My grandpa just recently passed, and he used to love watching Wyatt Earp. Right before we started eating this song would blare out of the TV. It is such a powerful song to me now. R.I.P. Grandpa, we all miss you!
He was much more than just an actor. He sponsored a leadership program for children all over the world. My daughter was selected to attend it...What a great person he was! RIP Hugh O'Brien....
Brings back memories. It seems only yesterday that I was a boy watching Wyatt Earp. A part of me is still that little boy. What the hell happened? Who said life is a dream
So glad to hear from you and thank you for your comment. Yes it is good to know you are not alone in your thinking. I believe there are many people like us that remember those days and the values they helped us learn. You might injoy a video I did on that topic. A look back at TV shows and ideas that made the good old days just that. You will find it on RUclips and it is called The Good Old Days.
Sorry I have been out of town so I am late with a response. This is a very old show but with a great song. Oh those old memories, that is what old tv is all about.,
Values haven't changed nearly as much as conservatives think. For every show about Wyatt Earp, there were films about Jesse James. Rhett Butler is the most self-centered character in the history of American fiction and he was shown on the screen in 1939! In some ways, things have improved. For instance, there's a lot less racism. In real life, there were lots of black and hispanic cowboys, and TV would reflect that today. Things are worse in the sense that manners are disappearing.
My mother loves westerns more than any other genre... So of course, the GRIT television station is like her favorite channel (she literally keeps the tv only on that - 24 freaking 7 lol).. .But the Wyatt Earp show comes on it all the time. And this damn theme song has stayed in my head for weeks man!!! Haha And my mom be singing it to her cats too. Anyway came here for the official lyrics 🤣🤣 (didn't think that probably now I won't ever get this shit out my head). ~~ Cheers to all my western and Earp lovers, Jah Bless!!!
I have this song on a 78rpm yellow vinyl record by Peter Pan story recordings. The version I have is sung by Bing Crosby. Not sure if it's the same singer but it is the same song.
I love reading memories that each of us have had growing up and watching these shows. It was a fun time wasn't it. I share such memories with many of you: yes, mom cooking something delicious while watching some neat program..you can't beat those days I tell ya. I appreciate them too!
This was one of the first (if not THE first) TV action shows to have a "storyline" (as opposed to each week restarting with the same characters). It started in one town where he became the marshall (after the town marshall was killed) and then after a few years he moved to another place, and then one last move for the last couple of years. Not only that, but the characters and situations "evolved" each year -- think of a modern show like "Justified" where each season's arc tells an entire story. It wasn't quite that sophisticated, but for its time it was WAY ahead of anything television was doing. Ran for five or six years -- I wish it were all available on DVD (I think only the first couple of seasons are). Then again, it might not age well (I haven't seen an episode since they were first run, over half a century ago).
How cool that, you as well, are one of us, the Gen X club who are the last of the normal group who grew up with simplicity and a sense of rootedness. We can forget that in this newer generation. The 80s was the best time to grow up all the way around and it was a time wayyy before bad cable& and idiot cellphone addictions. In some ways, it would be nice to retreat back to those days. How cool that you know this song in Spanish! Cheers to ya!
The real Wyatt Earp,while an effective peace officer at times was also a ruthless killer at other times. The TV portrayal of Earp is based on what Earp's widow told Stuart Lake after Wyatt passed in 1929. And the widow,Sarah Josephine Marcus, spun quite a tale abut her late common law husband's exploits. Still, I liked the TV series precisely because it portrayed Wyatt as "flawlss,fearless,brave,courageous,and bold." What 8 year old kid doesn't admire a person with those marvellous attributes?
This is exactly how I look at this series. The Hugh O'Brian "Wyatt Earp" was a better man than the real Wyatt Earp. It's the "legend of Wyatt" -- not the true story of Wyatt. I very much admired the "legend of Wyatt" and still do. The real Wyatt was a complex character with many flaws and some good points, too. I really love this song, and every so often -- kind of out of the blue -- the chorus starts repeating in my head, as it did last night and this morning.. It was an inspiration to me as a kid, as it portrayed a man of courage and integrity that a young boy could admire and look up to. "And long may his story be told . . . "
My goodness, we certainly do share the similar outlook! This is refreshing to me when I come across individuals like you. How true that there IS a connection between tv and societal behavior. This is well written & is very much what I have shared w/ others for years. All that I get (from time to time) is that I should move forward in my thinking; it isn't have I have stood still, the fact that I realize & desire quality IS a move toward sustaining quality & TV is a reflective source of society
The singer is Ken Darby, accompanied by the Ken Darby singers. Darby also wrote the song. Darby and his group did vocals for many of the other TV westerns (Jim Bowie, Wyatt Earp, Cheyenne, Bronco Layne, Sugarfoot). However, baritone Bill Lee did the solo for Wyatt Earp. Why isn't known.
The Ken Darby Singers (also known as The King’s Men) did the themes to Wyatt Earp, Jim Bowie, and The Californians, all for producer Lou Edelman. The themes to most of the Warner Bros.-produced westerns on TV, including Maverick, Cheyenne, and Sugarfoot, were performed by either Hal Hopper (a former member of the Pied Pipers) and his ensemble or arranger Jack Halloran’s chorus.
OMG, I was only 6 when this was on TV. I remember the song well. And I remember my mom frying hamburgers in butter (soooooo good!!) every Saturday afternoon when this was on.
Born in 1840 in the stare of Illonois, a rootn' tootin' bouncing babe was roundin up the boys He'd lock em in his playpen if they was wrestlen' toys He stopped all those bandits if they were makin noise Wyatt Earp! Wyatt Earp! He's the man here in this town Ain't no sherrif any better! You could write an operreter With his carin darin deeds He's gone an' hog-tied all our needs Wyatt Earp The greatest hero in the West Yee haw!
Hello to you. Yes times have changed. I think there is a conection between tv and peoples behavior. People had real values years ago and so did there TV heros. Todays shows have self centered characters and so is todays generation. Children are going to have someone to look up to regardless. If we do not give them someone worth looking up to they will find someone not so worthy.
I've just now started watching through the series for the first time; always been an admirer of the real Wyatt Earp. This is a good theme song, though my favorite is still the one from The Rebel; Johnny Yuma.
Thank you runbuddy! It's folks like you whom many of us appreciate to take the time to upload these goodies from our childhood! Again, thank you so much for taking us back and sharing your collection. How kind of you! ;-)
funny, I was 2 years old, and I completely remember this song. I was a shooter growing up, much like Wyatt Earp. Long gone are the days when men, real men, stood up for themselves and their wives, and family. To steal a horse, meant death. Now to steal a man's car, it means just going to jail, or getting hand slapped. A horse was a man's livelihood, just as a car is today. America got too weak. Laws created to help the criminals. Date 8/22/2019. Be blessed my friends. At least we have Christ today to count on, and salvation through His blood. Back then, there wasn't much Christ going around.
kittyscratchesboo, I remember the song you're referring to -- we had it on a '45' record back in the late 1950s and early 1960s. After the lines you quoted, I sort of remember: "Wyatt was a quiet man, Who learned (or was it loved?) to hunt and shoot. He couldn't stand for killin', So he took the lawful route. They tried to kill him many times, But every time they failed. And the guys who thought they'd get him, They only wound up in his jail!" I wish I could find an audio clip of it online.
And to add to what you are saying: I believe that You Tube has some redeeming qualities to offer to our younger generation the types of programming that were entertaining ,yet, offered an educational resource during our era. Not so at this time, but as the bubble burst in so many other areas of our lives, so shall this ignorant visual selection in which we (as paying subscribers to a form of entertainment & learning which was once free of charge).Cheers to you& to clver uploaders!
i remember watching this western back in the eighties when i was a kid in peru,my favorite thanks for uploading this song ha ha i didn't know the lyrics were in english "Whatt Earp wyatt earp era un hombre sin par fue paladin del pobre y del debil",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Yes I have a nephew that i dont see often because he is in college,every time he comes back like for christmas or thanksgiving day he just retreats to a corner with his laptop and facebook, away from everybody.like you say is bad and also sad
Sorry I can not comment on your opinion. Have no idea where you got it and I can only find info. of the good he did. Even spent time in Africa with Albert Schweitzer at his clinic.He was so moved he started his own institute of higher learning called HOBY. He has been awarded several honorary degrees by several institutions of higher learning. He stayed single until he turned 81 at which time he married and is still married to his long time companion. I HAVE seen credits over actors faces.
Desilu. Actually, it was filmed on the Desilu lot and overseen by producer Lou Edelman, who had several other shows filmed at Desilu, including The Danny Thomas Show, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, and The Barbara Stanwyck Show. Desilu would later be purchased by Paramount and absorbed into its television division. (Edelman co-created Stanwyck’s later series The Big Valley, which was produced by Four Star Television that did The Rifleman and Wanted Dead or Alive, among others.)
We need some Wyatt Earps all over the land to get rid of the idiots who do not know how to be responsible with concealed weapons. I remember the song when we were little kids and you'd be surprized that we (as a family) listened to this on our record player. I can still hear the song in my head. " Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp, Greatest Marshall of the West, Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp as a hero people loved him best..." It was a cute little song. Thank goodness the Illinois Police Department are the new WE
I don't object too much to the singing during the beginning and ending credits. What I couldn't stand with this show was the Ken Darby Singers humming and singing the soundtrack of the early episodes. A swarm of bees can carry a better tune. Somebody out there probably knows the backstory, but the soundtrack during the episodes (not the credit sequences) was changed to a strictly instrumental format either during the third or fourth seasons. I wonder if Desilu and the network got a lot of complaints from viewers or they simply decided not to renew the singers' contract.
The first episode to use an instrumental underscore was "Remittance Man", early in the fourth season. The later shows with this format are the only ones that I'll watch.
Song is as 🌽 corny as a cornfield. Couldn't be much more silly. Nowadays they'd have to shorten it considerably to make room for more stinking commercials.
My grandpa just recently passed, and he used to love watching Wyatt Earp. Right before we started eating this song would blare out of the TV. It is such a powerful song to me now. R.I.P. Grandpa, we all miss you!
Same as my grandpa he watches this. And I do too on the summers
Docside I listened before we ate dinner at my grand parents when I was 8 good times...
Docside rip grandpa
Hey Docside...remember it too...takes me to another place that song and that music..wish I knew why
I here you, ME TOO !
He was much more than just an actor. He sponsored a leadership program for children all over the world. My daughter was selected to attend it...What a great person he was! RIP Hugh O'Brien....
I just watched Kenny rogers the gambler 5 and that's how I even heard this song. Never even seen the TV show. Don't worry I'll fix that soon enough.
He's a very good actor if he can keep a straight face through all that sheeyit
"Brave, courageous, and bold!" Three synonyms to make sure to drive the point home!
He was a gambler, adulterer, and a brute.
Brings back memories. It seems only yesterday that I was a boy watching Wyatt Earp. A part of me is still that little boy. What the hell happened? Who said life is a dream
I'm 13 and I love the 50's and the oldwest
Loved this show and met Hugh O Brian at a resort in The Poconos in the late 50's
Very cool Dave Robinson!
Having lunch with grown daughters & families. I wonder why I burst out singing this? None had heard of it. Brought back memories.
I'd never heard the verses before until now. I sing the chorus to my cats every night before bedtime, replacing ♫Wyatt Earp♫ with their names.
i watched this show when i was a kid...RIP Wyatt
Yes, back in the days when TV was worth watching. RIP, Wyatt/Hugh.
So glad to hear from you and thank you for your comment. Yes it is good to know you are not alone in your thinking. I believe there are many people like us that remember those days and the values they helped us learn. You might injoy a video I did on that topic. A look back at TV shows and ideas that made the good old days just that. You will find it on RUclips and it is called The Good Old Days.
Sorry I have been out of town so I am late with a response. This is a very old show but with a great song. Oh those old memories, that is what old tv is all about.,
I watched this show ad a child always remembered the them song African American woman 1954 from Newark N.J.
Wyatt and Doc Holiday...true legends of the Old West.
I'm a BIG FAN of Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. Happy Trails to You Sir 🤠, and may Your Life be truly Blessed 🙏 . Virginia, USA 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Values haven't changed nearly as much as conservatives think. For every show about Wyatt Earp, there were films about Jesse James. Rhett Butler is the most self-centered character in the history of American fiction and he was shown on the screen in 1939!
In some ways, things have improved. For instance, there's a lot less racism. In real life, there were lots of black and hispanic cowboys, and TV would reflect that today.
Things are worse in the sense that manners are disappearing.
My mother loves westerns more than any other genre... So of course, the GRIT television station is like her favorite channel (she literally keeps the tv only on that - 24 freaking 7 lol).. .But the Wyatt Earp show comes on it all the time. And this damn theme song has stayed in my head for weeks man!!! Haha And my mom be singing it to her cats too.
Anyway came here for the official lyrics 🤣🤣 (didn't think that probably now I won't ever get this shit out my head). ~~ Cheers to all my western and Earp lovers, Jah Bless!!!
I loved this tv show and its wonderful theme song since I was a little kid. Now, I am an old man and still love that beautiful theme song!
I have this song on a 78rpm yellow vinyl record by Peter Pan story recordings. The version I have is sung by Bing Crosby. Not sure if it's the same singer but it is the same song.
I love reading memories that each of us have had growing up and watching these shows. It was a fun time wasn't it. I share such memories with many of you: yes, mom cooking something delicious while watching some neat program..you can't beat those days I tell ya. I appreciate them too!
Another TV legend passes as time flies by for the "Baby Boom" generation. RIP
This was one of the first (if not THE first) TV action shows to have a "storyline" (as opposed to each week restarting with the same characters). It started in one town where he became the marshall (after the town marshall was killed) and then after a few years he moved to another place, and then one last move for the last couple of years. Not only that, but the characters and situations "evolved" each year -- think of a modern show like "Justified" where each season's arc tells an entire story. It wasn't quite that sophisticated, but for its time it was WAY ahead of anything television was doing.
Ran for five or six years -- I wish it were all available on DVD (I think only the first couple of seasons are). Then again, it might not age well (I haven't seen an episode since they were first run, over half a century ago).
It is good to hear the complete version of the theme song. I only remember ths short version.
I was stunned by the long version. A shorter version was played at the beginning of the show.
Grandma died peacefully in her sleep 😭😭
I use to sing this with her growing up
Used to watch this a kid and the song just came to mind... A sign I'm getting old 😂
RIP Hugh O’Brian.
I used to watch this with my papa
A very powerful and lovely theme song. I used to watch this show on an old black and white TV set decades ago!
Its showing twice every morning on one of the national diginets like Grit, MetV. I can't keep track of this stuff.
Just watched wyatt tonight.love that show!
How cool that, you as well, are one of us, the Gen X club who are the last of the normal group who grew up with simplicity and a sense of rootedness. We can forget that in this newer generation. The 80s was the best time to grow up all the way around and it was a time wayyy before bad cable& and idiot cellphone addictions. In some ways, it would be nice to retreat back to those days. How cool that you know this song in Spanish! Cheers to ya!
The real Wyatt Earp,while an effective peace officer at times was also a ruthless killer at other times. The TV portrayal of Earp is based on what Earp's widow told Stuart Lake after Wyatt passed in 1929. And the widow,Sarah Josephine Marcus, spun quite a tale abut her late common law husband's exploits.
Still, I liked the TV series precisely because it portrayed Wyatt as "flawlss,fearless,brave,courageous,and bold." What 8 year old kid doesn't admire a person with those marvellous attributes?
At least he was an officer of the peace
This is exactly how I look at this series. The Hugh O'Brian "Wyatt Earp" was a better man than the real Wyatt Earp. It's the "legend of Wyatt" -- not the true story of Wyatt. I very much admired the "legend of Wyatt" and still do. The real Wyatt was a complex character with many flaws and some good points, too. I really love this song, and every so often -- kind of out of the blue -- the chorus starts repeating in my head, as it did last night and this morning.. It was an inspiration to me as a kid, as it portrayed a man of courage and integrity that a young boy could admire and look up to.
"And long may his story be told . . . "
My goodness, we certainly do share the similar outlook! This is refreshing to me when I come across individuals like you. How true that there IS a connection between tv and societal behavior. This is well written & is very much what I have shared w/ others for years. All that I get (from time to time) is that I should move forward in my thinking; it isn't have I have stood still, the fact that I realize & desire quality IS a move toward sustaining quality & TV is a reflective source of society
The singer is Ken Darby, accompanied by the Ken Darby singers. Darby also wrote the song. Darby and his group did vocals for many of the other TV westerns (Jim Bowie, Wyatt Earp, Cheyenne, Bronco Layne, Sugarfoot). However, baritone Bill Lee did the solo for Wyatt Earp. Why isn't known.
The Ken Darby Singers (also known as The King’s Men) did the themes to Wyatt Earp, Jim Bowie, and The Californians, all for producer Lou Edelman. The themes to most of the Warner Bros.-produced westerns on TV, including Maverick, Cheyenne, and Sugarfoot, were performed by either Hal Hopper (a former member of the Pied Pipers) and his ensemble or arranger Jack Halloran’s chorus.
I remembered this song before looking it up.
OMG, I was only 6 when this was on TV. I remember the song well. And I remember my mom frying hamburgers in butter (soooooo good!!) every Saturday afternoon when this was on.
Sounds good, I'm going to try frying Hamburgers in Butter 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸 Virginia, USA
Born in 1840 in the stare of Illonois, a rootn' tootin' bouncing babe was roundin up the boys
He'd lock em in his playpen if they was wrestlen' toys
He stopped all those bandits if they were makin noise
Wyatt Earp!
Wyatt Earp!
He's the man here in this town
Ain't no sherrif any better!
You could write an operreter
With his carin darin deeds
He's gone an' hog-tied all our needs
Wyatt Earp
The greatest hero in the West
Yee haw!
Hello to you. Yes times have changed. I think there is a conection between tv and peoples behavior. People had real values years ago and so did there TV heros. Todays shows have self centered characters and so is todays generation. Children are going to have someone to look up to regardless. If we do not give them someone worth looking up to they will find someone not so worthy.
The awesome and handsome Hugh O'Brian.
These songs are TRUE AMERICAN BALLADS. They honor the best of our once great nation and hopefully our nation will rediscover these old virtues.
Sadly they won’t bk then men were just men and stood up for themselves and didn’t take bs from anyone I’m kinda like that in a way
He was an adulterer, a gambler, and a brute.
You are very welcome. I to miss the good old days. Life was just easier to understand and live. To bad for our children.
I've just now started watching through the series for the first time; always been an admirer of the real Wyatt Earp. This is a good theme song, though my favorite is still the one from The Rebel; Johnny Yuma.
Too bad the real Wyatt wasn't like Hugh O'Brian's version. Love it!
I always like how he walks out on the porch while they sing his song as if he came out there to receive his praise 😅😅😅
My grandfather had me watching this when I was a kid.
This song was probably the second song I watched it with Grandpa.
Thank you runbuddy! It's folks like you whom many of us appreciate to take the time to upload these goodies from our childhood! Again, thank you so much for taking us back and sharing your collection. How kind of you! ;-)
COMO NO ESTA LA CANCIÓN EN LA VERSIÓN LATINA QUE ERA: WYATT EARP ERA UN HOMBRE SIN PAR, FUE PALADÍN DEL POBRE Y EL DÉBIL Y NADIE JAMÁS LO VENCIÓ ..
Hello and thank you for your comment. Ahh yes, the good old days when bad guys were bad and good guys were worth looking up to.
What a song.
My grandfather sings this when puttering around the house and I didn’t know what the words were until now. Lol
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Mr.Hugh O'Brien
They just named my grandson Wyatt just a minute ago!
funny, I was 2 years old, and I completely remember this song. I was a shooter growing up, much like Wyatt Earp. Long gone are the days when men, real men, stood up for themselves and their wives, and family. To steal a horse, meant death. Now to steal a man's car, it means just going to jail, or getting hand slapped. A horse was a man's livelihood, just as a car is today. America got too weak. Laws created to help the criminals. Date 8/22/2019. Be blessed my friends. At least we have Christ today to count on, and salvation through His blood. Back then, there wasn't much Christ going around.
Indeed Sir
kittyscratchesboo, I remember the song you're referring to -- we had it on a '45' record back in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
After the lines you quoted, I sort of remember:
"Wyatt was a quiet man,
Who learned (or was it loved?) to hunt and shoot.
He couldn't stand for killin',
So he took the lawful route.
They tried to kill him many times,
But every time they failed.
And the guys who thought they'd get him,
They only wound up in his jail!"
I wish I could find an audio clip of it online.
And to add to what you are saying: I believe that You Tube has some redeeming qualities to offer to our younger generation the types of programming that were entertaining ,yet, offered an educational resource during our era. Not so at this time, but as the bubble burst in so many other areas of our lives, so shall this ignorant visual selection in which we (as paying subscribers to a form of entertainment & learning which was once free of charge).Cheers to you& to clver uploaders!
i remember watching this western back in the eighties when i was a kid in peru,my favorite thanks for uploading this song ha ha i didn't know the lyrics were in english "Whatt Earp wyatt earp era un hombre sin par fue paladin del pobre y del debil",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Yes I have a nephew that i dont see often because he is in college,every time he comes back like for christmas or thanksgiving day he just retreats to a corner with his laptop and facebook, away from everybody.like you say is bad and also sad
WOOOOO WOOOOO OOOOOOO WOOOOO Ken Darby lol. That backround noise in the tv show cracks me up! lol.
@FrancoDrago An oldie but goodie no matter how you say it.
Still the most violent and heartless show ever 😅😅😅
Sorry I can not comment on your opinion. Have no idea where you got it and I can only find info. of the good he did. Even spent time in Africa with Albert Schweitzer at his clinic.He was so moved he started his own institute of higher learning called HOBY. He has been awarded several honorary degrees by several institutions of higher learning. He stayed single until he turned 81 at which time he married and is still married to his long time companion. I HAVE seen credits over actors faces.
I have to say, nice 1st name.
There should be a western movie of legend of wyatt earp famous lawman and i be the one to star as wyatt earp famous lawman
whyatt earp is a bad ass marsarshall.
Which company invented this show anyway? Was it Paramount, Columbia/Tri Star/Sony, WB, 20th Century Fox or Universal?
Desilu. Actually, it was filmed on the Desilu lot and overseen by producer Lou Edelman, who had several other shows filmed at Desilu, including The Danny Thomas Show, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, and The Barbara Stanwyck Show. Desilu would later be purchased by Paramount and absorbed into its television division. (Edelman co-created Stanwyck’s later series The Big Valley, which was produced by Four Star Television that did The Rifleman and Wanted Dead or Alive, among others.)
whyatt earp is a bad ass marshall.
Nice comment,thank you
We need some Wyatt Earps all over the land to get rid of the idiots who do not know how to be responsible with concealed weapons. I remember the song when we were little kids and you'd be surprized that we (as a family) listened to this on our record player. I can still hear the song in my head. " Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp, Greatest Marshall of the West, Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp as a hero people loved him best..." It was a cute little song. Thank goodness the Illinois Police Department are the new WE
lol, is that Bill Barr? You know that joke when Adem Schiff walked into a saloon?
For those in Phoenix.. 5-2 every Saturday right after The Virginian...
Ha ha thanks !❤️🎈🎈🎈❤️
I don't object too much to the singing during the beginning and ending credits. What I couldn't stand with this show was the Ken Darby Singers humming and singing the soundtrack of the early episodes. A swarm of bees can carry a better tune. Somebody out there probably knows the backstory, but the soundtrack during the episodes (not the credit sequences) was changed to a strictly instrumental format either during the third or fourth seasons. I wonder if Desilu and the network got a lot of complaints from viewers or they simply decided not to renew the singers' contract.
"Swarm of bees". LOL. What an image.
The first episode to use an instrumental underscore was "Remittance Man", early in the fourth season. The later shows with this format are the only ones that I'll watch.
"Paramount Ranch" :D
"When he came to Kansas to settle in Kansas"? Please.
hey
Mark, Wyatt had a huge moustache always??
The singing on Jim Bowie got on ones nerves. I think Monty Python spoofed it.
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Not so was a " Sissy "
Song is as 🌽 corny as a cornfield. Couldn't be much more silly. Nowadays they'd have to shorten it considerably to make room for more stinking commercials.