iwasaki composed the music. the first ending theme song for episodes 1 to 12 is by japanese rock band good morning america. the second ending theme song for episodes 13 to 24 is by the group key talk. the singer for funimation's english dub is professor shyguy. the third ending song for episodes 25 to 36 is by the band lacco tower. the fourth ending theme song for episodes 37 to 48 is "forever dreaming" by czecho no republic. the fifth ending theme song for episodes 49 to 60 is by idol group batten showjo tai. the sixth ending theme song for episodes 61 to 72 is by arukara. the seventh ending theme song for episodes 73 to 84 is by the collectors. the eighth ending theme song for episodes 85 to 96 is "boogie back" by miyu inoue. the ninth ending theme song for episodes 97 to 108 is by lacco tower. the tenth ending theme song for episodes 109 to 121 is by rottengraffty. the eleventh ending theme song for episodes 122 to 131 is "lagrima" by onepixcel.
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