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2004.12.09

Jerry Scoggins, 93: Y'all Come Back Now, Y'Hear

Jerry Scoggins, a country-singing stockbroker whose claim to fame was the theme song to The Beverly Hillbillies, passed away on Dec. 7 at the age of 93 according to this AP story via Yahoo! News. Backed by bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Scoggins sang his way to an instant (and his only) hit with The Ballad of Jed Clampett in 1963.  He came out of retirement in 1993 to reprise the tune for the big screen Beverly Hillbillies movie.

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