The Marketts were an American instrumental pop group, formed in January 1961 in Hollywood, California, by Michael Z. Gordon.
The Marketts' line-up featured Michael Z. Gordon and various session musicians from the Los Angeles area, including drummer Hal Blaine.
[1] Gordon's songs which were composed for the Marketts are best remembered for their surf rock sound, though not all of their material has this sound; Gordon took the group's style in whatever direction he thought would catch the record-buying public's ear.
In the U.S., the group had three Top 40 hits and had two popular albums, many of the songs composed by Gordon.
Rod Serling sued the Marketts for quoting the four-note motif from his television show, The Twilight Zone, without his approval, which resulted in the change of the title to "Out of Limits".