#Yakety axe who wrote tv#

#Yakety axe who wrote tv#

He also was part of the Million Dollar Band on the TV show 'Hee Haw.' 'It rejuvenated the song,' Randolph said in 1990.

'Yakety Sax' was the name of one of his gold albums and became the theme song for 'The Benny Hill Show.' Every sax player in the world has tried to play it. '`Yakety Sax' will be my trademark,' Randolph said in a 1990 interview with The Associated Press. In 1963 he had his biggest solo hit, 'Yakety Sax,' which he co-wrote with guitarist James Rich. He recorded more than 40 albums and spent 15 years touring with the Festival of Music, teaming with fellow instrumentalists Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer.ДЄs a session musician, he played on Elvis Presley's 'Return to Sender,' Roy Orbison's 'Oh, Pretty Woman,' Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree' and 'I'm Sorry,' REO Speedwagon's 'Little Queenie,' Al Hirt's 'Java' and other songs including ones by Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash. Randolph played regularly in Nashville nightclubs for 30 years, becoming a tourist draw for the city much like Wayne Newton in Las Vegas and Pete Fountain in New Orleans. He was taken off a respirator at Skyline Medical Center earlier Tuesday, said Betty Hofer, a publicist and spokeswoman for the family. Randolph suffered a cerebral hemorrhage June 25 and had been hospitalized in a coma. Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on 'Yakety Sax' endeared him to fans for years on Benny Hill's TV show, died Tuesday.