Wow.
I would have thought he passed away long ago.
Loved the Burns and Allen Show.
The lead singer of the song passed last December, ..
'Beverly Hillbillies' Singer Dies at 93 ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1297876/posts
LOS ANGELES - "Jerry Scoggins, who sang "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" that introduced the comical Clampett clan on "The Beverly Hillbillies," has died. He was 93. Scoggins, the lead singer of the Cass County Boys, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Westlake Village. In 1962, the country and western singer was working as a stockbroker and singing on weekends when he was asked to record a theme song for the pilot of the television series starring Buddy Ebsen (news). Bluegrass stars Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs played guitar and banjo on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett"...