# Who sang the theme song for the original George Of The Jungle cartoon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation, music\ **Created:** [April 6, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-the-theme-song-for-the-original-george-of-the-jungle-cartoon/999910 "2024-04-06T01:53:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-the-theme-song-for-the-original-george-of-the-jungle-cartoon/999910/1 "2024-04-06T01:53:18Z")
I would like to know who sang the theme song for the original cartoon, not the remake or the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-the-theme-song-for-the-original-george-of-the-jungle-cartoon/999910/2 "2024-04-06T02:01:52Z")
All I see is unknown studio artists. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-the-theme-song-for-the-original-george-of-the-jungle-cartoon/999910/3 "2024-04-06T02:13:08Z")
Donnie Brooks? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-the-theme-song-for-the-original-george-of-the-jungle-cartoon/999910/4 "2024-04-06T13:28:33Z")
It’s not what you asked, and it’s quite possible you already know this, but Weird Al Yankovic covered it (on his 1985 album _Dare To Be Stupid_). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y31AvVL7_Z4/maxresdefault.jpg "George of the Jungle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y31AvVL7_Z4) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-the-theme-song-for-the-original-george-of-the-jungle-cartoon/999910/5 "2024-04-07T01:17:34Z")
[Wikipedia](https://i0.wp.com/jacksonupperco.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Screen-Shot-2018-02-02-at-6.51.29-PM.png?ssl=1) seems to agree. > According to a 2006 concert at [Sherman Indian High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Indian_High_School), [Riverside, California] > ([Riverside, California - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_California)), posted on [YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube),[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_Brooks#cite_note-4) Brooks revealed that he was the voice of the opening theme to the cartoon series _[George of the Jungle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_of_the_Jungle)_ . He also sang the theme to the cartoon series _[Super Chicken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Chicken)_ and _[Tom Slick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Slick_(TV_series))_ . Of course, in the very next sentence in the article, Brooks also claims to have produced the singer Merrilee Rush, and I can’t find anything that connects him to any of the albums she made for any label.