"The Rebel: Johnny Yuma" Theme Song

Performed by the Fabulous Johnny Cash.

Both the beginning credits and the ending credits songs.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• johnny
• cash
• tv
• rebel
• 1961

[ronetteloverz]

Johnny Yuma was a Jersey boy.

[retiredscot]

@promagnum =In 1961 ? I saw Nick Adams at 'East Tincup' Colorado (West edge of Denver) 'old West' Tourist town (Now an RV park) where he was doing an exhibition of stunt work. He and another stunt man rolled off a building roof onto a lean-to roof, onto a wagon then onto some mattresses on the ground. He explained to us kids how TV stunts were 'hidden' and we were only shown what they wanted us to see. He did some quick draws and stuff like that too. Neat guy, Sad Ending for him. Thanks!

[gymnastix]

@steve7138 The series' title may also have, unintentionally, inferred a double entendre of sorts, as series star Nick Adams (as well a then-relatively-unknown Dennis Hopper) had also been in the cast of another "Rebel"-titled feature, the one starring James Dean and titled "Rebel Without A Cause,"

[gymnastix]

@steve7138 But then Yankee was expanded during the Civil War to refer to all northerners.

However, in Europe (especially the United Kingdom), all Americans, including southerners, are sometimes referred to as "Yanks" (usually as a derogatory term), probably from the Revolutionary War days and derived from the song "Yankee Doodle."

[gymnastix]

@steve7138  Strictly speaking, a "Yankee" is resident of a New England state. After all, Mark Twain wrote "A Connecrticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court." Some may broaden the term "Yankee" to include all living in the northeast United States, thus "The New York Yankees."

[gymnastix]

@steve7138 I think, generally speaking, persons from California are the only ones whose English may be understood by all Americans, as it is rather dialectless, a sort of "generic American," or "Generican," if you will. But I'm sure a native Californian would disagree with that, pointing out some regional dialect particular to "The Golden State."

[gymnastix]

@steve7138 These days, especially, regional dialects are not as widely spoken as in the past, I think partly by the influence of mass media. I have met more educated southerners from larger cities such as Atlanta or Dallas, who have virtually no accent, and may be indistinguishable from a person who lives in Hartford, Connecticut.-

[gymnastix]

@steve7138 Of course, not everyone in the northeast speaks like a Kennedy, nor like a working-class guy from Brooklyn, NY or South Boston, MA, no more than everyone in the south sounds alike. A southerner from Alabama will sound different than a southerner from Houston, Texas, etc.