Mr. Lucky Television Series

Music: Mr. Lucky Television Series

Mr. Lucky was a relatively short-lived (34 episodes) 1959-1960 television series. It starred actors John Vivyan as the suave professional gambler, “Mr. Lucky”, and Ross Martin as his sidekick, Andamo. Most of the action in this crime drama took place on or around Mr. Lucky’s floating casino/pad called “The Fortuna”. Possibly the most memorable thing about the show was the cool, jazzy theme and background music which was composed and conducted by Henry Mancini. The original LP cover looks great framed and hanging in any swank bachelor’s (or bachelorette’s) pad.

I suggest you dig around on eBay for the original LPs. The reissued versions can be obtained through Amazon or iTunes.

Written by: Jay Clark

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September 21st, 2009

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  • John

    You might try music stack. Good source when everything fails

    http://www.musicstack.com/

  • Johannes

    By the way, one of the tracks of mister lucky is the famous “Lujon” that you can hear in TV adds, shows, remixes … One of my all time favourites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0CfGvAN9s

  • http://www.ultraswank.net Chris

    @John Thank you for the tip!

    @Johannes Indeed! Not forgetting the scene in ‘The Big Lebowiski’ at the famous MCM ‘Goldstein House’ which also has Lujon playing in the background.

  • Jack (the RadioWizard)

    I have both of those swanky albums…just fantastic jazz. Mancini’s early stuff is still best. Yowzah!

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