JERRY Scoggins, who sang “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” that introduced the comical Clampett clan on “The Beverly Hillbillies,” has died. He was 93.

Scoggins, the lead singer of the Cass County Boys, died Tuesday of natural causes.

In 1962, the country-and-western singer was working as a stockbroker and singing on weekends when he was asked to record a theme song for the pilot of the television series starring Buddy Ebsen. Post wire services