Gilligan&#… Editing George Wyle 1 You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are editing an old version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be lost. You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3AGilligan_season3.jpg%7Cthumb%7C350px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Gilligan_season3.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Gilligan%20season3%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A350%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17770088175f60b9b257bc6" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/b/b2/Gilligan_season3.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20150724172631" width="350" height="261" class="image thumb" data-image-name="Gilligan season3.jpg" data-image-key="Gilligan_season3.jpg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><b>George Wyle</b> was an American orchestra leader and composer best known for the writing the "Gilligan's Island," possibly the most famous television theme song of all time. He was born Bernard Weissman on March 22, 1916 in New York City. Through the Forties and Fifties, his orchestra served as backup for a number of Columbia Records singers, including Doris Day. He wrote over 400 songs in his career, including the Christmas song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," which was first recorded by Andy Williams in 1963. He also served as the musical director for "The Flip Wilson Show" and "The Brady Bunch Comedy Hour" in the 70s, for "John Denver and the Muppets - A Christmas Together" in 1979 and for the David Copperfield CBS specials through the 80s. He served on the Board of Directors of The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers from 1979 to 2003. In 2001, he played himself recreating the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Ballad%20of%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Ballad%20of%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Ballad%20of%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17770088175f60b9b257bc6" href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" class="mw-redirect">The Ballad of Gilligan's Island</a> on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Surviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Surviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSurviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17770088175f60b9b257bc6" href="/wiki/Surviving_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="Surviving Gilligan's Island">Surviving Gilligan's Island</a>.<br data-rte-washtml="1" />Sadly, Wyle passed away May 2, 2003; he isurvived by his grandson, musician Adam Levy. </p> <h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Episode(s)</h2> <ul><li data-rte-spaces-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Surviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Surviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSurviving%20Gilligan%27s%20Island%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-17770088175f60b9b257bc6" href="/wiki/Surviving_Gilligan%27s_Island" title="Surviving Gilligan's Island">Surviving Gilligan's Island</a> (as himself) </li></ul> <p /> Loading editor Behind The Scenes Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes