On September 24, 1962, the duo recorded "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" for the TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. Sung by Jerry Scoggins, the theme song became an immediate country music hit and was played at the beginning and end of each episode of the series. The song went to #1 on the Billboard country chart, a first for any bluegrass recording. The song spent 20 weeks on that chart; it also reached #44 on Billboard's pop chart. The television show was also a huge hit, broadcast in 76 countries around the world. In Queens, New York a five-year-old boy named Béla Fleck heard the Jed Clampett theme on television. Fleck said, "I couldn't breathe or think; I was completely mesmerized." He said it awakened a deeply embedded predisposition that "was just in there" to learn how to play the banjo. Flatt and Scruggs appeared in several episodes as family friends of the fictional Clampetts. In their first appearance (season 1, episode 20), they portray themselves in the show and perform both the theme song and "Pearl, Pearl, Pearl". That song went to #8 on the country chart in 1963. Scruggs published an instruction book entitled "Earl Scruggs and the Five String Banjo" in 1968. It received a Gold Book Award by the publisher, Peer-Southern Corporation when it sold over a million copies. Over their 20-year association, Flatt and Scruggs recorded over 50 albums and 75 single records and featured over 20 different musicians as "Foggy Mountain Boys"—side men backing the duo.
on september 24 1962 the duo recorded "the ballad of jed clampett" for the tv show the beverly hillbillies sung by jerry scoggins the theme song became an immediate country music hit and was played at the beginning and end of each episode of the series the song went to #1 on the billboard country chart a first for any bluegrass recording the song spent 20 weeks on that chart; it also reached #44 on billboard's pop chart the television show was also a huge hit broadcast in 76 countries around the world in queens new york a five-year-old boy named béla fleck heard the jed clampett theme on television fleck said "i couldn't breathe or think; i was completely mesmerized" he said it awakened a deeply embedded predisposition that "was just in there" to learn how to play the banjo flatt and scruggs appeared in several episodes as family friends of the fictional clampetts in their first appearance (season 1 episode 20) they portray themselves in the show and perform both the theme song and "pearl pearl pearl" that song went to #8 on the country chart in 1963 scruggs published an instruction book entitled "earl scruggs and the five string banjo" in 1968 it received a gold book award by the publisher peer-southern corporation when it sold over a million copies over their 20-year association flatt and scruggs recorded over 50 albums and 75 single records and featured over 20 different musicians as "foggy mountain boys"—side men backing the duo