On Jan. 19, 1963, 61 years ago today, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" hit No. 1 on the Billboard country charts. Known to most as an adaptation of the The Beverly Hillbillies theme, the tune highlights ...

LOS ANGELES – Jerry Scoggins (search), who sang "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (search) that introduced the comical Clampett clan on "The Beverly Hillbillies," (search) has died. He was 93. Scoggins, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Shirt worn by Buddy Ebsen in the role ...

Actor Buddy Ebsen, without realizing at the time, found himself at the center of the TV sitcoms landscape of the 1960s when he agreed to portray Jed Clampett in the television series The Beverly ...

In the pilot episode of this beloved rags-to-riches sitcom, hayseed mountaineer Jed Clampett becomes an overnight multimillionaire when an oil-rich swamp is discovered on his property. With his ...

The premise of The Beverly Hillbillies was pretty simple. Jed Clampett and his family left their monetary struggles behind in Missouri and moved to California after Jed shot a hole in the ground and ...

The Beverly Hillbillies first premiered on television in 1962, according to IMDb. The series shared a number of similarities with TV shows like Green Acres and Petticoat Junction, both shows that ...

Jerry Scoggins, who sang “The Ballad of Jed Clampett,” which introduced the comical clan on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” has died. He was 93. He died at his home Tuesday of natural causes, the Los ...