Two versions of the famous Beaver 45's,
both recorded by Arthur Norman Orchestra and Chorus
-- Golden Records #R518 yellow disc in sleeve with drawing of Beav
(pictured left)
-- Little Golden #FF518 black disc
Go here
for theme song vocals
I've heard there's a 7 inch, 78 RPM record with the Leave It To Beaver
theme and some other Leave It To Beaver music, supposedly copyright 1958 by
Gomalco Productions. Ain't never seen it, but been told it exists.
Jerry Mathers songs: Jerry Mathers
formed the band around the time of his high school graduation in 1966 after Leave
it To Beaver ended, Jerry Mathers and Richard Correll form a rock band,
"Beaver and the Trappers". Jerry does guitar and vocals, Richard
is on drums.. They
recorded a couple about 15 singles "Happiness Is Havin'" b/w "In
Misery", "Don't Cha Cry", and "Wind
Up Toy". Notice that one Wind-Up Toy
record has a white label, and the other has a red label. I've heard the one
with the white label was a promo sent to radio stations, and the read label
record was sold at the stores. The A-side of Happiness was written by Jerry and Rich Correll
(who played the role of Beaver's pal Richard Rickover on "Leave It To
Beaver", and was the drummer of the group and arranger of both songs).
Correll and an individual credited as R. Kakebeen wrote the B-side "In
Misery". The record was released on the White Cliffs label (# 236) and
was produced by Hugh McFarland. It was distributed by Dover Records, Inc. of
New Orleans, La. Jerry once noted that the single "went to number one
in both Hawaii and Alaska," however it never charted on Billboard and
was likely simply a local hit. It is unclear whether the band record any
other records, however Jerry "Beaver" Mathers put out the single
"Wind-Up Toy" b/w "Don'tcha Cry" in 1962 which never
charted.
45 RPM of Angel & the Rerun's song
singing "Beaver Cleaver Fever" on the B side. The A side
contains song about Buffy from the 60's show "Family Affair"
with the question "Why did she have to go and O.D.?, What about
Uncle Bill, Jody and Sissy?". Heard this artist passed away a while
ago
Punk Rock Album: A
1981 garage punk rock band named, "The
Hugh Beaumont Experience", from Fort
Worth, Texas cut this album. Recorded by a group of teens, the album was
produced by Cygnus records. Only 500 albums were cut, but precious few
actually made it into distribution. The story is a lady/girlfriend at
Cygnus had a fight with the lead singer, and destroyed all of the albums
after production. The only albums that survived were the demo copies
that made it out.
TV Greatest Hits and Themes albums.
There's a lot of these types of albums that compile all of the TV theme
songs together that include the Leave It To Beaver theme song.
The TV Themes album is by Richard Gleason Orchestra Mayfair Records
#9661S (no copyright date!) It's a yellow LP with the Beaver theme being
side one, cut three. Other cuts include Mike Hammer, Peter Gunn, Perry Mason
and Alfred Hitchcock
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