If Josie Wilson’s recollection reported by Del Halterman is accurate, then Nokie was responsible for the lead (with Tommy Tedesco doing further, unspecified work in a session four months further on).
The second, by Sammy Davis Jr., titled "You Can Count on Me (Theme from Hawaii Five-O)", maintains the driving style of the original instrumental throughout.
[10] After the Stevens children did not follow up with a request for default judgment, the court in November 2015 issued an order to show cause why the suit should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution.
[10] The theme is popular with college and high school marching bands, especially at the University of Hawaii, where it has become the unofficial fight song.
[2] The tune has also been heard at Robertson Stadium after Houston Dynamo goals scored by Brian Ching, a native of Hawaii.
Bandleader Deniz Tek, who grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during the heyday of MC5 and The Stooges, commented that he found Sydney of the early 1970s to be a rather quiet and staid place in comparison, and that airings of the program were a weekly highlight.
The song's guitar solos and other musical elements were directly derivative of the program's theme; Stevens received a writing credit as a result.
In the Australian movie The Dish, the theme was mistaken for the national anthem of the US by a local band upon the visit of the US Ambassador to Parkes, NSW, to commemorate the 1969 Moon landing.
Bill Murray sang his own made-up lyrics to the song on one of his "Nick the Lounge Singer" skits on Saturday Night Live.
The DreamWorks movie Shrek 2 (2004) featured a scene where a fanfare trumpeter, by the name of Reggie, played the opening section of the theme shortly before getting smacked.