Earle H. Hagen (born July 9, 1919) is a 20th century American composer. He created much music for movies and television and is well remembered for co-writing & whistling the melody of the main theme to The Andy Griffith Show (The Fishin' Hole), and "Harlem Nocturne", later used as the theme to Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer^[1]. He also co-wrote the theme song to Tim Conway's short-lived Western comedy, Rango. is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... This article is about motion pictures. ... The Andy Griffith Show is an American television series that aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1960 to April 1st, 1968. ... Mickey Spillanes Mike Hammer was the title used for two television series about the fictional private detective Mike Hammer, the creation of American crime author Mickey Spillane. ... Tim Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedic actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rango was a Western situation comedy starring comedian Tim Conway which was broadcast in the United States on the ABC television network in 1967. ...

Hagen's most ambitious body of work, however, came from his work on I Spy. Sheldon Leonard, the producer and creator of I Spy, bucked the trend of using canned music for television shows and instead decided to create original soundtracks for every episode^[2]. Since every episode of I Spy was set in a different location, Hagen made liberal use of world music in his soundtracks which were mostly written and performed within the West coast jazz genre. (It is worth noting, however, that Hagen did not claim the West coast jazz affiliation for himself, instead inventing the term "semi-jazz", which he defined as a union of global themes with American jazz. The term never caught on.) The I-SPY books were spotters guides written for British children, and particularly successful in the 1950s and 60s. ... Sheldon Leonard (February 22, 1907 – January 10, 1997) was a pioneering American film and television producer, director, writer, and actor. ... West coast jazz is a form of jazz music that developed around Los Angeles at about the same time as hard bop jazz was developing in New York City, in the 1950s and 1960s. ...

Other television theme songs that Hagen composed were the themes for the Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl, and The Mod Squad^[3].^[4] The Dick Van Dyke Show was an American television situation comedy which aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to September 7, 1966. ... That Girl was an American television situation comedy that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. ... The Mod Squad was a television police drama from executive producers Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas in the United States, that ran on ABC from 1968-1973. ...

External links

• Earle H. Hagen at the Internet Movie Database
• The Best of All Worlds Fan Site with career reflections & highlights.

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References

1. ^ Howard Johns: Hollywood Celebrity Playground, Barricade Books, Fort Lee, NJ (2006). ISBN-13: 9781569803035 ISBN: 156980303X
2. ^ Howard Johns: Hollywood Celebrity Playground, Barricade Books, Fort Lee, NJ (2006). ISBN-13: 9781569803035 ISBN: 156980303X
3. ^ Howard Johns: Hollywood Celebrity Playground, Barricade Books, Fort Lee, NJ (2006). ISBN-13: 9781569803035 ISBN: 156980303X
4. ^ Jacket cover, TeeVee Toons Presents, Television's Greatest Hits (TeeVee Toons, Inc., 1985)