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Mel Taylor (drummer, The Ventures] : That came down from a guy who used to be an engineer at Liberty Records, Ted Keep. At the time, he was a sound engineer for CBS, and he called me up one day to tell me that they were doing a theme for a television show called Hawaii Five-O. I'd been doing some outside projects with Ted and, when he asked if we wanted to hear it, I said, 'Sure, lay it on me.'
So we listened to it, we liked it, and we went in to record it. We did it in conjunction with the show's producers and had to have the record done prior to the fall season premiere. We used 28 musicians on that song, including all of The Ventures. When it first aired, the show was a bomb. It was on opposite Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In, and was dying.
In desperation, CBS took out radio ads to help promote the show, but they had no music in the background. Hawaiian DJ, Prince Aku Aku, may he rest in peace, decided to use The Ventures song behind the ad. The switchboard lit up. Thousands called, wanting to know who it was by and where they could buy it. It was Walk-Don't Run all over again.
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So we listened to it, we liked it, and we went in to record it. We did it in conjunction with the show's producers and had to have the record done prior to the fall season premiere. We used 28 musicians on that song, including all of The Ventures. When it first aired, the show was a bomb. It was on opposite Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In, and was dying.
In desperation, CBS took out radio ads to help promote the show, but they had no music in the background. Hawaiian DJ, Prince Aku Aku, may he rest in peace, decided to use The Ventures song behind the ad. The switchboard lit up. Thousands called, wanting to know who it was by and where they could buy it. It was Walk-Don't Run all over again.
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