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"Bonanza" is the musical theme for the NBC western television series Bonanza starring Lorne Greene. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was written for the series by Jay Livingston and Raymond Evans . [ 4 ]
Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke), and one of the longest-running, live-action American series.
The Bonanza had impacted terrain at high speed, estimated to have been around 170 mph (150 kn; 270 km/h), banked 90° to the right and in a nose-down attitude. The right-wing tip struck the ground first, gouging a 12-by-2-foot-deep (4 m × 1 m) furrow, crumpling then breaking off.
Any themes, scores, or songs which are billed under a different name than their respective television series' title are shown in parentheses, except in cases where they are officially billed as "Theme from [Series' Name]", "[Series' Name] Theme", etc., which are omitted.
The series was made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC Productions, and was created by David Dortort, who had previously created Bonanza for the network. The theme song was written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose, who also scored the two-hour pilot.
Victor Sen Yung (born Victor Cheung Young or Sen Yew Cheung; October 18, 1915 – body discovered November 9, 1980 [1] [2]) was an American character actor, best known for playing Jimmy Chan in the Charlie Chan films and Hop Sing in the western series Bonanza.
Hop Sing, Hopsing or variation, may refer to: . Hop Sing (Bonanza), a fictional character, a stereotypical Chinese housekeeper on the 1959-1973 TV Western Bonanza Hop Sing Tong (Chinese: 合勝堂; pinyin: Héshèng Táng; Jyutping: Hap 6 sing 3 Tong 4), the Hop Sing (合勝), a tong (堂), an ethnic Chinese organization, founded in the U.S. in 1875
The song begins with a staccato introduction, which builds tension right away. [2] [3] The introduction's main riff was contributed by Jon Anderson, and was the subject of an argument in the band since some of the other members thought it was overly derivative of the theme music for the TV series Bonanza. [9]