Career
Beginning his career as a singer and composer with a vocal group, The Skylarks, Hamilton became the producer of The Garry Moore Show in 1958, where actress Carol Burnett was a regular. With The Skylarks, he appeared on many early television programs, including Dinah Shore"son He worked with Burnett on the short-lived Columbia Broadcasting System variety show The Entertainers and her long-running eponymous series as executive producer and composer of its theme song.
He made one brief acting appearance, as Duke Reeves on Mama"s Family.
Hamilton wrote I"m So Glad We Had This Time Together which has been performed by Burnett and by Branford Marsalis, among others
