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um · 11-27-2016, 08:29 PM

I have seen Brady Bunch documentaries or TV specials on YouTube and I notice that the theme song was different when the series first began from when it was more than one season old .
It seems that the most original theme song was sung so that you first hear young male voices singing from the words "Here's a story" to "That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch" and then there is the "chorus" with young female voices and young male voices combined.
The thing I notice is that in the very original version the young male voices sound like trained singing voices, and even sounds a bit like the Beach Boys type of harmony if you get what I mean. When the girls voices join in, it does not sound as harmonious as the young male voices singing alone.

But then when the series was somewhere approximately past the first two seasons perhaps past 3 seasons the theme song seemed to be sung entirely by both male and female voices together and the voices sounded more juvenile all throughout the song and all the voices did not sound very trained but like kids singing in a grade school chorus.

It seems that the theme song might have changed even one more time before the series finally ended and it sounded like there were young male and female voices along with an adult male and an adult female voice thrown in and this was possibly an attempt to make it sound like "Mom and dad Brady" were singing along with the "Brady Kids. "

However at least there were two different versions of the theme song and though I watched The Brady Bunch back when it originally first was shown on TV, back then I did not really pay much attention to how the theme song changed after a few seasons.
Watching reruns or TV documentaries about The Brady Bunch, I do notice it,
and I am wondering if anyone knows if at first, studio musicians were used to sing the Brady Bunch theme song, and then it was turned over to the real young cast members of the Brady Bunch.

Was the theme song always done by the cast members, but different versions were done with the male and female voices singing at different times or completely together?

DJM77 · 11-27-2016, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by um

I am wondering if anyone knows if at first, studio musicians were used to sing the Brady Bunch theme song, and then it was turned over to the real young cast members of the Brady Bunch.

That's what happened I believe.

gidgetgrape · 11-28-2016, 03:28 AM

The Peppermint Trolley Company performed the original, more professional opening theme song. The Brady Kids performed the other versions.

Bonniegirl · 11-28-2016, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by gidgetgrape

The Peppermint Trolley Company performed the original, more professional opening theme song. The Brady Kids performed the other versions.

um · 11-28-2016, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

WOW!
Great info.
Thanks for letting me know. I just could tell that the theme song had changed as the series went into different seasons.

"The Peppermint Trolley Company," that sounds soo 1960s and nostalgic now.
I wonder if studio musicians exist anymore.

gidgetgrape · 11-28-2016, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by um

WOW!
Great info.
Thanks for letting me know. I just could tell that the theme song had changed as the series went into different seasons.

"The Peppermint Trolley Company," that sounds soo 1960s and nostalgic now.
I wonder if studio musicians exist anymore.

um · 11-28-2016, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gidgetgrape

Bonniegirl · 11-28-2016, 02:52 PM

I dig their striped pants!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmYwElAvc9o

um · 11-28-2016, 04:51 PM

OMG !!!

That really goes way back.

BTW, does anyone recall an "I Dream of Jeannie" episode in which Jeannie was trying to find some young men to sing in a band and she magically went about appearing in different places and picked some young men who happened to be walking in the street or in a park or whatever and she would just blink her eyes and each one disappeared from where he was to the house that Jeannie shared with her master and then she told the group of men to sing and they could not so she blinked her eyes and then magically they could sing and play instruments?

Anyone recall that episode? I was so young when I saw that one that it seemed to me that it was The Monkees.

I may also post this question elsewhere on this site to get an answer.

Coffeecup · 12-22-2016, 11:39 PM

If I recall, she found Boyce and Hart and two other actors. Boyce and Hart wrote many Monkee tunes. Also I think Phil Spector appeared in the episode too.

um · 12-23-2016, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Coffeecup

If I recall, she found Boyce and Hart and two other actors. Boyce and Hart wrote many Monkee tunes. Also I think Phil Spector appeared in the episode too.

Thanks for that info. It helped me know what words to type into Google , and I found exactly what I was looking for in terms of the episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82g4jnWw33Q

um · 12-23-2016, 09:08 AM

More specifically, this is the exact scene I was originally referring to even though I think this video has outtakes that are different from the ones what were originally presented on TV decades ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KDdsAmaRE

11-27-2016, 08:29 PM	#1
um Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 26, 2015 Posts: 906	Brady Bunch theme song I have seen Brady Bunch documentaries or TV specials on YouTube and I notice that the theme song was different when the series first began from when it was more than one season old . It seems that the most original theme song was sung so that you first hear young male voices singing from the words "Here's a story" to "That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch" and then there is the "chorus" with young female voices and young male voices combined. The thing I notice is that in the very original version the young male voices sound like trained singing voices, and even sounds a bit like the Beach Boys type of harmony if you get what I mean. When the girls voices join in, it does not sound as harmonious as the young male voices singing alone. But then when the series was somewhere approximately past the first two seasons perhaps past 3 seasons the theme song seemed to be sung entirely by both male and female voices together and the voices sounded more juvenile all throughout the song and all the voices did not sound very trained but like kids singing in a grade school chorus. It seems that the theme song might have changed even one more time before the series finally ended and it sounded like there were young male and female voices along with an adult male and an adult female voice thrown in and this was possibly an attempt to make it sound like "Mom and dad Brady" were singing along with the "Brady Kids. " However at least there were two different versions of the theme song and though I watched The Brady Bunch back when it originally first was shown on TV, back then I did not really pay much attention to how the theme song changed after a few seasons. Watching reruns or TV documentaries about The Brady Bunch, I do notice it, and I am wondering if anyone knows if at first, studio musicians were used to sing the Brady Bunch theme song, and then it was turned over to the real young cast members of the Brady Bunch. Was the theme song always done by the cast members, but different versions were done with the male and female voices singing at different times or completely together?

11-28-2016, 03:28 AM	#3
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,503	The Peppermint Trolley Company performed the original, more professional opening theme song. The Brady Kids performed the other versions.

11-28-2016, 02:52 PM	#8
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,465	I dig their striped pants! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmYwElAvc9o

11-28-2016, 04:51 PM	#9
um Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 26, 2015 Posts: 906	OMG !!! That really goes way back. BTW, does anyone recall an "I Dream of Jeannie" episode in which Jeannie was trying to find some young men to sing in a band and she magically went about appearing in different places and picked some young men who happened to be walking in the street or in a park or whatever and she would just blink her eyes and each one disappeared from where he was to the house that Jeannie shared with her master and then she told the group of men to sing and they could not so she blinked her eyes and then magically they could sing and play instruments? Anyone recall that episode? I was so young when I saw that one that it seemed to me that it was The Monkees. I may also post this question elsewhere on this site to get an answer.

12-22-2016, 11:39 PM	#10
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,179	If I recall, she found Boyce and Hart and two other actors. Boyce and Hart wrote many Monkee tunes. Also I think Phil Spector appeared in the episode too.

12-23-2016, 09:08 AM	#12
um Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 26, 2015 Posts: 906	More specifically, this is the exact scene I was originally referring to even though I think this video has outtakes that are different from the ones what were originally presented on TV decades ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4KDdsAmaRE