#OLD TV THEME SONGS TV#
Quincy Jones was kickin' it with "The Streetbeater," the theme for Sanford & Son, as were John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful with the Welcome Back Kotter theme, Henry Mancini with the song of note for Charlie's Angels, Mike Post with The Rockford Files, the Brady Bunch with, well, The Brady Bunch theme, and, of course, the Banana Splits with "The Tra-La-La Song." Michael Parks' reading of "Long, Lonesome Highway" was the theme for Then Came Bronson, too! In other words, this is one crazy, kooky, and utterly fine album of TV themes for any collector - or strange person who wants to relive television in the 1970s for any reason. Where else could you find a former rockabilly prince (in this case none other than Sonny Curtis) writing and singing the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show? That's right, the guy who wrote "Rockin' Around with Ollie Vee" and "I Fought the Law" wrote "Love Is All Around," the show's theme. No matter how you slice it, the music from the TV themes to the big shows of the 1970s was either creative, corny, fun, or some combo of all three. 1 - How well the theme fits the show - Does the theme invoke visions of what you see during the show, or is it just good music that does not really quite fit what the show is about. And preferably shouts it "Norm!" style whenever we arrive.Leave it to the folks at Time Life Music to assemble a collection of television themes to bring you back to those places in the 1970s where all was sweetness and light - or at least you thought it was because you were too young to know differently you were blasted out of your gourd and/or you were a teen and your folks were occupied by the tube while you were doing more "meaningful" things. Gary Portnoy's theme tune has a strangely poignant quality to it, and we're still trying to find a pub where everybody knows our name. It's one of those intros that will never get boring and you will always sing along. This is one of the best electro songs of all time, let alone theme tunes. Yep, our top five theme tunes of all time really do contain two shows starring David Hasselhoff. It also has clever puns, amazing '80s power ballad vocals, saxophones AND a key change. Crazily catchy, it sounds like the Hall & Oates hit we never had.
#OLD TV THEME SONGS SERIES#
The first series made do with the less than thrilling 'Above The Waterline' by Kim Carnes. This sunny show's second season brought in Survivor 's Jimi Jamison to provide an epic power ballad that summed up the era perfectly, and still floods cheese night dance floors to this day. And sadly it's not Nicholas Lyndhurst singing, it's Sullivan himself. The intro has the Chas & Dave-style "na na na naa naa", while the outro has 'Hookey Street'. Writer John Sullivan pulled off the amazing feat of creating not one, but TWO amazing theme tunes for the SAME SHOW. And all the 'slappadabass' action you can get. OK, technically this began in 1978, but the version of the theme tune that we all know and love came in later, so we're counting it! It doesn't get much more 1980s nor spell out AMERICAN SOAP! than this right here. Plus, it was produced by none other than Nile Rodgers and won two Grammy Awards. Though, we feel sorry that Michelangelo is limited to just being a 'party dude'.Ī theme tune so good from Al Jarreau, that it became a hit single in its own right. Catchy, rocking and it explains all four of the turtles' skills in a very short space of time. Also, it's that man Mike Post again – what a legend.ĭudes, this tune is still totally bodacious AND rad after nearly 30 years. You need something as insanely bombastic and bonkers as this tune for a show that featured Dirk Benedict and Mr T constantly on the run.
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