Editing Laurel and Hardy (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Laurel and Hardy music}}

The duo's famous signature tune, known variously as "The Cuckoo Song", "Ku-Ku" or "The Dance of the Cuckoos", was composed by Roach musical director [[Marvin Hatley]] as the on-the-hour chime for [[KTNQ|KFVD]],<ref name="laurelandhardycentral">{{cite web |title=The Music of Laurel and Hardy |url=https://laurelandhardycentral.com/music-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022043248/http://laurelandhardycentral.com/music-1.html |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |url-status=usurped |website=Laurel and Hardy Central |access-date=January 13, 2022 |quote=Though it is one of those songs that seems to have always been around, like "Happy Birthday" or "Auld Lang Syne", it was actually written in 1928 by Thomas Marvin Hatley. Born in Reed, Oklahoma on April 3, 1905, Hatley could play almost any musical instrument by the time he entered his late teens. While attending UCLA in California, Hatley found work at KFVD, a radio station located on the Hal Roach Studios lot. He wrote the simple and endearing "Ku-Ku" as a radio time signal.}}</ref><ref name="Picking-Bann-BRATS">{{cite web |last=Bann |first=Richard W. |title=Film notes: BRATS (1930) Hal Roach Studios |url=http://www.picking.com/brats.html |website=Patrick J. Picking |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref><ref name="classicthemes">{{cite web |title=Laurel and Hardy |url=https://classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/laurelAndHardy.html |website=classicthemes.com |access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref> the Roach studio's radio station.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heath |first=Dave Lord |title=A Walking Tour of the Hal Roach Studios Back Lot: Map, Key, and Notes |url=https://www.lordheath.com/menu1_1240.html |website=Another Nice Mess |access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Call Change History: KFVD-KPOP-KGBS-KTNQ, Los Angeles |url=https://www.radioheritage.net/Story28.asp |website=Radio Heritage Foundation |access-date=January 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Louvish|2001|p=267}}</ref>

Laurel heard the tune on the station and asked Hatley if they could use it as the Laurel and Hardy theme song. The original theme, recorded by two clarinets in 1930, was recorded again with a full orchestra in 1935. [[Leroy Shield]] composed the majority of the music used in the Laurel and Hardy short sound films.<ref>{{harvnb|Louvish|2002|p=268}}</ref>

A compilation of songs from their films, titled ''Trail of the Lonesome Pine'', was released in 1975. The [[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (song)|title track]] was released as a single in the UK and reached number 2 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Laurel and Hardy |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20280/laurel-and-hardy/ |website=Official Charts Company |date=November 22, 1975 |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref>