Television Work
De Vol was musical director (and occasionally seen) on Edgar Bergen's 1956-57 CBS prime-time game show, Do You Trust Your Wife?. "Frank De Vol's orchestra" was featured on the NBC prime time musical variety series The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney, but the show only lasted from 1957 to 1958. During this time, he appeared on The Betty White Show (1954) and Rod Cameron's syndicated State Trooper. His later appearances ere on Fernwood 2-Nite (1977), and America 2-Nite (1978).
De Vol is best recognized for his television theme tunes, like Family Affair, Gidget, The Brady Bunch, and My Three Sons. The latter theme was musically complex, with a piano playing a triplet obbligato over the melody in 4/4 time, and was a hit single in 1961. He composed scores for episodes of McCloud and The Love Boat, amongst other work for TV.
Beginning in 1969, "The Fuzz" became the theme song of Brazilian TV newscast Jornal Nacional. KOOL-TV (later KTSP, now KSAZ-TV) was the first TV station to use the song. WKBW-TV also used the theme music for the first version of what would eventually become known as Eyewitness News. It would later be replaced by the Action News theme, Move Closer to Your World).
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