Hikky Burr

	Hikky Burr "Hikky Burr" was the Grammy-nominated theme song for ''The Bill Cosby Show'', and was also released as a well-known single in 1969. It was written and performed by Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby. It is known for its nonsense lyrics. It is on the album ''Smackwater Jack''. "Hikky Burr" was featured on the album ''The Original Jam Sessions 1969 ''The Original Jam Sessions 1969'' is an album by Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby that was released in 2004. The album was recorded as backing music for ''The Bill Cosby Show'' in 1969. Track listing Hidden tracks Personnel * Quincy Jones - Comp ...'', and on '' The Best of Bill Cosby: 20th Century Masters Millennium Collection''. References {{authority control Comedy television theme songs 1969 songs Quincy Jones songs Songs written by Quincy Jones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including " It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie in the same time period. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film '' Banning''. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film ''In Cold Blood'', making him the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. ( ; born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and media personality. He made significant contributions to American and African-American culture, and is well known in the United States for his eccentric image, and gained a reputation as "America's Dad" for his portrayal of Cliff Huxtable on ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992). He has received numerous awards and honorary degrees throughout his career. Cosby began his career as a stand-up comic at the hungry i nightclub in San Francisco during the 1960s. Throughout the decade, he released several standup comedy records which consecutively earned him the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album from 1965 to 1970. He also had a starring role in the television crime show ''I Spy'' (1965–1968) opposite Robert Culp. Cosby made history when he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1966, making him the first African American to earn an Emmy Award for acting. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Bill Cosby Show ''The Bill Cosby Show'' is an American sitcom television series, that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with Robert Culp in ''I Spy''. The series also marked the first time an African American starred in their own eponymous comedy series. Synopsis Cosby played the role of Chet Kincaid, a physical education teacher at a Los Angeles high school, a bachelor, and an average cool guy trying to earn a living and help people out along the way. The show ran for two seasons, 52 episodes in all. While only a modest critical success, the series was nominated for two Primetime Emmys. ''The Bill Cosby Show'' was a ratings hit, finishing eleventh in its first season. With the high school as the setting of most episodes, storylines comprise: life lessons, students and fellow teachers, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Smackwater Jack ''Smackwater Jack'' is a 1971 studio album by Quincy Jones. Tracks include the theme music to '' Ironside'' and ''The Bill Cosby Show''. Track listing # " Smackwater Jack" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:31 # "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Vince Guaraldi, Carel Werber) – 4:26 # "Ironside" (Quincy Jones) – 3:53 # " What's Going On" (Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye) – 9:51 # "Theme from ''The Anderson Tapes''" (from '' The Anderson Tapes'') (Jones) – 5:16 # "Brown Ballad" ( Ray Brown) – 4:20 # " Hikky Burr" (Bill Cosby, Jones) – 4:02 # "Guitar Blues Odyssey: From Roots to Fruits" (Jones) – 6:35 Personnel Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor, vocals Joshie Armstead, Valerie Simpson, Bill Cosby, Marilyn Jackson – vocals Freddie Hubbard, Marvin Stamm – flugelhorn Buddy Childers, Snooky Young, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal – trumpet Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown – trombone Eric Gale, Arthur Adams, Freddie Robinson, Jim Hall, Joe Beck – gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Original Jam Sessions 1969 ''The Original Jam Sessions 1969'' is an album by Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby that was released in 2004. The album was recorded as backing music for ''The Bill Cosby Show'' in 1969. Track listing Hidden tracks Personnel * Quincy Jones - Composer, musical director * Bill Cosby - Vocals * Arthur Adams - Guitar * Eddie Harris - Tenor saxophone * Ernie Watts - Tenor saxophone * Clare Fischer - Piano * Les McCann - Piano * Monty Alexander - Piano * Joe Sample - Fender Rhodes piano * Jimmy Smith - Hammond B-3 organ * Milt Jackson - Vibraphone * Victor Feldman - Vibraphone * Ray Brown - Bass * Carol Kaye - Electric bass * John Guerin - Drums * Paul Humphrey - Drums * Jimmy Cleveland - Trombone * Marvin Stamm Marvin Louis Stamm (born May 23, 1939) is an American jazz trumpeter. Career Stamm was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stamm began on trumpet at age twelve. He attended North Texas State University, where he was a member of the One O ... - Trumpet Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Comedy Television Theme Songs Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ..., radio, books, Entertainment, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1969 Songs This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 *Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Brezhnev escaped unharmed. * January 27 Fourteen men, 9 of them Jews, are executed in Baghdad for spying for Israel. Revere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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