tone loc sang the original theme song for gilligan's island.
tone loc sang the original theme song for gilligan's island.
who sang the original theme song for gilligan's island?
tone loc
sir lancelot spent six years touring in europe in the 1950s, which negatively impacted his career in the u.s. sir lancelot's last film appearance was in 1958 (with yul brynner in "the buccaneer"), although he made a noted appearance in an episode of "the andy griffith show" in 1967. through the 1960s and into the early 1970s, he recorded several "gospel calypso" songs. he was widely popular in europe into the late 1960s. his popularity in the u.s. at the time was still strong enough that sherwood schwartz used sir lancelot's musical style as inspiration for the original theme song to the television program "gilligan's island" and nearly had sir lancelot sing the theme. his music, too, endured, with lord melody covering "shame and scandal" in the 1960s. he continued to work as a musician until at least 1973, briefly coming out of retirement in the 1980s to perform at mccabe's guitar shop (los angeles) with van dyke parks, ry cooder and other musicians. he also performed and recorded with steven springer, arizona-based band sanctuary, and his nephew brian pinard, recording his last album under the name "knights of the holy trinity," with his last recording being "pinardhymns - religious calypso."
sir lancelot (singer)
the band little roger and the goosebumps recorded "stairway to gilligan's island," a parody of led zeppelin's "stairway to heaven", substituting the words to the "gilligan's island" theme song. "weird al" yankovic recorded a song called "isle thing", a parody of tone lōc's "wild thing", about a rapper whose girlfriend introduces him to the show. yankovic also used one verse from the closing theme lyrics in "amish paradise" (1996), a parody of coolio's "gangsta's paradise" (1995). the song has also been covered by many bands, including bowling for soup for the tbs show "the real gilligan's island". israel kamakawiwoʻole also recorded a comic tribute to the theme song on his album e ala e. the tv series alf had a 2-part episode "somewhere over the rerun"/"the ballad of gilligan's island" in which alf dreams he's on gilligan's island; guest stars bob denver; alan hale; dawn wells; and russell johnson reprise their gilligan island roles.
gilligan's island