Info On Perry Botkin Sr,incorrectly credited as Perry Botkin Jr in film

Perry Botkin worked with Al Jolson, was a guitar accompanist for Bing Crosby, played for the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio show and arranged music for television's "Beverly Hillbillies."
Botkin (1907-1973) was a music composer, arranger, pianist, band leader, orchestra conductor, and string instrument musician. His musical career began at the age of 14 when he started playing with a band in his hometown of Richmond, Ind. The band needed a banjo player and Botkin learned to play the banjo, guitar, ukulele, lute, and several other string instruments.

Botkin moved to Hollywood during the 1920s and worked with radio orchestras such as Victor Young, Johnny Green (The Jack Benny Show), Red Nichols, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Paul Whitman, Roy Rogers, and the Sons of the Pioneers. He also played for the original "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio show. He worked for Al Jolson for 14 years and Eddie Cantor for 25. He also was Bing Crosby's guitar accompanist and musical supervisor for radio, film, and stage.

Later in his career Botkin arranged music for television programs such as "Wyatt Earp," "The Rifleman," and "Wells Fargo." In 1962 he became the music arranger and composer for "The Beverly Hillbillies." Throughout his career Botkin was recognized as the premier guitar musician in Hollywood and the first musician to perform ukulele solos. He composed primarily jazz, bluegrass, western, popular, and folk arrangements.