- George Wyle
George Wyle (
22 March 1916 –2 May 2003 ), born Bernard Weissman, was an Americanorchestra leader and composer best known for having written thetheme song to 1960stelevision sitcom "Gilligan's Island ".In the late 1940s and early 1950s his orchestra served as backup for a number of
Columbia Records singers, includingDoris Day . Some of the recordings (including "I Said My Pajamas (and Put on My Pray'rs) " in 1949 and "I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell " in 1950) were of his own compositions.He wrote with
Sherwood Schwartz "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island", the theme song for Gilligan's Island. He also wrote the Christmas song "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (first recorded byAndy Williams in 1963) and more than 400 other songs.Wyle served as the musical director for "
The Flip Wilson Show " during the early 1970's and also served the music director and arranger for "John Denver and the Muppets - A Christmas Together"External links
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