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Post #507786 by aquarj on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 11:50 PM

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Apologies in advance for being pickety, but it was actually Mort Stevens who created the Five-O theme, played by the CBS orchestra. The Ventures cover version that came out soon after is very faithful though, and was a big hit.

And Don Wilson's a living legend either way! The Ventures did a lot of covers but they also had a lot of originals, many of which were credited to all 4 of them. The ones where Wilson had the solo writer's credit were often some of their nice ballads like Lonely Sea.

-Randy